Pickz: Premier League Predictions With Your Mates, No Squad to Manage
Fantasy football asks a lot before kickoff: a squad to build, a budget to balance, transfers to plan, chips to save for the right week. Half the fun gets lost in the admin. Pickz strips that away and keeps the part people actually do it for, arguing with mates about what's going to happen this weekend.
Pickz is a free prediction game built around exact scorelines, not squads.
What Pickz does
Each gameweek, players predict the exact scoreline for all ten Premier League fixtures. Correct results score points, exact scores score more, and one Bonus Team can be selected each week for double points on that club's fixture. Predictions lock an hour before kickoff and can't be changed after that. On top of the weekly game, Pickz runs season-long picks: table position calls for all 20 clubs and four team superlatives, settled on the final day for the biggest point hauls of the season.
What's broken about the alternative
Fantasy football's depth is also its barrier: building a squad, tracking prices, planning transfers, and timing chips is a real time commitment, and it's a different game from just knowing your football. On the other end, prediction apps tied to gambling or cash entry turn a Friday-night ritual into something with money on the line.
Pickz sits in between. No squad, no budget, no cash stakes, just picks, points, and a leaderboard with the people you actually want to beat.
How it works
Weekly predictions: ten fixture scorelines a gameweek, +1 point for a correct result, +3 for an exact score.
Bonus Team: pick one club a week for double points on their fixture, +2 for the result, +5 for the exact score.
Season-long Pickz: pre-season table predictions and team superlatives, settled at season's end for the largest point swings.
Private leagues: create an invite-only league with a share code in about 30 seconds, set your own prize structure and bonus categories, and track the table in real time.
"Ten picks every gameweek, done from the sofa on a Friday night. It's become the ritual before every weekend of football." — Nick H., Office League participant
Who this is for
Football fans who want the social side of fantasy football, an office league, a group chat rivalry, without the squad-management overhead. It's free, with no subscriptions or entry fees; prizes come from sponsors and affiliate partners, plus whatever private league hosts set up themselves. Pickz launched on Premier League football and is expanding to more competitions, including the NFL.
Try it
Make your Pickz — or see the Pickz listing on ShipBoost for category context.
