diff --git a/app/Env.scala b/app/Env.scala
index 983e89be8f..3469288d4d 100644
--- a/app/Env.scala
+++ b/app/Env.scala
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ final class Env(
     bookmarkApi = Env.bookmark.api,
     eloCalculator = Env.round.eloCalculator,
     relationApi = Env.relation.api,
+    gameCached = Env.game.cached,
     postApi = Env.forum.postApi,
     getRank = Env.user.ranking.get) _
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/Tv.scala b/app/controllers/Tv.scala
index f120b22006..82fcaf1c5b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Tv.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Tv.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ object Tv extends LilaController {
   private def confrontation(game: GameModel): Fu[Option[Confrontation]] = ~{
     (game.creator.userId |@| game.invited.userId) apply {
       case (id1, id2) ⇒ (UserRepo byId id1) zip (UserRepo byId id2) flatMap {
-        case (Some(user1), Some(user2)) ⇒ GameRepo.confrontation(user1, user2) map (_.some)
+        case (Some(user1), Some(user2)) ⇒ Env.game.cached.confrontation(user1, user2) map (_.some)
         case _                          ⇒ fuccess(none)
       }
     }
diff --git a/app/mashup/UserInfo.scala b/app/mashup/UserInfo.scala
index 6b8af6c953..26e072ab26 100644
--- a/app/mashup/UserInfo.scala
+++ b/app/mashup/UserInfo.scala
@@ -36,16 +36,17 @@ object UserInfo {
     bookmarkApi: BookmarkApi,
     eloCalculator: EloCalculator,
     relationApi: RelationApi,
+    gameCached: lila.game.Cached,
     postApi: PostApi,
     getRank: String ⇒ Fu[Option[Int]])(user: User, ctx: Context): Fu[UserInfo] =
     (getRank(user.id) flatMap {
       _ ?? { rank ⇒ countUsers() map { nb ⇒ (rank -> nb).some } }
     }) zip
       ((ctx is user) ?? {
-        GameRepo count (_ notFinished user.id) map (_.some)
+        gameCached nbPlaying user.id map (_.some)
       }) zip
       (ctx.me.filter(user!=) ?? { me ⇒
-        GameRepo.confrontation(me, user) map (_.some filterNot (_.empty))
+        gameCached.confrontation(me, user) map (_.some filterNot (_.empty))
       }) zip
       (bookmarkApi countByUser user) zip
       EloChart(user) zip
diff --git a/app/views/user/confrontation.scala.html b/app/views/user/confrontation.scala.html
index 6b4aa2c93b..8de55e1dda 100644
--- a/app/views/user/confrontation.scala.html
+++ b/app/views/user/confrontation.scala.html
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 @(c: lila.user.Confrontation)(implicit ctx: Context)
 
 <div class="confrontation boxed_data">
-  <div class="vs">@userLink(c.user1, withElo = false, withOnline = false) vs @userLink(c.user2, withElo = false, withOnline = false)</div>
+  <div class="vs">@userIdLink(c.user1.some, withOnline = false) vs @userIdLink(c.user2.some, withOnline = false)</div>
   @trans.nbWins("<strong>"+c.wins+"</strong>"),
   @trans.nbDraws("<strong>"+c.draws+"</strong>"),
   @trans.nbLosses("<strong>"+c.losses+"</strong>")
diff --git a/modules/game/src/main/Cached.scala b/modules/game/src/main/Cached.scala
index 1bfb233d8e..f7a2bb09d1 100644
--- a/modules/game/src/main/Cached.scala
+++ b/modules/game/src/main/Cached.scala
@@ -9,15 +9,23 @@ import lila.memo.AsyncCache
 import lila.user.{ User, Confrontation }
 import tube.gameTube
 
-private[game] final class Cached(ttl: Duration) {
+final class Cached(ttl: Duration) {
 
   def nbGames: Fu[Int] = count(Query.all)
   def nbMates: Fu[Int] = count(Query.mate)
   def nbPopular: Fu[Int] = count(Query.popular)
   def nbImported: Fu[Int] = count(Query.imported)
 
-  def confrontation(user1: User, user2: User): Fu[Confrontation] =
-    confrontationCache(List(user1, user2).sortBy(_.count.game).map(_.id))
+  def nbPlaying(userId: String): Fu[Int] = count(Query notFinished userId)
+
+  def confrontation(user1: User, user2: User): Fu[Confrontation] = {
+    def idGame(user: User) = (user.id, user.count.game)
+    confrontationCache {
+      (user1 < user2).fold(
+        idGame(user1) -> idGame(user2),
+        idGame(user2) -> idGame(user1))
+    }
+  }
 
   private val confrontationCache =
     AsyncCache(GameRepo.confrontation, timeToLive = 1.minute)
diff --git a/modules/game/src/main/GameRepo.scala b/modules/game/src/main/GameRepo.scala
index 2550a369a6..49e3725530 100644
--- a/modules/game/src/main/GameRepo.scala
+++ b/modules/game/src/main/GameRepo.scala
@@ -226,32 +226,37 @@ object GameRepo {
     _ sort Query.sortCreated skip (Random nextInt 1000)
   )
 
-  // user1 wins, draws, losses
+  // gets 2 users (id, nbGames)
+  // returns user1 wins, draws, losses
   // the 2 userIds SHOULD be sorted by game count desc
   // this method is cached in lila.game.Cached
-  private[game] def confrontation(userIds: List[String]): Fu[Confrontation] = {
-    import reactivemongo.bson._
-    import reactivemongo.core.commands._
-    val command = Aggregate(gameTube.coll.name, Seq(
-      Match(BSONDocument(
-        "uids" -> BSONDocument("$all" -> userIds),
-        "s" -> BSONDocument("$gte" -> chess.Status.Mate.id)
-      )),
-      GroupField("wid")("nb" -> SumValue(1))
-    ))
-    gameTube.coll.db.command(command) map { stream ⇒
-      val res = (stream.toList map { obj ⇒
-        toJSON(obj).asOpt[JsObject] flatMap { o ⇒
-          o int "nb" map { nb ⇒
-            ~(o str "_id") -> nb
+  private[game] def confrontation(users: ((String, Int), (String, Int))): Fu[Confrontation] = users match {
+    case (user1, user2) ⇒ {
+      import reactivemongo.bson._
+      import reactivemongo.core.commands._
+      val userIds = List(user1, user2).sortBy(_._2).map(_._1)
+      val command = Aggregate(gameTube.coll.name, Seq(
+        Match(BSONDocument(
+          "uids" -> BSONDocument("$all" -> userIds),
+          "s" -> BSONDocument("$gte" -> chess.Status.Mate.id)
+        )),
+        GroupField("wid")("nb" -> SumValue(1))
+      ))
+      gameTube.coll.db.command(command) map { stream ⇒
+        val res = (stream.toList map { obj ⇒
+          toJSON(obj).asOpt[JsObject] flatMap { o ⇒
+            o int "nb" map { nb ⇒
+              ~(o str "_id") -> nb
+            }
           }
-        }
-      }).flatten.toMap
-      Confrontation(
-        ~(res get ~userIds.lift(0)),
-        ~(res get ""),
-        ~(res get ~userIds.lift(1))
-      )
+        }).flatten.toMap
+        Confrontation(
+          user1._1, user2._1,
+          ~(res get user1._1),
+          ~(res get ""),
+          ~(res get user2._1)
+        )
+      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/modules/user/src/main/Confrontation.scala b/modules/user/src/main/Confrontation.scala
index 9701d126ac..99baef2407 100644
--- a/modules/user/src/main/Confrontation.scala
+++ b/modules/user/src/main/Confrontation.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 package lila.user
 
-case class Confrontation(wins: Int, draws: Int, losses: Int) {
+case class Confrontation(
+  user1: String,
+  user2: String,
+  wins: Int,
+  draws: Int,
+  losses: Int) {
 
   def games = wins + draws + losses