The Sidemen Charity Match returns this afternoon with thousands and thousands of kilos 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 yr’s Wembley showdown will feel and look barely different, with several members of the Sidemen team playing for the YouTube Allstars as an alternative.
The match might want to go some solution to topping the joy and drama delivered by last yr’s game, which finished as a reasonably 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 you can watch and the all-important teams.
What time does the match start?
The sport will kick-off at 3pm today (Saturday, April 18).
The 90,000 tickets sold out in only three hours, raising a complete of £4.7m for the Vivid Side and M7 Education charities.
That is the second-successive yr the charity game has been staged at Wembley, with previous editions going down at St Mary’s (2016), The Valley (2017, 2018, 2022) and the London Stadium (2023).
How one can watch
The sport shall be available to look at totally free on the Sidemen YouTube channel.
Teams
Sidemen members KSI, Miniminter and Behzinga are the players who’ve switched to the YouTube Allstars team this yr.
Sidemen Charity Match line-ups
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 sport finish level after 90 minutes.
Last yr’s clash was the primary time that penalties have been used to find out the winner.
Previous results
The Sidemen have the higher overall record with 4 victories notched up in comparison with the 2 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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