How do I set up an office prediction league?

Sign up, create a private league from your leagues page and you become its host and first member automatically. Every league gets a unique invite code — share it with colleagues and they join by entering the code or following the join link. It works the same whether you're a team of five or a whole office.

Is the office league free to play?

Yes — Pickz is completely free and there's no gambling. Everyone predicts football scores for points, leaderboards and workplace bragging rights. Any prizes are arranged privately by your league, not by Pickz.

How do colleagues join our workplace league?

Send them the unique invite code or join link for your league. They enter the code (or tap the link), pick their favourite club, and they're in. There's no cut-off, so colleagues can join mid-season — they simply start scoring points from when they join.

How much time does it take each week?

Only a few minutes. Each gameweek you call the scores of the fixtures, then get on with your day. You can edit a Pick as many times as you like until it locks one hour before that fixture's own kick-off.

Does this work for remote and hybrid teams?

Yes. Everyone predicts the same fixtures and sees the same leaderboard wherever they're working, so a distributed or hybrid team competes exactly like colleagues sat in the same room. The invite code and join link travel over any chat channel you already use.

Can the host set prizes for the office league?

Hosts can record prizes for first, second, third and the wooden spoon, plus an optional stakes or rules note. Privately arranged prizes are organised by the league itself — Pickz displays them but doesn't administer them. Keep anything you offer light-hearted and appropriate for your workplace.

How does scoring work?

You earn one point for the correct result and three for the exact score, with extra bonus points on your favourite club's fixtures. There's also an optional season-long prediction of the final table. The full breakdown lives on the rules page.

What happens if a fixture is postponed?

Postponed, cancelled, suspended or abandoned fixtures don't score while they're unfinished — points are only ever awarded from fixtures played to a finish. Nobody in your league gains or loses simply because the fixture list changed.

How is this different from fantasy football?

There are no transfers, budgets or squads to manage — you just call the scores. That makes an office prediction league quick to run and easy for colleagues to join without any prior football-manager know-how.

For teams & workplaces

The Office Prediction League Everyone Can Join

Make Your Pickz. Beat Your Mates. Win Prizes — with the colleagues you see every week.

A Pickz office prediction league is the easy way to make following the football more social at work. Everyone calls the scores, points land as results come in, and one shared leaderboard settles who's got the sharpest eye in the building. It's free to play with no gambling — just points, a leaderboard and honest bragging rights. Set one up as a prediction league for a five-person team or roll it out across the whole company.

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A competition for everyone

A simple competition for the whole workplace.

No football-manager know-how required — if a colleague can guess a scoreline, they can play and have a genuine shot at the top of the table.

The best office competitions are the ones that don't leave anyone out. Because Pickz is all about calling the scores, a die-hard supporter and someone who only watches the big games start on a level footing. That mix is exactly what makes an office prediction league fun — the person who barely follows the league is just as likely to top the gameweek as the resident expert.

It scales naturally, too. A small team can keep everyone in one friendly table, while a larger workplace might run a company-wide league alongside smaller ones for departments, floors or the five-a-side crew. However you slice it, the same fixtures and the same scoring keep it fair. Want to compare it with a mates' game first? See how a prediction league for friends works — the mechanics are identical.

Step one

Create the office league.

Any player can start a private league — and whoever creates it becomes the host and its first member automatically.

Sign up for a free account, head to your leagues and create a new private league. Give it a name your colleagues will recognise — the team name, the office nickname, whatever fits — and you're set up as host straight away. As host you can record prizes and a stakes note later, but nothing more is needed to get the table live.

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Step two

Share the invite code.

Every league has a unique invite code and join link — that's all a colleague needs to get in.

Drop the code or the join link into wherever your team already talks — the group chat, a channel, an email thread or a pinned message. Colleagues either enter the code from their account or follow the link, choose a favourite club and they're in. There's no cut-off, so latecomers can join mid-season and start scoring from the moment they arrive.

Because joining is as quick as pasting a code, it's easy to keep the door open all season — handy when word spreads and more of the office wants in after a few gameweeks.

Step three

Make weekly Pickz in minutes.

A quick round of predictions between meetings is all it takes to stay in the running.

1. Call the scores

Each gameweek, predict the exact score of every fixture. Your scoreline also sets your result call — home win, draw or away win.

2. Edit until it locks

Change your mind as often as you like. Each Pick locks one hour before that fixture's own kick-off, so late changes are simply rejected.

3. Watch points land

Points are awarded as fixtures finish, feeding your gameweek board, the season board and your office league table.

Each fixture has its own deadline — an hour before it kicks off — so a Sunday game stays open long after Saturday's have been played. If you want the full points breakdown and every edge case, it's all on the rules page.

The table

Follow the workplace leaderboard.

Two races in one: every point counts towards the gameweek and the season at the same time.

Your office league table updates as results come in, so there's always a fresh talking point when people next catch up. A hot week can crown a gameweek winner even if they're mid-table overall, while the season-long board rewards whoever stays consistent from autumn to spring — giving everyone something to play for right to the end.

It all runs on the same fixtures as the live Prem Pickz competition, so your workplace race sits alongside the wider game without any extra setup.

Prize ideas

Ideas for gameweek and season prizes.

Anything the league plays for is arranged privately by your group — Pickz displays prizes but doesn't administer them.

A prize keeps the table lively, and it doesn't need to be anything grand. As host you can record prizes for first, second and third, plus an optional stakes or rules note so everyone knows what's on offer. Keep it friendly and appropriate for your workplace — the fun is in the competition, not the reward.

For last place

Wooden-spoon ideas.

Keep the bottom of the table just as much fun as the top — light-hearted and kind, never mean.

Hosts can record a wooden-spoon prize as well, and a gentle forfeit often gets as many laughs as the winner's trophy. Think a novelty mug the whole office recognises, choosing (or being denied) the next round of team snacks, or simply wearing the honorary title until someone worse comes along.

The golden rule: keep it warm-hearted. A wooden spoon should be a badge everyone laughs about together, not something that leaves a colleague feeling singled out.

Wherever you work

Remote and hybrid teams.

Everyone predicts the same fixtures and shares one leaderboard, so where people sit makes no difference.

A prediction league is a natural fit for distributed teams. There's nothing to organise in person — the invite code and join link travel over any chat tool you already use, and the shared table gives remote and in-office colleagues the same thing to talk about on a Monday morning.

For hybrid setups it's the same story: whether someone's at their desk or dialling in, they make their Pickz on their own time before each deadline and the leaderboard keeps everyone connected to the same race.

Simpler by design

Why Pickz is easier than fantasy football.

No transfers, budgets or squads to manage — you just call the scores.

Fantasy football can be a lot to keep on top of: picking a squad, tracking injuries, timing transfers and watching a budget. Great fun for the committed, but plenty of colleagues never get started. A prediction league strips all that away — everyone simply predicts the scorelines, which means less admin for you and a far lower barrier for anyone thinking about joining.

That simplicity is exactly why it works so well across a mixed office: you get the weekly rivalry and the season-long chase without asking anyone to become a part-time team manager.

Keep it lively

Tips for keeping the league active.

A little momentum goes a long way — here's how to keep colleagues coming back each week.

Pin the code somewhere obvious

Keep the invite code and join link visible in your team channel so anyone can jump in at any point in the season.

Call out the weekly winner

A quick shout-out for whoever topped the gameweek keeps the table part of the conversation and tempts the chasing pack.

Mark the big fixtures

Give people a nudge before a marquee weekend so nobody misses a deadline — the fun works best when everyone's still in it.

FAQ

Office league questions, answered.

Get the whole office playing.

Create your league, share the code and let the workplace bragging rights begin — starting with the next gameweek on Prem Pickz.