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FootyStats

JSON soccer statistics API covering 1,500+ leagues with team, player and match data such as BTTS, corners, cards and over/under figures, sold in league-count packages.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: not disclosedMixed
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53

SportDex Score

#35 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
52

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
50

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; based on only a few discussions, pulled towards neutral.

Transparency
60

Public prices, docs, terms and coverage you can check before calling sales

Developer experience
50

Free access, docs, SDKs, OpenAPI, sandbox, realtime delivery, ecosystem

Reliability reports from developers: Missing or inconsistent data.

Computed from public data only; uptime and latency are not measured yet. Enterprise feeds that sell by contract score lower on transparency by design. How the score works

Starting price
Not public
Free access
Free tier
Sports
1 (Football (soccer))
Live data
Not disclosed
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
6 threads
GitHub adoption
95 repos

Best for

Football apps, stats sites and ML projects that need cards, corners, BTTS and over/under statistics across many leagues, with a free tier to test.

Football stats websitesMachine learning models on goals, corners and cardsAcademic football research

Not ideal for

Projects that need sports other than football or sub-minute live updates; results refresh about every 20 minutes.

Limitations to check

  • − Free plan covers the Premier League only, with limited endpoints and 180 requests per hour
  • − Rate limit stated as 60-90 requests per minute
  • − Results update every 20 minutes
  • − Paid package prices were not visible in the saved pages

Written from the provider's own pages (source).

Last checked 2026-11-03

FootyStats at a glance

What is FootyStats best for?
Football apps, stats sites and ML projects that need cards, corners, BTTS and over/under statistics across many leagues, with a free tier to test. Not ideal for: Projects that need sports other than football or sub-minute live updates; results refresh about every 20 minutes.
How much does FootyStats cost?
FootyStats does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does FootyStats have a free tier?
Yes. FootyStats lists a free plan called "Free" (180 requests per hour).
What does FootyStats cover?
FootyStats is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer); data: Fixtures, Historical data, Player stats, Results, Standings, Team stats.
Does FootyStats have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. FootyStats delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
What do developers say about FootyStats?
Soccer stats API and CSV downloads covering many leagues, used by betting-model builders and scrapers for BTTS, corners and over/under data. Bettors mention it as an affordable broad source, but several say data has gaps, odd or inconsistent numbers and weaker xG than FBref-style sources. Used with other feeds for odds.
What are the alternatives to FootyStats?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: iSports API, AcesAPI, Cito API, Sportmonks, TheStatsAPI.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
FreeFree180 / hourPremier League only, limited endpointssource
HobbyNot public1,800 / hourUp to 50 leagues, all endpoints; price not visible in crawled textsource
SeriousNot public3,600 / hourUp to 150 leagues, all endpoints; price not visiblesource
EverythingNot public4,500 / hourAll 1,500+ leagues; price not visiblesource

Package prices are loaded dynamically and were not in fetched text, so left null; currency for paid plans unverified (USD placeholder).

Before choosing a paid plan, confirm

• What counts as one request (per call, per market, per region?)

• What happens when you exceed the quota: blocked or billed

• Whether live and historical data are on your plan

• Whether your use (public app, betting, resale) is licensed

The critical question

Data coverage

Sports
Football (soccer)
Data types
FixturesHistorical dataPlayer statsResultsStandingsTeam stats
Key competitions
Premier League, Champions League, Europa League, Championship, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1, FA Cupsource
Competitions
1500
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Yes
Betting markets
corners, cards
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Not disclosed
Update frequency
Every 20 minutes
Name languages
Not disclosed
ID mapping
Not disclosed

Coverage often depends on the plan; confirm the exact league and season on your plan.

Before you build

Usage rights & access

Commercial use
Not disclosed
Betting products
Not disclosed
Redistribution
Not disclosed
Storing data
Not disclosed
Attribution
Not disclosed
Logos & photos
Not disclosed
Who can buy
Individuals
Verification (KYC)
Not disclosed
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed
Read the terms

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
api key
SDKs
Not disclosed
OpenAPI spec
Not disclosed
Claimed latency
Not disclosed
Status page
Not disclosed
Sandbox / test keys
Not disclosed
Support
Not disclosed
SLA uptime
Not disclosed
Preview brief
# Integration brief: FootyStats

Goal: build a feature on FootyStats data. Use only the official documentation below as the source of truth.

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://footystats.org
- Docs: https://docs.footystats.org
- Sports: Football (soccer)
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Player stats, Results, Standings, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: Free, 180 requests per hour
- Note: Package prices are loaded dynamically and were not in fetched text, so left null; currency for paid plans unverified (USD placeholder).

## Verify before writing code
- whether commercial use is allowed on the plan you pick
- exact endpoint paths, parameters and response fields (read the official docs, do not guess)

## Implementation rules
- Keep the API key on the server (environment variable, backend route or edge function); never ship it to the browser.
- Cache responses and respect rate limits; count how many requests each screen triggers.
- Handle errors explicitly: invalid key, quota exceeded (429), missing fields, empty fixtures, timeouts.
- Start with one demo request and log the raw response before building UI on assumed field names.

Data quality signals

Data source & company

Official partners
Not disclosed
How data is collected
Not disclosed
Certifications
Not disclosed
Payment methods
Not disclosed
Minimum contract
Not disclosed
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Mixeddata qualitycoveragepricing

Soccer stats API and CSV downloads covering many leagues, used by betting-model builders and scrapers for BTTS, corners and over/under data. Bettors mention it as an affordable broad source, but several say data has gaps, odd or inconsistent numbers and weaker xG than FBref-style sources. Used with other feeds for odds.

Praised for

  • Broad league coverage
  • Betting-oriented stats like BTTS and corners
  • CSV and API options

Complaints

  • Missing or inconsistent data
  • xG quality questioned
  • Needs other sources for odds

Our summary of public discussions, not a rating. Vendor posts are not counted as user opinion.

Discussions

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Evidence & transparency

Official sources

Facts were extracted from the provider's own pages on 2026-11-03. Empty fields mean the provider does not say, not that the feature is missing. How we know