How should draws be scored?

Either as a third outcome players can pick or as a result that pays nobody. Three-way predictions fit football better: roughly a quarter of Premier League matches finish level, so a two-way league effectively discards a large chunk of the fixture list. Two-way is easier to explain to a casual office, but expect the question by Christmas.

What happens when a fixture is postponed?

You choose the rule before gameweek one: void the fixture for that round, carry it into the round it's eventually played, or score it retrospectively when it happens. Postponements are routine in a season built around European fixtures and domestic cups, so this is a rule you will use, not a hypothetical.

What happens when a match is moved for television?

The new kick-off time comes through from the live feed and the lock moves with it. Players see the right countdown on the right day without you touching a setting.

Can we run the Premier League alongside other competitions?

Yes. Run the Six Nations in February, a Champions League bracket in the spring or the European leagues all season as separate competitions on one hub with one player list. Paid plans run more than one competition at a time, and the pricing page shows how many each plan allows.

Free for up to 25 players with no credit card. Paid plans are priced in pounds sterling and sold to businesses, with a VAT number given at checkout; the pricing page lists each plan's price and player cap. Over a 38-gameweek season, branding and your own domain are the usual reason to move up rather than player numbers.

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Premier League predictor

Thirty-eight gameweeks, and five of them land midweek.

A Premier League prediction league that survives a season shaped around European football, a crowded Christmas and a fixture list the broadcasters keep moving. Fixtures, locks and scoring under your branding, with the whole office predicting from their phones.

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The 2026-27 Premier League, at a glance.

Clubs and matches: 20 clubs, 38 gameweeks, 380 matches. Every club plays every other club home and away.
Opening round: Friday 21 August 2026. A week later than usual, giving clubs 33 clear days after the FIFA World Cup 26 final.
Season shape: 33 weekends and five midweek match rounds. The weekend rhythm breaks five separate times across the season.
Festive period: No two match rounds within 60 hours over Christmas and New Year, so the traditional pile-up is spaced but still tight.
Final day: Sunday 30 May 2027. All ten matches kick off simultaneously, so the last gameweek is a single lock rather than a spread.
The draw: A live third outcome in every fixture. Roughly a quarter of matches finish level, so a draw is an ordinary result rather than a curiosity.
Moved fixtures: Broadcast picks, cup runs and European nights shift matches from the Saturday 3pm slot to Friday, Sunday and Monday nights all season.

What a gameweek looks like in your prediction league.

Fixtures arrive with the right kick-off times.

Every match in the gameweek appears in your hub from the live data feed with kick-off times and lock countdowns in your players' time zone. When a match is moved for television, the new time comes with it and nobody has to update a spreadsheet on a Tuesday.
Predictions lock at each kick-off, across three or four days.

A Premier League gameweek runs from Friday night to Monday night. Fixtures close one at a time, so the Monday night game stays open long after the Saturday 3pm matches are done. Reminders land 24 hours before the first lock and again 75 minutes before.
Results land at the final whistle and the league table moves.

Scores post as each match ends, so the Saturday tea-time results are on the leaderboard before anyone has left the pub, and the gameweek recap is waiting on Tuesday morning when the office gets in.

The arguments every Premier League predictor organiser has.

Football has three outcomes rather than two, and the Premier League calendar breaks the one-gameweek-a-weekend habit five times a season. Settle these before gameweek one.

The draw is a third outcome, and it changes all the maths.

Two-way predictions, where a draw counts as wrong for everyone, reward picking the favourites and make half the fixture list uninteresting. Three-way predictions, home, draw or away, make the draw a real call and reward people who actually watch. Decide up front whether a correct draw is worth more than a correct favourite, because it probably should be.

Five midweek rounds compress your deadlines without warning.

The 2026-27 season carries 33 weekends and five midweek match rounds. Five times a season, a gameweek opens on a Tuesday and closes on a Thursday. Your players' habit is built around a weekend, so those five rounds are where participation drops hardest. Push an extra reminder into every one of them.

Postponements are normal, and they need a rule.

Cup runs, European commitments and weather move fixtures out of their gameweek all season. Decide now whether a postponed match is voided for that round, carried into the round it's eventually played in, or scored retrospectively when it happens. The third option is the fairest and the most confusing, so if you choose it, say so clearly in gameweek one.

Goal difference is too small to be a weekly scoring mechanic.

Most Premier League matches are decided by one or two goals, so a margin prediction has a usable range of about zero to four. That makes it a decent season tiebreaker on cumulative accuracy and a poor way to score a gameweek. Use margin the way it's designed: on one designated fixture per round, settling the season rather than deciding it week to week.

Lock at kick-off, not on Friday afternoon.

One deadline before the Friday night game locks out everyone who predicts on a Saturday morning, and that is most of an office. Fixture-level locks plus a reminder 24 hours out are what stop a prediction league from quietly losing its field by October.

Formats that suit a 38-gameweek season.

Three-way predictions

Home, draw or away in every fixture. The format that fits football, and the one that keeps the mid-table fixtures worth thinking about.

Two-way predictions

Pick a winner, a draw pays nobody. Simpler to explain to a casual office, at the cost of making a third of the season a formality.

Last man standing

One club a gameweek, never twice. With 20 clubs and 38 gameweeks, the pick list runs dry halfway, so it needs its own rules.

Cup and knockout brackets

The FA Cup, the League Cup and the European competitions are knockout tournaments sitting alongside the league. Run them as brackets on the same hub and pick up the weeks the league is idle.

Why run your Premier League predictor on Fanzava.

Your logo, your colours, your domain.

White label on every paid plan. Pro and above add a custom domain and a custom email sender, so the Friday reminder arrives from your brand rather than from a platform nobody recognises.

Moved fixtures move themselves.

Kick-off times, lock countdowns and reminders all follow the live fixture list. When a match shifts to Sunday for television, the lock shifts with it and nobody emails you to ask.

A season that runs from August to the end of May.

Nine months of weekly contact with your players, through the autumn, the Christmas fixtures and the run-in. Few competitions keep an office talking for that long.

Groups, rivalries and somewhere to put the arguing.

Supporters' club groups, office groups, branch groups, each with their own leaderboard running alongside the overall one. The Banter Board keeps Monday morning off your inbox.

Questions Premier League organisers ask.

How should draws be scored?: Either as a third outcome players can pick or as a result that pays nobody. Three-way predictions fit football better: roughly a quarter of Premier League matches finish level, so a two-way league effectively discards a large chunk of the fixture list. Two-way is easier to explain to a casual office, but expect the question by Christmas.
What happens when a fixture is postponed?: You choose the rule before gameweek one: void the fixture for that round, carry it into the round it's eventually played, or score it retrospectively when it happens. Postponements are routine in a season built around European fixtures and domestic cups, so this is a rule you will use, not a hypothetical.
What happens when a match is moved for television?: The new kick-off time comes through from the live feed and the lock moves with it. Players see the right countdown on the right day without you touching a setting.
Can we run the Premier League alongside other competitions?: Yes. Run the Six Nations in February, a Champions League bracket in the spring or the European leagues all season as separate competitions on one hub with one player list. Paid plans run more than one competition at a time, and the pricing page shows how many each plan allows.
What does it cost?: Free for up to 25 players with no credit card. Paid plans are priced in pounds sterling and sold to businesses, with a VAT number given at checkout; the pricing page lists each plan's price and player cap. Over a 38-gameweek season, branding and your own domain are the usual reason to move up rather than player numbers.

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