Your First Live Match: The Play Come 11 Matchday Guide

Live matchdays, explained for your first week

Every Play Come 11 fixture has a countdown to lineup lock – as a beginner, draft early and use the remaining time to check your XI against the announced teams.

The toss decides who plays: when starting elevens are named, bench anyone in your XI who missed the cut. The countdown timer tells you how long you have.

The post-toss habit

Check the team sheet, swap the benched players, and never start a contest with someone scoring zero.

Watching your points move

Live scoring syncs per ball – your first match teaches the system while it happens.

Reusing your first XI

Save your lineup as a template and enter it into another contest – your first good draft works twice.