Bench-Bets is a free football prediction game where you compete with friends, family, or colleagues by predicting match scores. It is ad-free forever.

Create an account, join a league (or create one), and start placing your match predictions before each kick-off.

Use an invite link shared with you by a league owner or an existing league member.

Bench-Bets is a solo project built for fun. If you enjoy playing, consider supporting the project and helping with hosting and development costs by buying me a coffee.

You can update your prediction up to 2 minutes before kick-off. Once predictions are locked, missed picks cannot be entered and will result in 0 points for that match.

Exact score gives 6 points. Correct result but wrong score gives 3 points. Wrong result gives 0 points.

Yes. In tournament knockout rounds (Round of 16 and later), exact score is 14 points and the right result is 7 points.

Double Down lets you pick selected matches for double points. You get 10 in the Group Stage and 1 in the Round of 32, and that is all.

Scores are updated in near real-time, usually with about a 5-minute delay.

You can predict champion and top scorer. Each correct bonus pick is worth 15 points.

Bonus picks lock before the first kick-off of the tournament.

The Side Pot is an optional one-time buy-in tracker managed by league owners so members can see who has paid. Bench-Bets does not process payments; this is simply a tool for league owners to track external entries.

Yes. Leaderboards update as matches are played, so rankings shift in real time.