MatchDay Buddy
A pre-season friendly match tracker for serious football fans — probable lineups, broadcast links (TV, stream, radio), and live text-commentary for every friendly your club plays, even the obscure ones.
Hardcore football fans who want to follow every pre-season fixture of their club, not just the league matches
- Follow your club and get a pre-season calendar with kickoff times, venue, and broadcast/stream/radio links in one place
- Probable lineups posted 1 hour before kickoff, aggregated from beat reporters and X posts
- Live text-commentary companion for when official broadcasts are paywalled or geo-restricted
- Post-match snapshot with standout players, key stats, and a 2-line tactical note
Pre-season is when fans are most eager and most under-served — even a routine Serie A friendly like Fiorentina-Gubbio needed a news outlet to write a 'where to watch' explainer.
Real but narrow demand — bet365, LiveSoccerTV and Yahoo Sports all published dedicated 'where to watch' pieces for the obscure Fiorentina-Gubbio friendly, proving fans search it, but it's a low-volume niche interest outside top clubs.How to watch Fiorentina v Gubbio: Live stream, TV channel ↗Where to watch Fiorentina vs Gubbio: TV Channel & Live Stream ↗
Highly saturated — OneFootball has a dedicated Club Friendly Games hub, and FotMob, Sofascore, LiveScore, ESPN and Bet365 already publish probable lineups, broadcast info and text commentary for friendlies, leaving little differentiated room.Club Friendly Games news - OneFootball ↗FotMob - Football Live Scores ↗
Weak — major incumbents are free or ad-supported; LiveScore/OneFootball already monetize via premium tiers and ad-free subscriptions, and pre-season friendlies alone don't justify a paid niche app, especially given subscription fatigue.LiveScore Reviews and Pricing 2026 | F6S ↗FotMob vs OneFootball vs ESPN: 5 Soccer Apps Ranked (2026) ↗
Football demand is evergreen but pre-season friendlies only run ~4-6 weeks per year; the app would be largely dormant the other 10 months unless it expands into regular season coverage, severely limiting sustainable engagement.
Buildable in principle — lineup scrapers and broadcaster listing aggregators exist — but reliable data feeds (Opta/Sportradar) are expensive, broadcast rights/streaming links are legally fraught, and live text commentary needs human ops or costly NLP.