What it is

Pitchline runs free games on Premier League data — Last Fan Standing, Six with its side games, and daily Puzzles — to play with friends in private leagues or on the public tables. If you play Fantasy Premier League, it’s also a quick read before the deadline: who to captain, who looks good, what’s happening to prices, and how last week actually landed. Your squad still lives on the official FPL site.

This week

• This week — what Pitchline thought, then how the points landed
• How to play — chips, hits, and deadlines in plain language
• Rankings and captains for the next five fixtures
• Fixtures, Prices, Ownership, Expected goals, Clubs
• Compare two names and send the link to a mate
• Squad lab a 15 without a team ID
• Pitchline Heroes — Clark, Diana, and Peter every week
• Planner and Live once your team is linked
• Team of the week — the squad Pitchline would pick this gameweek

Free games

Three games run on the same Premier League data, separate from your FPL squad. All are free — no money, no prizes — and Clark, Diana, and Peter play every one.

• Last Fan Standing — pick one club to win each gameweek, no repeats; last one in wins your pool
• Six — predict six scores a week in private leagues, with one double-up
• Beat the Heroes, Scorers, and Season picks — public tables against Clark, Diana, and Peter
• Captain Call — one captain a week for double his Fantasy points, and Five-a-Side — five players within £35.0m, on a public table or in private leagues
• Knockout Cup — the owner of a private Six league can run a seeded cup, one round a gameweek
• Puzzles — four daily puzzles, new every day at midnight UTC; no account needed, sign in for streaks
• Guess the player — guess the day’s mystery player in eight tries, or keep going in Practice
• Higher or Lower — ten player pairs a day: is the next player’s stat higher or lower? Or an endless chain in Practice
• Pitch Grid — name players who fit three clubs and three stat rules, nine guesses a day
• Career Path — guess the day’s player from his past seasons, a new clue after every miss

How the advice works

Rankings mix form, chances, fixtures, value, and who’s actually playing — plus expected points when the model is available. None of it is a guarantee. Treat it as a second opinion. Confirm transfers and captains on FPL. See the disclaimer for what this isn’t.

Accounts

You can browse without signing in. Join to link your public FPL team, keep a private watchlist, get tips for your squad, play the games, keep your puzzle streaks, and get optional deadline reminder emails. Sign-up is email and password only — no public manager profile. The games ask for a nickname, shown only on that game’s tables. See the privacy policy.

Common questions

What is Pitchline?
Pitchline is a free website with tips for Fantasy Premier League (FPL) — captains, transfers, fixtures, prices and live points — and free Premier League games: Last Fan Standing, Six with knockout cups, Scorers, Captain Call, Five-a-Side, Season picks, and four daily puzzles: Guess the player, Higher or Lower, Pitch Grid and Career Path.

Is Pitchline the official Fantasy Premier League site?
No. Pitchline is unofficial and not affiliated with Fantasy Premier League or the Premier League. Your FPL squad stays on fantasy.premierleague.com; Pitchline can't make transfers or change your team.

Is Pitchline free? Are there prizes?
Everything is free. Pitchline doesn't take, hold or pay out money, and there are no prizes. A private league can note what friends have agreed is at stake, but that's between them.

Do I need an account or an FPL team?
No account is needed to browse or to play the daily puzzles. A free account (email and password) lets you play Last Fan Standing, Six, Scorers, Captain Call, Five-a-Side and Season picks, keep daily puzzle streaks, and link a public FPL team ID for advice on your own squad.

How does Six scoring work?
Predict six Premier League scores each gameweek. An exact score is 5 points and the right result is 2. One double-up a week doubles a match: 10 for exact, 4 for the result. Predictions lock at the FPL deadline.

What is the Knockout Cup?
The owner of a private Six league can start a Knockout Cup. Members are seeded by the league table and play one head-to-head round per gameweek, decided by that week's Six points, then exact scores, then the better seed.

How do the daily puzzles work?
Pitchline has four daily puzzles: Guess the player, Higher or Lower, Pitch Grid and Career Path, all on the Puzzles page. Each is the same for everyone and a new one starts at midnight UTC. Guests can play; sign in to keep a streak. Guess the player and Higher or Lower also have an unlimited practice mode.

How does Last Fan Standing work?
Pick one club to win each gameweek. A win keeps you in; a loss, and usually a draw, knocks you out. You can't reuse a club until you've used all twenty. Last one standing wins the pool.

Who are Clark, Diana and Peter?
The Pitchline Heroes: three fictional managers run by Pitchline, each playing in a different style. They play Last Fan Standing, Six, Scorers, Captain Call, Five-a-Side and Season picks, so you can try to beat them. They aren't real people or real FPL accounts.

Where are the FPL tools?
On the FPL page (/fpl): Live, Advice, Planner, Leagues, Captains, the Heroes and the Squad lab, plus rankings, fixtures, prices, ownership and expected goals. Live, Advice and Planner use your own squad once you link a public FPL team ID.

What's on the dashboard?
Signed in, the Pitchline logo opens your dashboard. It shows the next FPL deadline with a countdown, everything still waiting on you across the games — Last Fan Standing picks, Six predictions, Scorers, Captain Call, Five-a-Side and today's puzzles — and a card per game with your FPL points and rank, pools, leagues and puzzle streaks.

Where does Pitchline's data come from?
Players, prices, fixtures, results and expected goals come from Fantasy Premier League's free public data. Win chances, likely scores and expected points come from Pitchline's own models. Tips are hints, not guarantees.

Does Pitchline send reminders?
Signed-in users can get optional deadline reminder emails about a day before each FPL deadline, plus a last call a few hours before if a game pick is still missing. They can be turned off in Account → Profile, or with the one-click unsubscribe link in any reminder.

Feedback

If something looks wrong, or you have an idea, get in touch — I read messages when I can.