diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.module.css b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.module.css
index 4a71473..1d45137 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.module.css
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.module.css
@@ -100,11 +100,18 @@
 }
 
 .heroLED {
+  display: flex;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+}
+
+.ledDigit {
   font-family: 'DSEG7', 'Courier New', monospace;
   font-size: 28px;
   color: #FECC4C;
-  letter-spacing: -0.02em;
-  word-spacing: -0.3em;
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 0.65em;
+  text-align: center;
   text-shadow:
     0 0 4px rgba(254, 174, 50, 0.9),
     0 0 12px rgba(254, 174, 50, 0.6),
@@ -112,6 +119,19 @@
     0 0 48px rgba(254, 174, 50, 0.15);
 }
 
+.ledColon {
+  font-family: 'DSEG7', 'Courier New', monospace;
+  font-size: 28px;
+  color: #FECC4C;
+  display: inline-block;
+  width: 0.3em;
+  text-align: center;
+  text-shadow:
+    0 0 4px rgba(254, 174, 50, 0.9),
+    0 0 12px rgba(254, 174, 50, 0.6),
+    0 0 28px rgba(254, 174, 50, 0.35);
+}
+
 .heroGroup {
   font-size: 0.6rem;
   color: var(--text-muted);
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.tsx
index aabdf1f..7818fa3 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/DashboardPage.tsx
@@ -81,9 +81,13 @@ export default function DashboardPage(_props: Props) {
                 <span className={styles.heroTeamName}>{hero.match.homeTeam.shortName}</span>
               </div>
 
-              {/* Center: LED time */}
+              {/* Center: LED time — each digit fixed-width for even spacing */}
               <div className={styles.heroCenter}>
-                <span className={styles.heroLED}>{formatKickoff(hero.match.utcDate)}</span>
+                <span className={styles.heroLED}>
+                  {formatKickoff(hero.match.utcDate).split('').map((ch, i) => (
+                    <span key={i} className={ch === ':' ? styles.ledColon : styles.ledDigit}>{ch}</span>
+                  ))}
+                </span>
               </div>
 
               <div className={styles.heroTeam}>