Blog · July 26, 2026
Serie A 2026/27 Prediction League: predict Italian football with your group, no betting
Italian football returns on Saturday 22 August 2026, the day after the Premier League opens. Every Serie A fixture is already in trefa.app — 380 games, 38 matchweeks, 20 clubs — and the evening slots land at 17:30 and 19:45 over here. Set up a private league for your mates, your office or your supporters' group, with your own scoring and nothing staked.
A Serie A 2026/27 prediction league is a points game where your mates, colleagues or supporters' group call the exact scores of Italian top-flight fixtures and the app scores them. The season opens on Saturday 22 August 2026.
In trefa.app the Italian campaign is already loaded — 380 fixtures across 38 matchweeks between 20 clubs. It opens on Saturday 22 August 2026 with Inter v Monza and Udinese v Como at 18:30 Italian time and closes on Sunday 30 May 2027. Nothing is staked and nothing is paid out: no entry fee, no odds, no prize pot, just points.
What a Serie A prediction league is, and why it isn't betting
Everyone in a closed group calls the same fixtures before kick-off, the app compares each prediction with the real result and turns the difference into points. Nobody retypes anything and nobody referees an argument about who said what.
What separates it from betting is what is missing: no stake, no entry fee, no odds, no prize fund. The app takes no deposits and pays out nothing — you are not playing the house, you are playing the group chat for a league position.
That is also the practical difference from the office sweepstake: once a fiver a head is collected, somebody has to hold it and justify the split. Take the money out and the objection goes too. It is not fantasy football either — no auction, no budget, no starting eleven.
How to set one up before 22 August
A few minutes on a phone or a laptop, and no technical knowledge.
- Sign in with Google. On the login page you sign in with a Google account — no password to invent, no registration form.
- Create the league. Open create a league. A tree menu takes you through it: Football, then Serie A 2026/2027, then optionally the club whose fixtures you want.
- Set the scoring and the look. Decide what each correct call is worth and pick a colour palette.
- Invite people. The app generates an invite link and a QR code for the WhatsApp group, the Discord or the pub wall.
Add it to your phone's home screen while you are there: trefa.app is a PWA, not an App Store download, which matters when half your group will not install anything for a game.
What you predict, and how the points work
The heart of it is the exact score. You call 2-1, and how close you land decides what you collect: a perfect scoreline scores highest, the right goal difference less, the correct winner least of all.
None of it is handed down from above. As the founder you set what an exact score is worth, what a correct winner is worth and how a called draw is treated, which is why no two groups build the same league. Rather than start from a blank form, borrow the worked examples in scoring rules.
Groups who want more to argue about can switch on predictions for the goalscorer, the assist and the time of the first goal, with the organiser defining the minute brackets. All optional, all scored automatically at full time; the list is on the features page.
All 20 clubs, or only the one you follow
The clubs loaded for the season: AC Milan, AS Roma, Atalanta, Bologna, Cagliari, Como, Fiorentina, Frosinone, Genoa, Inter, Juventus, Lazio, Lecce, Monza, Napoli, Parma, Sassuolo, Torino, Udinese and Venezia.
Inventing a scoreline every week for two clubs you have never watched is how a league quietly dies in October. If you follow Napoli, you want to call Napoli games.
Team selection at setup lets you tick one club or several, and everyone then sees only the fixtures those clubs appear in, home and away. Out of 380 fixtures your list comes down to your club's 38 — one a week, which even the busiest member of the group can manage.
An admin can add the derby rival in November, though a club cannot be removed once somebody has predicted one of its fixtures. Tick nothing and you get the full division. The same idea across the continent is in the prediction league for supporters' clubs and national leagues 2026/27.
Serie A 2026/27 by the numbers
Fixtures arrive automatically from a sports data feed — you never type in a kick-off time.
| What | Detail |
|---|---|
| Competition | Serie A 2026/2027 (the Italian top flight) |
| Clubs | 20 |
| Fixtures in the app | 380 (whole season) |
| Matchweeks | 38 |
| First fixture | Sat 22 August 2026, 18:30 Italian time — Inter v Monza |
| Final matchday | Sun 30 May 2027 |
The opening Saturday of Serie A 2026/27
| Date | Kick-off (Italy) | Kick-off (UK) | Fixture |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 22 Aug 2026 | 18:30 | 17:30 | Inter v Monza |
| Sat 22 Aug 2026 | 18:30 | 17:30 | Udinese v Como |
| Sat 22 Aug 2026 | 20:45 | 19:45 | Genoa v Napoli |
| Sat 22 Aug 2026 | 20:45 | 19:45 | Parma v Cagliari |
The rest of matchweek 1 follows over the next few days, with a countdown on every fixture. Times in the app are shown on Central European Time, so take an hour off.
Following Serie A from Britain and Ireland
Two things make an Italian league different from an English one.
The kick-off times are kind to you. The two standard Italian evening slots land at 17:30 and 19:45 in the UK and Ireland — early-evening football, finished before a late domestic kick-off, costing your group no sleep. The catch is the deadline: predictions lock the moment a match starts, and 17:30 is easy to miss on a Saturday afternoon. The app can push a reminder beforehand.
Your terrace is a group chat. Following an Italian club from this side of the Alps usually means no local branch and nowhere obvious to take it after full time. A season-long table fixes that: everyone calls a few scorelines a week, the leaderboard moves, and there is something to argue about on Monday. Podcast Discords, WhatsApp groups and club subreddits work the same way — one invite link and the community is in.
One league for Serie A, the Premier League and the European nights
Serie A begins on Saturday 22 August, the day after the Premier League gets going. Plenty of people here have an English club they were born into and an Italian one they chose — and two openings on one weekend is either two leagues nobody keeps up with, or one table.
The multi-league setting merges competitions of the same sport into a single prediction league: fixtures interleave into one chronological list and every point lands in the same leaderboard. You pick the competitions at setup and can add more later, though one with predictions on it cannot be pulled out. A follow a club across leagues toggle carries your club into every competition automatically.
That is one table covering a Saturday evening in Milan and a Sunday afternoon in Manchester. The Premier League 2026/27 prediction league covers the English side, and the European cups 2026/27 prediction league the continental ones. One honest note on the catalogue: for Italy there is Serie A and nothing else — no Coppa Italia, no Serie B.
Your club's colours
So the league looks like your group's rather than ours, an admin can apply a palette drawn from club colours.
The palettes are not named after clubs — it is colour inspiration, not official branding, and the change is purely cosmetic.
Who a Serie A prediction league suits
Supporters' groups outside Italy. A branch scattered across the country gets a weekly reason to talk that depends on nobody travelling.
Offices. The Italian season runs from August to May, most of a working year, and a league among colleagues outlasts any team-building afternoon.
Pubs, mates and online communities. Five people in a group chat get the same league as a supporters' group of a hundred.
When it isn't the right fit
If your group tunes in for two Italian fixtures a season, a 38-matchweek table is more than you need — filter it to one club. If the whole point is playing for a cash pot, this is deliberately the wrong tool: there is no way to take money in or pay any out. And if what you enjoy is transfers and budgets, that is fantasy football.
Start your league before the opening Saturday
Serie A is back on 22 August and the first four fixtures are already on the calendar. Current terms and prices are on the pricing page, every feature is available from matchweek one, and no money changes hands anywhere. Set the league up, send the link round, and by May you will know who genuinely watches Italian football and who just reads the headlines.
Frequently asked questions
When does Serie A 2026/27 start and finish?
Saturday 22 August 2026, with Inter v Monza and Udinese v Como at 18:30 Italian time and Genoa v Napoli and Parma v Cagliari at 20:45. The final matchday is Sunday 30 May 2027.
What time do Serie A matches kick off in the UK?
Italy runs an hour ahead: the 18:30 slot is 17:30 for you and the 20:45 slot is 19:45. Times in the app are shown on Central European Time, so take an hour off.
Is a prediction league the same as betting?
No. There is no stake, no entry fee, no odds and no prize fund; the app takes no deposits and pays out nothing. You play your own group for points, not a bookmaker.
How many Serie A fixtures are ready in the app?
The whole season: 380 fixtures across 38 matchweeks between 20 clubs. The calendar arrives automatically from a sports data feed, so nobody types in a kick-off time.
Can I predict only Inter, Milan or Napoli matches?
Yes. Team selection lets you tick one club or several when you create the league, and only their fixtures are shown, home and away. Out of 380 fixtures your list comes down to 38.
Can I put Serie A and the Premier League in the same prediction league?
Yes. The multi-league setting merges competitions of the same sport into one fixture list and one leaderboard, so a single table can cover Italy, England and the European nights. Coppa Italia and Serie B are not in the catalogue.
How much does a Serie A prediction league cost?
A pool of up to five participants costs nothing; from the sixth member onwards it is charged per member; current terms and prices are on the pricing page. No stakes go in and no winnings come out.
Do we have to install anything, and can a stranger find our league?
Nothing to install: trefa.app is a PWA you add to the home screen from your browser. The league is private, cannot be searched for, and people get in only through your invite link or QR code.