The new season of the Nigerian Premier League (NPFL 24/25) will have 4 major Categories. These categories include:
I. Prediction League
II. Head to Head League Divisions
III. Prediction cup
IV. Most wins
These competitions will be played simultaneously and will be based on the results of every match in the NPL 2024 - 2025 season (38 Matchdays).
The prediction league will be based on each player’s predictions and wager placement in which the players are each given an equal amount of virtual points that is used to predict the outcome of the real life NPFL matches.
This league will contain all registered players in the prediction league.
The player with the highest point at the end of the season will be the champion of the prediction league.
In any case there is a tie in points, the player with the most wins takes the trophy.
If both players have the same wins, then the player with more balance (wager points) remaining will be declared the winner of the tournament.
The Head to head league will be played like a regular league with seasons.
The league will contain 40 players. divided into 4 divisions and 4 seasons.
A division contains 10 players and a season is every 9 NPFL matchdays
The 10 players of each division will play each other once to battle for promotion and avoid relegation.
The player with the higher score at the end of a matchday will have 3 points that matchday, but if there is a draw, both players will gain 1 point each and a loss is 0 points.
Relegated players go down to the lower division while promoted players go up to a higher division.
The fixtures will be made at the beginning of the season and commence on Matchday 3.
The eligible players are those that finished in the first 30 positions of the NFPL 2023/24 Head to head table.
10 new players will be added to division 4 based on their prediction league standings after Matchday 2.
5 relegated division 4 players will be replaced by the best 5 on the prediction league table that are not already in the Head to Head league
This will be a knockout version of the H2H league where the top 32 players (after MD19) from the prediction league will be drawn against each other until a winner emerges in the final. This will begin at the second stanza of the league.
Bonus: NGN 2,000 weekly bonus prize pool for players with 7 wins or more on a match day
NGN 10,000 (Player that has the most wins at the end of the season)