Scoring rules

Every prediction is scored against the result at the end of the match (including extra time in knockout games — the score when the trophy-relevant whistle blows is the score we use). One scale, no exceptions, locked for the whole tournament:

Worked example

France beat Brazil 2–1. Four players predicted:

• 2–1 → exact score → 3 points and lifetime smugness
• 3–2 → France by one, same margin → 2 points
• 1–0 → also a one-goal margin → 2 points
• 2–0 → right result, wrong margin → 1 point

A 1–1 prediction would have scored 0 — a draw is the wrong result here, and no, "I was nearly right" has never won anyone a league.

Why this scale?

It rewards bravery. Safe 1–0 predictions collect steady single points, but exact-score calls are where leagues are won — three points for calling a 3–2 thriller is what separates the genuinely smug from the merely lucky. Over a tournament, the table sorts out which is which.

Smug Calls & featured matches

Feeling certain? Tap 😏 Smug Call on a prediction to double whatever it scores — a perfect call becomes 6, a right result becomes 2. The catch: you only get three Smug Calls per round, so spend them on your bankers, not every game. (A Smug Call on a wrong result still scores 0 — double nothing is nothing.)

We also flag the odd marquee tie as a ⭐ 2× Featured match — those points are doubled for everyone. Stack a Smug Call on a featured game and an exact score is worth a ludicrous 12.

Round winners

Some competitions are played in rounds (a league season, for instance). When a round finishes — every team has played its match — whoever scored the most points across that round's fixtures takes a round-winner bonus (the Premier League awards +5). Tie at the top and everyone tied gets the full bonus. It counts toward the table just like any other points. The World Cup doesn't use round bonuses — its bonus round is the Bracket.

The Bracket is a one-shot bonus round: before the knockouts kick off, you call the business end of the tournament — your Final Four (4 points each if they reach the semi-finals), the two finalists (8 points each), and the champion (16 points). That's up to 48 bonus points, and they count toward your league and global standings. The bracket locks when the Round of 32 kicks off.

Predictions lock 5 minutes before kickoff and scoring is automatic — usually on the table within minutes of full time. Ready to test the system? Call some scores.