Mini league with friends: turn every weekend into a competition with your group

Monday morning at work: a colleague asks "Did you watch the match last night?" - and a ten-minute argument follows about who should have played where. Sound familiar? There's a way to turn that whole argument into something far more fun than a line in the corridor - a real competition, with a table, a history and banter that lasts a full season.

In short: set up a private mini league in 90+ with your mates - it's free, it takes a second to invite the group with a code, and everyone predicts the scores themselves. The table shows who knows football best, and "head to head" turns every round into a direct duel between two of you.

How to create the league in two minutes

From the leagues page you pick a name, a competition - the World Cup, the efbet League or the English Premier League - and decide when the points start counting: from the moment you create the league, or from the very start of the tournament (if the group joins later and wants a clean start together). The system gives you a unique six-character code, built so no character can be mistaken for another - no zeros that look like the letter O, no ones that look like l and I.

You send the code (or the direct link) into the group chat and that's it - anyone who joins with it is in. No waiting for approval, no forms to fill in.

Three ways to compete

Inside the league your group competes in three different ways, each with its own flavour of rivalry:

• The classic table - total points across the whole season. The classic "who's the best of us" ranking that everyone checks before bed on a Sunday night.
• Head to head - each round the system pairs you with exactly one other player in the league. Whoever's predictions brought more points that round wins - a direct duel, separate from the overall table, perfect for that friendly "I'm winning this week, whatever happens to the rest of you".
• The League Cup - in the closing rounds of the season it opens a knockout bracket between the best of you. A small tournament inside the tournament, with a final that settles everything.

And since nobody wants to be anonymous in their own table, every round also produces two small titles: Captain of the round for the player with the most points, and Prophet for whoever called the hardest exact score - usually the person who claims they can "feel" the upsets. Both badges accumulate over time, so by the end of the season it's clear who really carries the group and who only talks about it.

Why it beats a group chat full of ticket photos

A group chat only remembers the last thing someone typed. The league remembers everything - every round, everything called and missed, lined up as a number next to your name. The argument about who knows more football is no longer an opinion - there's a table that proves it (or disproves it, if you're the one who talks a lot and calls little).

And the head-to-head format solves the other classic problem with group games: when one person starts the season strongly, everyone else loses interest because it feels like the race was over by round three. With duels, every round is a blank sheet - even if you're bottom of the overall table, this Sunday you can be the hero of the day.

Who can take part

The league stays open until you decide otherwise - the league owner can delete it, and any other player can leave on their own if they want to. There's no limit on how close the players have to be: a work team, a family chat, a student society, or just people who only cross paths for the matches - it works equally well for all of them. The only requirement is a willingness to own up when your prediction fails spectacularly.

Frequently asked questions

How much does it cost to create a mini league with friends?

Nothing - 90+ is a free game with no money betting. Creating a league, the invites and all the tables are free of charge.

How many people can be in one league?

There's no fixed cap on the number of players in a league - you invite as many people from the group as you like by sharing the code. It works equally well for five friends or a whole office department.

Can I be in more than one league at a time?

Yes - nothing stops you playing in the league with your colleagues and the one with old school friends at the same time, each with its own table. Your predictions for each match count in every league you're in - you don't enter anything twice.

What happens if I create the league but decide to leave?

The creator deletes the whole league if they decide it's finished; an ordinary player can leave at any time without affecting the others. The table and the duel history stay intact for those who carry on.

Your group already argues about who knows more football - all that's left is to prove it with numbers. Set up your league, send the code, and let the results talk from Sunday to Sunday. If you're still not sure exactly how points are awarded for each prediction, have a look at the scoring rules - two minutes of reading, and it saves a lot of arguing later.