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Hi! I'm Joshua, the creator of Match Simulator.

What started as a hobby project in March 2019 has grown into something much bigger, with over 100 million matches simulated to date. This is now the third version of the website, and it’s an ongoing project that we continue to improve.

We’re always grateful for the contributions and ideas from the community. Thank you for your involvement and support, we're looking forward to your comments and ideas!

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Version 3.3.0 is out now, containing a substitution rework allowing for 5 substitutions in 3 instances. Matches will use the new substitution rules by default, except for older cups and tactics; you will have to change the cup or tactics settings to upgrade to 5 subs and a larger bench size.

it would be fun to have a like team of the tournament feature and also match ratings for every player after every match

why is my customization pack not working?

You've probably not activated it

im trying and it keeps telling me that theres an error and that i have to delete different things from the pack wich i cant do

It is clashing with another pack. That means both your pack and another pack for example edited Messi. The solution is to deactivate the other pack, then you can activate yours. The error message tells you which pack to deactivate.

nevermind i got it to work

Hi Joshua, I think it would be good if we can use H2H goal difference for tiebreaker in leagues and groups.

I think it would be cool to have the whole squad in the team page. And if you click on a player there, his profile (country, position, stats) will appear.

I have a suggestion to add a full mode for the player, with seasons, stats and transfers. I realize it sounds complicated, but it would definitely attract more people to the site, and increase the amount of time they would spend on it!

Hey Joshua, will there be a match rating on the future?

Yes, its planned!

Hello, I noticed that when simulating a game, if a player has an injury, it sometimes doesn't show up in the lineup. 

You mean that he doesnt play? Or that he does play even though he has an injury? If the latter is the case, if you encounter such a match please do not simulate it but rather send me the cup so I can look into it, thanks!

first time one player miss 2 pen in 1 half=)))))) 
http://matchsimulator.com/match/49152266dda2bdd4/chelsea-vs-ajax

What is the maximum time of an injury ?



                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Not so sure i think its around 40 matchdays or something like that

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hi, Can you add that we can create Our one order of Matches. Like in a World cup A1:A2, A3:A4, A1:A3, A4:A2, A4:A1, A2:A4. Thanks

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Maybe later, its low on the list

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Can you add xg to the stats and also add kits hoe, away, and third for some clubs. Please and have a nice day.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
xG is planned, kits are not since they would not really add to the game + same copyright problem as using their logo

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I think a cool feature would be:


Is that, Stats for custom players e.g Goals, Assists, Yellow Cards, Red Cards should be tracked

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
isn't that already tracked in cups?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
He means across cups. Maybe I can add something like that one day

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Is MatchSim legacy (old version) ever coming back?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Well, why should it?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
nostalgia :D

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
suggestion: option to color places on color we choose (similiar to logo maker). with that we could mark relegation, promotion, european cups etc.


also it would be simpler to make logo if we had some basic colors on bottom

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Planned!

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Joshua- What a great sim you've created.  Question- is there a way for the Data/Teams or Data/Nationas screen to show the teams and nations, including the customization packs that I've activated?    Also, a future suggestion would be to have a Stamina attribute for players, which would dictate how often they need to rest/get injured etc.  It could be based on their relative Minutes Played in the season, which is now available for most leagues.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hi, for now an updsted teams and nations overview is not feasible.


Stamina is probably required for career mode so will probably come

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Also if it wasn't for that new penalty graphic, I wouldn't have seen that Accrington beat Man United 2-1 on pens with both teams missing NINE pens. That has to be a record: 18 missed pens and 3 scored


https://matchsimulator.com/match/4b4822168dd7f605/accrington-stanley-vs-manchester-united

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I wish I got chaos like this in my sims :(

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I saw on the old site that you had tournament bracket as a planned feature, I think that would be really cool so do you know when this could be released?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
It was a wish but its difficult because you have to make it dynamic and responsive for all screen sizes. Its low on my priority list

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hey Joshua just curious if there are going to be weekly, daily or even monthly leaderboards?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Not for now. Daily record leaderboard is planned, as well as a streak leaderboard that is currently being worked on.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Ok!!

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hey um,I wonder how people create teams as mods

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
What are you specifically wondering about? You canbstart by going in the menu to customization packs. Then create pack. After that you'll see options to create players, edit players, make transfers, create teams and nations. Just try it out!

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Joshua, I've been wondering since i first started using this app, why aren't all the club logos edited, llike for example como, monza, Brescia etc.?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
When the logos were first initialized I ran a script that took the 2 most common colours from the logo. But some teams were added later, or some teams had logos where the script didnt really work. So that can cause the blank crests. But you can just update them yourself using a logo pack

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
is it possible to do in a mod? that would be cool.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
What do you mean?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
the script that took the 2 most common colours from the logo for custom clubs in mods, example: you created a  custo club, let say Telstar, and the script will scan the colors of Telstar and ut them in the created club

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
But then youd still need to upload the logo and thats something I dont want to add bc of security

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Will manual subs be coming? I have a 99 player and it always subs him out


 

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
They will. I did already implement sub protection for the highest rated players, they are unlikely to be subbed off before the 70th minute. Can you sim 20 games with that player and note down how often and in what minutes he was subbed off? You'll see its not all that much, or if it is then let me know with the details, then something is probably wrong

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
When is Club World Cup event coming?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
For a long time the data provider didn't have it. Now they do, but not in the correct format. I'll see if I can add it soon.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Alright lmk I can also make a preset

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
https://matchsimulator.com/cup-preset/22245/fifa-club-world-cup


There is already an official preset.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
LAFC is officially in Group D in place of Leon.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
You're right, I should update that

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hello Joshua, when will the events for the 2025/2026 season be updated?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
When their schedules are known

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hello, Joshua! The question is: what does "offsides" mean in the match statistics? Does this mean that the team was offside so many times? Or does it mean that the team has trapped the opponents in an offside position so many times?


Example: Two teams, statistics on offsides 1-6 (my team is on the right). Did my team get offside 6 times or did it catch the opponents 6 times?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Its like regular football live trackers, so offside count just means how often the team was caught offside

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
oh, thank you!

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Why is it not said in the commentry then?


 

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Bc there is no event for it at the moment, its just a counter

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
What happened to Free Agents? I can't add the players to Free Agents and I can't play matches. How can I make players Free Agents now?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
That was actually a bug. You can just create a custom team Free Agents and add them there

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I know you might be working on something but I think u should add free kicks

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hi! What about keeping the relegated teams that disappear in the game (for ex. this year tenerife has been relegated so next edition 25-26 tenerife will disappear from the game so also from Matchsimulator). I propose that you keep them, i know that it´s difficult to put their ratings and new signings and sales but i would prefer having them (even if they are out of date )than not having them

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I prefer to keep an up to date roster, but you can always create or import a customization pack for that

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
How can i choose which teams play which in knockout cups?


I've already drawn my teams irl but i can't get the teams to play eachother since there are 28 and not 16

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
For 28 teams, there is first a play-off round in which a few teams have to play, the teams for this round are randomly picked. You can edit this draw, but I'm guessing you do not have all the teams there that you have in your irl schedule?


Unfortunately, it is not possible at the moment to change who play the play-off, but it is on the planned list.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
What is the highest score ever recorded?


 

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
14-0

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
just... how

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
send link to the 14-0 pls

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Match Simulator has gotten so much cooler

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Thanks!

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
When is the 2025/26 season going to be available on match simulator?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Pretty sure in september or october

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
please make a pack that allows people to upload real logos, that would definitely make your site a lot better. I'VE READ FAQ

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I understand that, but since you've read the FAQ... I'm not going to add it for now because of security

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I think adding a feature for free kicks would be cool (:

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
https://matchsimulator.com/match/2a95aaa1153ad353/inter-miami-vs-al-hilal


First of all I think I have the award for the longest PK shootout


Second why was neymar playing he is at santos currently?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
1.Thats the longest it can go currently, so youre probably one of the few that has seen it. But... you helped me find a bug. The 11th pen of the away team should have been taken, but it wasnt!


2. The squads are from the start of the season. If you want updated squads, please use a customization pack.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
But I got a pen match that ended 12-11? I didn't save it though so I can't show it

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I would like you to add something like the ability to create seasons. There are e.g. 2 leagues, 3 teams from 1 are relegated etc. After the season (more in the future) transfers and they continue playing. I hope that something like this will appear someday because it would be a nice change.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
this finale is cool :)
https://matchsimulator.com/match/9c015f49c7327cb0/paris-saint-germain-vs-inter

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Let's hope for the same tonight! 😉

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Are you able to fix the problem where the game always crashes randomly. It happens all the time.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Well, just check the comment below you. Right now, the cleanup is happening so thats why its slower.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Ok

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hey mods, I just wanted to report an issue I've been facing and I know a lot of others too, so sure, when I play cups, they go smoothly, until they don't, sometimes it takes a RIDICULOUSLY long time for a cup game to load, and I'm not talking about setting up cup games in 'Quick match', I'm talking about a full on cup, so if you guys could just resolve this issue, it would be all good, Best of luck

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hi, I think what you're experiencing is an effect of the cleanups that happen in the background. Since there are over 200K simulated matches every day, the database grows and grows. Therefore, every hour all the matches and related data older than 24 hours (and not saved) is cleaned up. But this is a heavy process. When you experience it being slow, check the time. Usually this happens around the :36 minute mark. 


We've already done a lot to improve this, but for now this is the situation. Apologize for the inconvenience.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
For me this doesn't usually happen during a match, it's usually loading into a match or going back to the cup screen after a match

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
It doesn't matter what you are doing, loading any page during those moments will be slow. It's because the database queries prioritize the cleanup at that moment so any other query just has to wait. 

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Ahh okay I see, so I'm guessing the cleanups just so happen to be at the same time I load a match


 

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Yes but thats not a coincidence, they run for about 2 minutes. So during those minutes you (nor other users) cant load any page

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
I see, alr thanks

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
So I've been busy the last days, a lot of new updates! Check the changelog to see what changed, it includes some highly requested features like the penalty shootout visual, community leaderboard, injuries, and fixes for the tactics.

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Thanks for your amazing work!

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
You should be able to play hybrid matches between clubs and nations

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Hi bro, here is my weirdest cup so far...


https://matchsimulator.com/cup/1501680/exhilaration


I put like 1 99-rated player on Club Brugge for the record

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
What a clutch from psg!


https://matchsimulator.com/match/61c2a6807e469a2d/paris-saint-germain-vs-inter

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

            

                
                

                    
Hey, sometimes when I simulate a game team A hase 37% chance to win there is a 24% chance that it will be a draw and team B hase a 40% chance to win but this adds up to 101%. could you fix this?

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
https://matchsimulator.com/match/3cf90956e87cf739/wales-vs-canada an example

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
Fixed now

                

                

                    
                                           
                

            

            

                
                

                    
great, thanks