Competition rules
These rules are authoritative. Where a scoring decision is disputed, the official competition data provider's final record is used.
Free-to-Play Private Beta
- Entry is free. No entry fee is charged and no payment details are collected.
- Participation is invitation-only. Each invitation code may be redeemed once.
- Each approved participant may hold one official fantasy team this season.
- Duplicate accounts, account sharing, proxy management and automated entry are prohibited.
- Teams begin scoring only after activation, and points are never awarded retrospectively.
- Entries may remain open during the season; late entrants start on zero with all 50 transfers.
- There are no cash or cash-equivalent prizes. Beta titles are for recognition only.
- Administrators may correct inaccurate fixture or scoring data.
- Administrators may suspend duplicate or abusive accounts, giving a reason.
- Participants may report errors or appeal a suspension using the in-app feedback form.
- All existing squad, transfer and scoring rules below remain in force.
Your squad
- Exactly 11 players, all of whom score every match. There is no bench, no captain and no chips.
- Formation must be 1 goalkeeper, 3–5 defenders, 3–5 midfielders and 1–3 forwards.
- There are no player prices and no budget this season.
- Choose exactly 11 players. You may select up to two players from each club: one goalkeeper or defender, and one midfielder or forward.
- A goalkeeper and a midfielder from the same club are allowed.
- A defender and a forward from the same club are allowed.
- A goalkeeper and a defender from the same club are not allowed.
- A midfielder and a forward from the same club are not allowed.
- Three players from the same club are never allowed.
Entry and activation
- Your team scores nothing until it is activated. Activation requires approval, a verified email, a redeemed invitation and a valid squad.
- Points are only awarded for fixtures that kick off strictly after your activation time.
- Team names must be unique within a season and are subject to moderation.
Transfers
- You get 50 transfers for the season. One transfer is one player out and one player in.
- Transfers take effect immediately and are not reversible.
- The resulting 11 must still satisfy every squad rule, including both club restrictions.
- A player transferred out keeps the points from any fixture that had already kicked off.
- A player transferred in scores only from fixtures that kick off after the transfer.
Competitions counted
- Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup only.
- European competitions, international matches and friendlies do not score.
- Separate leaderboards are kept for each competition plus an overall table.
Match scoring
- Starting appearance +2, substitute appearance +1.
- Goal +5, assist +3.
- Yellow card −1, red card −3, own goal −3, missed penalty in normal play −2.
- Goalkeeper: every 2 saves +1, penalty save +5.
- Goalkeeper or defender clean sheet: +5 if on the pitch 60 minutes or more, otherwise +2.
- Goalkeeper or defender goals conceded: −1 for every goal after the first conceded while on the pitch.
- Tackles do not score.
- Match statistics and fantasy points are updated once a night at 11:00pm UK time; points are not updated live during matches.
- A match still in progress at 11:00pm is scored at the next nightly update, and later provider corrections are applied automatically.
Penalty shootouts
- Successful shootout penalty +2, unsuccessful shootout penalty −1.
- Goalkeeper +2 for a shootout save, awarded only where the goalkeeper touched the ball.
- Shootout goals never count as goals and never affect clean sheets.
- Retaken or invalidated attempts score nothing; only the final valid attempt counts.
Scouting bonus
- A player scoring 3 or more base points in a fixture earns a bonus based on the locked weekly ownership in force at kickoff.
- Ownership is locked once a week at 00:00 UK time each Tuesday, counting active approved teams only.
- The locked figure applies to every fixture until the next weekly lock, so ownership never moves mid-week.
- Owned by under 10% of counted teams: +2 bonus points.
- Owned by 10% up to but not including 20%: +1 bonus point.
- Owned by 20% or more: no bonus.
- Displayed percentages are rounded; the exact unrounded figure always decides the bonus.
- The bonus is added to the base points, never multiplied.
Beta titles
- There are no cash or cash-equivalent prizes during the private beta.
- Beta titles are awarded for the overall table and for each of the Premier League, FA Cup and League Cup tables.
- Titles carry no monetary value; ties are shared.
- Future seasons may operate under different entry and prize arrangements.