Beginner's guide: How to make the perfect quiniela

Learn the basics of the quiniela and start predicting results more accurately from your very first jornada.

La Quiniela is one of Spain's most traditional sports betting games. Created in 1946 by SELAE (Sociedad Estatal de Loterías y Apuestas del Estado), it involves predicting the result of 15 football matches from the Primera and Segunda División. With the QuiniPrats platform, you can play it in a private league format with your friends and add an extra level of excitement and competition.

How to read a quiniela prediction

Each week, the quiniela jornada features 15 football matches. For each one, you must choose one of three possible results:

• 1 — Home win
• X — Draw between the two teams
• 2 — Away win

The aim is to get as many results right as possible. The more matches you predict correctly, the more points you accumulate in your QuiniPrats private ranking.

Basic strategies for beginners

Analyse each team's recent form

Before making your predictions, look at each team's last 5 matches. A team on a run of 4 consecutive wins is far more reliable than one stringing defeats together. Take into account injuries to key players and whether the match is home or away.

The home advantage

Statistically, home teams win around 45–48% of matches in Primera División. When in doubt, '1' tends to be the safer option in evenly matched games. But watch out for teams that actually perform better away from home!

Why play in a league with your friends?

The beauty of QuiniPrats is that it turns an individual bet into a social competition. Every week you can see in real time who is doing best and follow the standings throughout the entire season. The friendly rivalry pushes you to analyse each prediction more carefully and pay much closer attention to the weekend's matches.

• Real-time standings throughout the season
• Detailed statistics on your correct and incorrect predictions
• Customisable competitions with your own rules
• Match result notifications

First steps to get started

Creating a QuiniPrats account is completely free and in less than 2 minutes you can have your first competition up and running. Create a group, invite your friends with a code or link, and let the fun begin. Each jornada you will receive a reminder to submit your predictions before the matches kick off.