When is the Sidemen Charity Match 2026? Start time and line-ups | Football
The Sidemen Charity Match returns this weekend with millions of pounds set to be raised for charitable causes.
The hugely popular event, which was founded by the Sidemen YouTubers in 2016, has raised over £8m for charity across its previous six editions.
This year’s Wembley showdown will look and feel slightly different, with several members of the Sidemen team playing for the YouTube Allstars instead.
The match will need to go some way to topping the excitement and drama delivered by last year’s game, which finished as a rather incredible 9-9 draw before the Allstars prevailed 5-4 in a penalty shootout.
Here is your full guide to the Sidemen Charity Match 2026, including what time it starts, how to watch and the all-important line-ups.
What time does the match start?
The game will kick-off at 3pm on Saturday, April 18.
The 90,000 tickets sold out in just three hours, raising a total of £4.7m for the Bright Side and M7 Education charities.
This is the second-successive year the charity game has been staged at Wembley, with previous editions taking place at St Mary’s (2016), The Valley (2017, 2018, 2022) and the London Stadium (2023).
How to watch
The game will be available to watch for free on the Sidemen YouTube channel.
Line-ups
Sidemen members KSI, Miniminter and Behzinga are the players who have switched to the YouTube Allstars team this year.
Sidemen Charity Match teams
Sidemen FC
Manager: Jack Joseph
- 0 – Deji
- 3 – Marlon
- 4 – Zerkaa
- 7 – Arthur TV
- 9 – Aminematue
- 10 – ChrisMD
- 12 – xQc
- 14 – Adapt
- 19 – Jynxzi
- 21 – TBJZL
- 22 – Niko
- 23 – AB
- 30 – AJ Shabeel
- 61 – LazarBeam
- 67 – Lacy
- 77 – Wroetoshaw
- 123 – Vikkstar123
YouTube Allstars
Manager: Calfreezy
- 1 – Sketch
- 4 – KSI
- 5 – CarryMinati
- 7 – Miniminter
- 8 – George Clarkey
- 11 – Ibai
- 13 – AngryGinge
- 14 – Squeezie
- 15 – MrWhoseTheBoss
- 17 – Nykchazza
- 22 – Fanum
- 25 – Behzinga
- 28 – Danny Aarons
- 66 – Stable Ronaldo
- 67 – El Rubius
- 88 – ItalianBach
- 99 – Jasontheween
Will extra-time be used if it ends a draw?
No – the match will head straight to penalties should the game finish level after 90 minutes.
Last year’s clash was the first time that penalties have been used to determine the winner.
Previous results
The Sidemen have the better overall record with four victories notched up compared to the two wins by the YouTube Allstars.
- 2016: Sidemen 7-2 YouTube Allstars
- 2017: Sidemen 0-2 YouTube Allstars
- 2018: Sidemen 7-1 YouTube Allstars
- 2022: Sidemen 8-7 YouTube Allstars
- 2023: Sidemen 8-5 YouTube Allstars
- 2025: Sidemen 9-9 YouTube Allstars (YouTube Allstars win 5-4 on penalties)
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