How Punditz works

Each league is graded by one of these, chosen when it's created. The league page shows which one it uses. Scoring is tuned to how football is played: reward the perfect call, still credit the right outcome.

Results are scored at full time (90 minutes plus stoppage). Extra time and penalty shootouts do not count.

Rounds & deadlines

Matches are grouped into rounds (league gameweeks or cup matchdays). How picks lock depends on the league's deadline mode. In Gameweek leagues every pick in a round locks together at the round deadline, the kickoff of the round's earliest match, the classic FPL-style ritual. In Kickoff leagues each match locks on its own at its kickoff. Until a pick locks you can change your score as often as you like; once it locks it is read-only.

Postponed & cancelled matches

A cancelled or abandoned match is never scored: nobody gains or loses points and it doesn’t count toward the round. A postponed match still counts as long as it’s replayed within 2 weeks of its original date, scoring toward its original gameweek and that gameweek’s month. Pushed back further than that, it’s marked as void and never scored, for anyone. If it’s replayed after that month’s Pundit of the Month has already been decided, its points still count toward your season total but not that month’s award, and your pick history marks it as not counted.

Extra time & penalties

Predictions are always scored on the result after 90 minutes. If a cup tie goes to extra time or penalties, goals scored there don’t change anyone’s points; the extra-time score is shown alongside your pick for info.

Your picks

You predict once per competition, not per league. A competition's picks count in every league you're in for it, so you can be in several leagues for the same competition and fill your scores just once. The picks page shows the next round to predict, soonest deadline first. Make your picks before each round’s deadline to lock them in.

Private leagues

Create a private league for any active or upcoming competition, then invite friends with a join code or a shareable link; anyone with the code can join. As the creator you can rename the league before it starts and delete it at any time. Predict once, compete everywhere: your score for a competition is the same across all your leagues for it. Joining more leagues doesn't change your points, only who you're ranked against.

Competitions & cups

Play league seasons like the Premier League, or knockout cups like the World Cup. For cups you can predict the group stage and the knockout rounds, and standings are shown per group.

Standings & leaderboard

Points land as results come in and your table updates automatically, ranked by total points with the leader on top. Open any member to see their pick history once their picks lock.

Pundit of the Month

Each month, the sharpest predictor in your private league is crowned Pundit of the Month. Every round counts toward the month of its deadline, so a round that runs into the next month, such as a knockout round that kicks off late in one month and finishes in the next, stays in the month it opened. The winner is decided only once that month’s last round has been fully played, and everyone in the league is notified. If two members tie on points, it goes to the most exact scorelines that month, then the best single gameweek, then the most correct goal differences.