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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.

This is insane

I can't find CSKA Sofia

CSKA Sofia isn't in the game (since CSKA isn't in FC25). You'll need a mod for that.

See: https://matchsimulator.com/customization-pack/90187/bulgaria 

is there a dark mode?

No, unluckily there isn't a dark mode but personnally, I installed on my browser the extension "Dark Reader" and it works well as a dark mode

couple things 1. i feel like players should be subbed less if they the best ovrs on their team especially against high quality teams. for example norway vs brazil knockout game it was 0-0 and they subbed haaland off and then norway got penalty and his replacement tripic missed it and brazil won 1-0 in extra time. 

2. idk why a lot of time cb get more g/a then wingers a lot like vvd getting 8 goals and gvardiol 7 but then savinho will get less and ekitike

 

 

1. Is already implemented. The best players are protected from an early substitution. But (i think) from 80th minute anyone can get subbed off. Even Haaland can get tired

2. That just depends on their crossing and finishing abilities, CBs will score some goals from corners and also in regular play, which both VVD and Gvardiol do. Savinho and Ekitike probably dont have that good stats on finishing so the goals will be scored by others

When will the 2025/26 version of the game be out?

When FC26 comes out.

Or, to be more precise: probably a month after FC26 comes out.

Thanks Larsson, i thought that was it but just checking to be sure

Thats not entirely true. See the FAQ.

Within a month after the release of FC26, but probably within a week

Hello everyone, I have one question, I finished my first cup inside the app, is it possible to start a "new season" of this cup ? Or do we need to create it again ? Thank you

Yes you would need to create a new cup (you can always create a preset from your cup in My Cups by pressing the three dots, so you dont need to enter everything again

Okay, very interesting, thanks for the help

When will the 2025/26 season be added here?

See the FAQ

Do squads automatically update in Cups if I made a transfer halfway through?

No, tactics function independent of packs so that if you share it with someone else they dont need the pack to make it work. So you'd have to update the tactics or make new ones

Hi Joshua! I just wanted to ask you if stadiums are going to be added, like in the "today's matches" section, it would be nice to see it on every mode, not only there. An alternative is that you add to the customization pack editor this feature, so you can write the name of the stadium clicking on "stadium name" or something like that, thanks

Stadiums might be added, but its not high on the backlog.

Please add all national teams

See the FAQ

Hi Joshua,

I was wondeirng how the statistics for players goals and assists works. It seems often that players with most assists are corner takers amd other players dont seem to get a lot of assists. 

Good observation! The assists are based on the passing + crossing skill and the player with highest crossing takes the corners.

well i feel like there is too much emphasis on corners because a player might get 10 assists from corners in a 38 game season it seemes like a lot

I just looked up the stats and I think the corner > goal ratio has been reduced the last years. I'll update it.

yea cause i also had numerous games where all 3 goals would be assisted by corner

Are you planning to add head to head tiebrakers in group stages like club world cup? like instead of group stage, the team that won their match would go above.

Yes, h2h tiebreakers are planned

add clean sheets as a stat

Planned

is the simulation proccess/system based on fc 25 or its own code? since the system used fc 25/fifa is not really affected by tactics and formations, so I can know when i am making a formation if it affects the chance of winning or only the positions of players and their ratings

The match engine is completely custom coded

Hello, from Japan.

I was making Honduras national team in my own customization pack. I have a question about it.

Before I add Honduran players, Hondurans were only few, so I could understand that there's no Honduras national team in the engine. But even after I added dozens of Honduran players (enough to form team), I cannot use Honduras just like before.

1 Could you tell me how to activate new national team? Or do I have to  create a nation?

2 If I need to create a nation, I want to use national flags of the nation like default, how can I do that?

I always enjoy this simulator. Thank you for it.

I'm waiting your answer. Seeyou. (^_^)

1) you need to create a new national team, can be done in the same pack or a different one(the players pack would need to be activated for this one) 
2) for created nations, as of now the defualt logo is just gray and you cant add flags

Hello from Italy, sorry for my english. Thanks for this app! Can You tell me something about the game engime? For exemple, a team with a medium strenght 70 vs a team with medium strenght 60, how likely is the strongest team to win?

Here's an example:

The 70 strenght team has 89% chance of winning, with no home advantage.

I had the answer in front of me and I couldn't see it. Practically, I see this in every match, right? Thank You! 

Do you know when the 2025/26 version will release?

when fc 26 releases

Ok

See the FAQ

Ok

recently i see a frequent problem simulating leagues:i simulate like matchday 10 and some teams after simulating their 10th game remains at 9 games played and don't get the 3 points if they win,i didn't finish the cups where it happened so i don't know if at the end of the cup the problem solves itself but i think it's a bug that has to be fixed

Please send the links to the cups, I'll investigate!

What I suspected... Your cup has 25 teams. Just think about it; how should every team play every round? You would have 12 teams facing another 12 teams and then there's 1 team left that can't play. So yes, at the end every team will have played the same amount of games and if you want to prevent this, just ensure you have an even amount of teams.

Oh, and next time please set your cup to public or share the private link (its there when you click the Share button on a private cup). 

Thanks, I hadn't even thought about that. Sorry for wasting your time.

Hey Joshua, I really like your website, but do you think you will ever add like fights, or like a MOTM thing maybe? Thanks!

Motm and ratings are planned, fights i dont think for now

https://matchsimulator.com/match/62273cde611e876d/liverpool-vs-manchester-city
9 goals thriller...

Bro that's nothing, one time i was simulating the MLS, Dallas vs Inter Miami, 10-1 For Inter Miami...

Hello is there a way I can transfer stats from across cups? For example, goals, assists, yellow cards, injuries that are recorded on one cup could be incorporated to a new cup. For continuity purposes or something like that.

At the moment not, but a combination of cups or something like that is planned

Hi! I found a bug that was in a link to a match, that was published here by MANUDAGOATS one day ago.  When I was seeing the standings, this showed up. How Manchester City is 19th place when is actually in the first place? 0

Here's the standings: 0

Hey Joshua, are you ever gonna give us the possibility to put 3-6 teams in a group?

3 and 4 are already possible, 5/6/7/8 teams might be added later

Hello everyone, is it possible to hide the match odds from the match page?

You mean the chance distribution? It's not, but why would you want that?

That's unfortunate. I'd like to do so because I'm simulating a custom league with equal teams and we are betting. I don't want them to know that the odds are largely better for the Home team, but I also wanted to keep a little of an advantage to the home team

This match was crazy!  https://matchsimulator.com/match/2d4d44dd57a8666f/brentford-vs-manchester-city

You haven't seen a 10-0 yet...

https://matchsimulator.com/match/93aa0d8c6c802275/borussia-monchengladbach-vs-tsg-1899-hoffenheim

Am I doing something wrong? I checked this link but i can see nothing but the result. Where are the details? (like the match timeline events)

Matches get cleaned up after 24 hours unless they are saved. So this one was cleaned up.

Hello Joshua ! So first thank you for this really good website you are working on ! It is a real pleasure to see the work behind, and the power of it ! The question (or remark) I have, is that can it be possible to create teams with a raking, without adding players in it ? I think that the answer is no, but do you think it can be possible in the future ? Because I want to create a customized pack, about a fantasy football world (Inazuma Eleven in this case), but I can't rate the teams, so the games are not simulated, which is normal with the actual system. If I want to create a real competition with it, how many players (at least) I need to create for each team ?

Maybe I'm the only one to like the idea to rate a team without adding any players inside to play without taking to much time to create them (close to 800 players for my pack), but I think it can be an improvement ...

Thank you for your answer, have a nice day !

Hi Vince, I understand your request but unfortunately the match engine is really built on players that make up the team, not the other way around. So what you want is not really possible. One of the features (though it might be premium) I have planned is that you can just enter a rating, maybe a nationality and a full squad will be generated based on that. 

Yes I understand ! I will take some times to create those players ! It will be long, but it can be unteresting also for other users ! Do you think 11 players will be enough for 1 team ? No substitutes, and I think if I deactivate the injuries it can be okay

Keep in mind that players can get suspended! So I would always recommend at least 18 players, but without injuries just 2-3 players on the bench will probably suffice

Okay thank you very much, I'm working on it !

Hi Joshua, I have an idea for a new tournament format, it could be called: "Playoffs and league". It consists of the standings of a league from the previous year, so that playoffs are made that face the one that finished first against the one promoted from the lower division as 3rd, the second against the promoted as second, the 3rd against the champion of the lower league, 4th against the 17th (it would be a league of 20), etc. To do this, you would have a menu to place the positions from "last season", and, once the matchups are adjusted, they face each other in a double match and the winners will go to the "championship league" and the losers to the "relegation league" and there would be two independent leagues of 10 teams each, thanks.










 

 




 
                

Thanks for the suggestion. Playoffs and similar formats including relegation and promotion are planned. 

In a league table could you add an option to see a table with just position, team name, games played, points and form?

What would be the reason that you don't want to see the other information?

When on the app on my phone, it's quite annoying to have to keep scrolling across to see the points and then the team... I just think having an option with less information would make it easier

Yes I understand, a sticky column or something like that is planned

https://matchsimulator.com/match/4e21a23d6ddb78cc/real-madrid-vs-oxford-sunnyside

Real Madrid...

How did you get Oxford Sunnyside? I'm from Northern Ireland and just curious to see if I could get the pack.

If you open the match, then go to the Info tab you'll find the two active packs

Thanks Joshua, the amount of effort you put into this amazing website is incredible!!! I love this project

I'm using this to pit my Match Attax teams against each other. I would really appreciate if more stats were added (I know its difficult to implement). For example, I'd love to see saves, clean sheets, successful dribbles, etc

Clean sheets and matches/minutes played are planned. For saves and succesful dribbles we don't really track that.

Hello, i want to ask you. If I changed tne raiting of player, but didnt change any other stats (shoooting, passing, etc), does it make sense to choose "beta" when I create a new cup? (quite strange question, but id like to know anyway)

Yes, it would! You have to imagine that the beta engine takes the three stats (overall, attacking, defending) into account, so changing either of the three would impact their total ability. 

Can you add details for cards, for example if your given a yellow card under the card it should give a reason. And can you give more info for when a goal is scored like for example, counter attacks and bicycle kick goals

Added to backlog.

I have 3 ideas i will be happy if you add them but its ok if you dont:

1, Add a MVP in a match and match ratings

2, Add a maybe like a button to simulate a cup all without simulating matches one by one so it doesnt take like a hour 

3, Add the Czech League because it is in the top 10 leagues in the world and in like FC 25 for example you dont have it and not even here so please make it

See the FAQ

Im working on adding premium

Oh okay thank you

But the sad thing is i am broke :(

I understand and if I would have the chance I would offer it for free, but that would effectively mean the end of Match Simulator and that is not what I want either... 

Will all current features be free forever?

Thats the idea!

But i cant make hard promises on that. Like the limit i added on saved matches, some things just might have to be limited in the future bc of increased usage of the website

And then those limits could be higher for premium since there would be a lot less users that have premium.

What ive planned now for premium does not affect the free version at all.

Great to hear :)

1 is planned

3 Read the FAQ as well, we do not add teams except for rare occassions. You can create or import a customization pack for that.

 

Dortmund's Biggest Upset Ever!

https://matchsimulator.com/match/7308282012b6d991/fenerbahce-sk-vs-borussia-dortmund

honestly, not that crazy

Hi Josh, here's some of my ideas for improving the simulator:

1. Adding the Czech League

Apart from the teams in Europe in 24-25 (Sparta, Slavia, Plzeň And Mladá Boleslav) the league Is absent. I'm currently working on a mod to add the other 12 teams, but considering it's a top 10 european League (better than Poland, Scotland...) I think it would be a great adition.

2. Adding Clean sheets to the Stats page for goalkeepers And appearences for all players

3. Adding "Recommended rotation"

In edit Line-ups rotation Is Very useful in a disbalanced fixture. But sometimes it can be hard to estimate how much to rotate without weakening the team too much. So I'd add "recommended rotation" which would be the ideal rotation ratio for the specific oponent they were playing.

4. Adding Play-offs

Many Leagues have Title/Middle/Relegation play-offs after the Regular round-robin League part (Czech republic, Scotland, Denmark, Austria, Belgium), during which the League Is divided into different parts based on League position And then play each other Once or twice within the group, adding to their overall points total.

5. Adding Match ratings And MOTM

After each match it would be cool to see player ratings /10 And the one with the highest would receive man of the match. Number of MOTM awards or average match rating could then be shown in the Stats page.

6. Giving teams a bye to the next round 

Let's say I have a 3 team knock-out elimination tournament which starts with a play-off between two teams. The winner plays the Third team in the final. That's Very good, exept you can't choose which team automaticaly advances to the final.

7. Adding VAR to matches

Imagine you score And then VAR dissallows it for offside. Or give a penalty against you. Infuriating, but realistic! :)

8. Adding the option of a 2-legged final

Some competitions, like the CAF Champions League play the final over 2 legs, at home, And Away. It would be interesting to have this option.

9. Adding "tiebreakers"

If two teams Finish on level points, their position Is Always decided by goal difference. Many Leagues use different tiebreakers like H2H. Could be given As An option when creating a tournament.

 

10. Increased Chance of red cards in derby matches

Each team could have a preset rival/rivals (Barcelona - Real Madrid/Espanyol) And in H2H matches the red card rate would be higher.

 

Obviously not all of these suggestions Are necessary And I don't know how realistic they Are, but I think they would even further improve an already great platform. Please let me know which ones you like And which ones could be made Real.

1. Please read the FAQ - we do not add any teams except for rare cases. You can import or create a customization pack for that.
2. Planned
3. Sounds cool, added to backlog
4. Planned
5. Planned
6. Planned - I want to make it so that you can choose who plays that initial qualifier round.
7. Planned
8. Added to backlog
9. Planned
10. Sounds cool, but difficult to do right. I'd have to store all the rivalries. Or make it a custom setting that you can tune up yourself. Added to backlog.

 

 

What are the ratings of players and clubs that are not in FIFA based on? Where is the information taken from? Thanks!

They are all created by Larsson. He bases the ratings based on Transfermarkt values and gut feeling. He also wrote an article about it that I still plan to release.

Hi Joshua! Maybe you can use the Elo ratings (used in FIFA World rankings) to determine team strengths and use it as an important factor for match outcomes. A team like Argentina with an Elo of 2000 is more likely to beat a team with an elo of below 1500 with a big margin of goals for example.

I have built a 3x3 Basketball Match Simulator that also uses Elo ratings. As two coding passionates you can have a look on my project at: www.3x3simulator.com (not finished).

Your site Is So cool!

Definitely cool and I really like the concept of Elo ratings. However, I do not have the elo ratings of all teams. Furthermore, the elo rating of a team does not indicate individual player strengths and abilities. So a lot of depth would be lost by using this... 

Hello, does anyone get the bug that after a double match on quick matches when you get out of the result you can not type new teams because old ones suddently spawn and you have to first delete them then after write down new ones. 

Yes that is not a bug but intended. Makes it easy to do the same match again or just choose one other team while keeping the other there.

Ok, thank you, great website btw, keep up the good work

When a card is handed out I think it would be good if there is a specific reason to why for example dissent, kicking the ball away after a foul and stuff like that it would make the game your simulating more realistic 

Guys, I need help... I was using a pack and I think it got removed. Now all my cups are broken :(. I don't know what to do... someone pls help

When you go into the cup, it says pack required or activate pack where the matches are, correct? Click that and a popup will open that tells you which pack to import and activate. If the pack is still available, you can reimport and reactivate it from there. 

If the pack was created by someone else and made private or completely removed, then yeah you cant use it anymore

Hmm I noticed that the activate pack does not open the popup, I'll look into that and get back to you!

Looked into it now. It appears that indeed the custom team or the pack has been deleted. That is also the reason that the activate popup does not work. I added this as to-fix in my backlog but the bottom line remains that you will not be able to continue unfortunately.

Hey, Josh!! Thanks to the reply. Now I'll need to start brand new Cups.. corretcly? The guys are going to get pissed at me lol. But I was just testing the website.. now it's time to the real competitions. I hope nothing else gets broken lol

Yes i think that cup is worthless now. Just wondering, where did you get the pack from that is now deleted? As long as you use packs that do not get deleted or just use teams from the main database, nothing should break.

Actually I think the pack didn't got deleted at all. It's still there available to use. But somehow it got broken in both those Cups.. I don't know what happened. And I got it from the website, it is the "All Club and National Teams" pack.

Hmm I checked it but thats not true.

The match that is wrong is Bragantino vs Gremio FBP (or smth like that). Bragantino is included in the Brazil pack that you have added. But Gremio FBP is not in either of those packs. So the question is in which pack it was, Im presuming that it was the Brazil one, but it must have gotten deleted by the pack owner. Or is there another pack you had previously that had Gremio FBP?

Great Website, and thanks for putting so much effort and time into it. You should add fights/brawls, lots of games, I see yellow cards and reds stacked up minute after minute, on both teams, like what would happen in a fight. 

Do you know if it's possible to add a feature where all matches for a matchday could be simulated? As I'm playing a cup, it usually takes a long time to simulate them all individually. 

Yes, see the FAQ

If all goes well, premium shpuld be added in the coming months

You should try adding like a donation thing, like Wikipedia has. But anyways, great website!

Thanks! Yes I had a donation option on the previous version and it earned a grand total of 25 euros in 4 years... (but thanks anyway to the people that did donate!)

Would you ever consider making match simulator matches 3d

Yes, but that is far far future. If it gets that far then probably I'll need a whole team of developers

could you add stadiums for the new season, so as you can customize where quick matches or finals are played and when creating a new club have a bit where you can add their stadium.

https://matchsimulator.com/match/adc35c321c951ba1/6-a-vs-liverpool   Jota with the winner

Um, can I ask that whenever I returned back to a few games, most of them only show the standing and comments(where are the line-up, summary, feed, stats)

Matches are cleaned up after 24 hours unless they are saved.

Whyyyy :(((

Well think about it. 200k matches per day, including around 60 match events per match plus 36-40 players per match, easily gets in the millions of records per day. Its not feasible to store all that data

Well, that's seem reasonable =). Thank you for putting so much effort and hard work into this website

Hi 2 things. First, is it possible to combine the club transfers and edit players feature. its difficult to go back and forth. Second, we should have a feature to see which players are a card away from suspension, would help with lineups.

The first one I actually separated them because people did not understand how to make transfers. Maybe I'll add the transfer option to edit player as well, not sure yet

Having a suspension overview with players that are in danger sounds good, added to backlog

Thank you!