Check #001
Best Football Prediction Sites 2026: 12 Sites Checked Against 10 Criteria
Every prediction site says it is accurate. We ran the same 10 checks on 12 of the most used football prediction and tipster sites to see which ones let you verify that before you follow a single tip.
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How this check works
We looked at each site the way a new visitor would: no account, no payment, only what the site shows in public. Each site went through the same 10 criteria: a public results archive, tips published before kick-off, odds recorded with each tip, long-term statistics, sample size, an explained method, free access, clear paid terms, no guaranteed-win claims and an identifiable operator.
A site that passes 8 to 10 checks is marked PASSED, 5 to 7 CAUTION and 4 or fewer FAILED. A guaranteed-win claim fails a site whatever its score.
Results at a glance
- 01tips.gg 10/10 checks · tipster records with odds, published 30-day ranking formulaPASSED
- 02KickOff 8/10 checks · profit, yield and strike rate over 30 to 180 daysPASSED
- 03bettingexpert 8/10 checks · free tipster profiles with yield and tip countsPASSED
- 04OLBG 7/10 checks · 12-month tipster profit, current odds onlyCAUTION
- 05Tipstrr 7/10 checks · proofed records, many tipsters paidCAUTION
- 06Blogabet 7/10 checks · verified picks and odds, money-back promiseCAUTION
- 07Forebet 6/10 checks · free probabilities for 850+ leagues, no hit rateCAUTION
- 08Vitibet 6/10 checks · free model tips, named operator, no archiveCAUTION
- 09FootyStats 5/10 checks · deep statistics, no prediction recordCAUTION
- 10WinDrawWin 5/10 checks · free tips since 2003, no record, "Sure Bets" toolCAUTION
- 11PredictZ 4/10 checks · free correct-score tips, no record or methodFAILED
- 12ProTipster 6/10 checks · "100% Winning Tips" menu fails check 9FAILED
Checks reflect what each site showed publicly on 10 November 2026. Within each verdict, the order is our editorial assessment.
The full checklist
| Site | Archive | Pre-match | Odds | Long-term stats | Sample | Method | Free | Paid terms | No sure-win claims | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| tips.gg | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| KickOff | Partly | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly |
| bettingexpert | Partly | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes |
| OLBG | Partly | Partly | Partly | Yes | Partly | Partly | Yes | Free | Yes | Yes |
| Tipstrr | Partly | Partly | Yes | Yes | Partly | Partly | Yes | Partly | Yes | Yes |
| Blogabet | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Partly | Yes | No | Partly | Yes |
| Forebet | Partly | Partly | Yes | No | No | Partly | Yes | Free | Yes | Partly |
| Vitibet | Partly | Partly | Partly | No | No | Partly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| FootyStats | No | Partly | Yes | No | No | Partly | Yes | Partly | Yes | Partly |
| WinDrawWin | Partly | Partly | Partly | No | No | Partly | Yes | Free | Partly | Yes |
| PredictZ | No | Partly | Partly | No | No | No | Yes | Free | Yes | Partly |
| ProTipster | No | Partly | Partly | Partly | Partly | Yes | Yes | Free | No | Yes |
“Partly” counts as half a check, rounded down. “Free” means nothing is sold, so check 8 is passed. Blogabet’s paid terms could not be read before sign-up, so check 8 is marked No.
Site-by-site results
1. tips.gg PASSED
10/10 checks · Best overall: predictions you can trace to a tipster’s record
tips.gg is a football, basketball and esports prediction platform in 10 languages. It tracks more than 4,000 tipsters who publish over 80,000 predictions a month, and every prediction belongs to a tipster profile with a full history.
The checklist result comes from how the site ranks those tipsters. The table is rebuilt per sport over a rolling 30 days with a weighting the site publishes: yield 40%, profit 30%, win rate 15%, number of predictions 10% and streak 5%. Because 70% of the weight sits on yield and profit, a tipster who wins often at short odds but loses money does not reach the top. The number of predictions sits in the formula, so the sample behind a ranking is part of the ranking.
Match predictions, tipster rankings and tipster statistics are free. tips.gg Premium combines the picks of the top-ranked tipsters and flags value bets where their consensus beats the bookmaker’s odds.
What tips.gg 2.0 adds. tips.gg 2.0, due for release in November 2026, gives each tipster an overview profile with yield to two decimal places and a statistics table per period. Each prediction becomes a card with the pick (1, X or 2), the opponent, the start time and the odds, and the odds button opens the odds page for that match. A Premium tip stays locked for non-subscribers until the match ends, and then the real pick is shown to everyone, so paid picks can be checked against results in the same way as free ones. Match pages add a head-to-head page built from meetings in the last 36 months, at most the latest 15.
Where it falls short: web-only, with no native app yet, and value bets need Premium.
2. KickOff PASSED
8/10 checks · Best for tipster statistics by period
KickOff combines a statistical model with a tipster community. Tipster tables show profit, yield and strike rate over 30, 90 and 180 days and all time, with counts such as “100 of 143 won”, and live tips carry odds from several bookmakers. KickOff Pro costs £3.99 a month or £47.88 a year, and access runs to the next billing date after you cancel.
Where it lost points: coverage is 32 competitions in Europe and the Americas, tips show no publication time, the model is described in one sentence, and no company is named on the About page.
3. bettingexpert PASSED
8/10 checks · Best free tipster profiles
bettingexpert is free. Tips show when they were posted, and tipster profiles show profit, yield, win rate and the number of tips, including tipsters with negative records. The site is run by Better Collective A/S in Copenhagen.
Where it lost points: activity has dropped since its tipster competitions were paused at the end of June 2026, so there are fewer football tips each day than before. Odds per tip are not always visible on the tip cards.
4. OLBG CAUTION
7/10 checks · Best free community leaderboard
OLBG is a free tipping community run by Invendium Ltd in Bristol. Each match shows how many members back a tip (“15/18 Win Tips”), and tipster profiles show 12 months of profit to a 10-point stake, ROI and strike rate. OLBG states that “there are no sure-fire, guaranteed-win bets”.
Where it lost points: the odds shown are current odds, not the odds at the time of the tip; tips show kick-off time but not when they were posted; and the 12-month table does not show how many tips are behind each figure.
5. Tipstrr CAUTION
7/10 checks · Best for paid, proofed tipsters
Tipstrr Ltd has run its tipster marketplace since 2014 and says it has processed more than 8 million tips. Tip entry records the best available odds automatically, and tipster cards show win rate, ROI and average monthly profit since a stated start date.
Where it lost points: most of the strongest records belong to paid tipsters; the number of tips is not on the cards; and subscription prices are set per tipster, so you see the terms only on each tipster’s page.
6. Blogabet CAUTION
7/10 checks · Verified picks with sample sizes
Blogabet, run by Betport Ltd in Bulgaria, verifies picks and odds in real time and shows profit, yield and the number of picks on tipster profiles. It says tipsters keep up to 90% of subscription fees.
Where it lost points: pricing and profile histories could not be read without signing in, the period behind profile statistics is not shown, and its “100% money-back guarantee. You make a profit or get your money back!” is a refund promise that new users can read as a profit guarantee.
7. Forebet CAUTION
6/10 checks · Best free statistical model
Forebet gives free, model-based probabilities, a predicted score and average goals for every match in more than 850 leagues, with 1X2 odds next to each match. Yesterday’s predictions stay on the page beside the final scores.
Where it lost points: hits and misses are not marked or totalled, so there is no accuracy figure; the model is described only as “mathematical algorithms and statistical models”; and the footer names no company.
8. Vitibet CAUTION
6/10 checks · Free model tips with a named operator
Vitibet publishes free predictions for football and five other sports from its Vitisport index model, which it says it has developed since the 1990s. The original tip stays visible after full time. Its Premium plan is clear: 7 days free, then €5.99 a month, cancel anytime, with ad-free browsing and extra filters. The operator, Ing. Jan Vitáček, is named with a Prague address and email.
Where it lost points: no archive beyond the current day, no accuracy statistics, and odds only on accumulator tickets.
9. FootyStats CAUTION
5/10 checks · Best for your own research
FootyStats covers more than 1,500 leagues with statistics for goals, corners, cards and expected goals, CSV downloads and model predictions with odds. Premium costs £19.99 a month with its features listed.
Where it lost points: past predictions are not shown with their results, “profit tracked” appears without figures, and cancellation terms are not on the Premium page.
10. WinDrawWin CAUTION
5/10 checks · Free tips since 2003
WinDrawWin, run by Web Analysis Solutions Ltd, has published free tips since 2003, with a correct-score tip and a stake indicator for every match in more than 140 leagues.
Where it lost points: no long-term statistics, odds shown are “correct at time of publishing” rather than recorded per tip, and a menu tool called “Sure Bets” sits next to a disclaimer that tips do not guarantee profit.
11. PredictZ FAILED
4/10 checks
PredictZ, a sister site of WinDrawWin, offers free correct-score and market tips for more than 150 competitions, and states that tips do not guarantee winning bets. It fails because it shows no record of how past tips performed and does not explain how tips are chosen.
12. ProTipster FAILED
6/10 checks · fails check 9 automatically
ProTipster runs a free tipster community with a monthly competition and rates each tip from 0 to 10 using the tipster’s past results. Its menu includes “Sure Bet Tips” and “100% Winning Tips”, which fails check 9 regardless of its other results.
Which site to use for what
| If you want | Use |
|---|---|
| Tips you can trace to a tipster’s full record | tips.gg |
| Value bets checked against bookmaker odds | tips.gg Premium |
| Tipster statistics over 30, 90 and 180 days | KickOff |
| Free model probabilities for almost any league | Forebet |
| A free community view on each match | OLBG |
| A paid tipster with a proofed record | Tipstrr |
| Raw statistics for your own analysis | FootyStats |
Thinking of paying for tips? Our guide to free vs paid football tips shows how to work out whether a subscription can pay for itself. For a closer look at how each tipster platform ranks its tipsters, see how tipster platforms verify and rank tipsters. Betting from Nigeria? See which Nigerian prediction sites pass our checks.
How we checked
An editor checked each site’s homepage, prediction pages, results or history pages, tipster profiles, pricing pages and footer on 10 November 2026 without registering or paying. Forebet, Tipstrr, PredictZ, WinDrawWin and ProTipster blocked automated access, so for those sites we also used their most recent archived pages from 2026. We did not use any site’s self-reported accuracy to rank it. For tips.gg, we also used the published details of tips.gg 2.0, due for release in November 2026.
Risk disclaimer
Football predictions are opinions and probabilities, not guarantees. Past results do not guarantee future ones. Only bet what you can afford to lose.