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Live Score API

Football data API with live scores, fixtures, standings, events, lineups, statistics, head-to-head, odds and commentary for 500+ competitions; REST with tiered monthly plans.

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Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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#120 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
22

Brand demand, developer discussions, GitHub repos and videos

Community & reliability
—

Tone of public discussions, liked vs criticised points, reliability complaints; not enough public discussion to judge.

Transparency
70

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

Developer experience
28

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

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
€11/mo
Free access
14-day trial
Sports
1 (Football (soccer))
Live data
Yes
Delivery
Polling only (REST)
Discussions
0 threads
GitHub adoption
19 repos

Best for

Football websites and apps that need live scores, standings, lineups and odds for 500+ competitions at a modest monthly price.

Live score sitesLeague table widgetsLineup and commentary pagesWordPress football sites

Not ideal for

Projects covering sports other than football, needing a free tier, or using team logos commercially.

Limitations to check

  • − Football only
  • − No free tier, only a 14-day trial
  • − Daily request caps apply (14,500 on Starter), with overage billed
  • − Team logos are for non-commercial use
  • − Plans are 30-day auto-renewing

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

Live Score API at a glance

What is Live Score API best for?
Football websites and apps that need live scores, standings, lineups and odds for 500+ competitions at a modest monthly price. Not ideal for: Projects covering sports other than football, needing a free tier, or using team logos commercially.
How much does Live Score API cost?
The cheapest public paid plan of Live Score API is €11/mo. Listed plans: Starter €11/mo; Professional €26/mo; Premium €69/mo; Commentary €190/mo.
Does Live Score API have a free tier?
Live Score API has no free tier, but it offers a 14-day free trial.
What does Live Score API cover?
Live Score API is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer); data: Fixtures, Historical data, Lineups, Odds, Player stats, Live scores, Standings, Team stats. Live / in-play data is offered.
Does Live Score API have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. Live Score API delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
What do developers say about Live Score API?
Little independent discussion. Evidence of use is a handful of small GitHub demos and student football score sites built on it, plus the vendor's own tutorial videos. No reviews of pricing, latency or data quality. Other hits are generic live-score questions or an unrelated WordPress plugin.
What are the alternatives to Live Score API?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: Sportmonks, iSports API, API-Sports / API-Football, SportsDataIO, Highlightly.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
TrialFree1,500 / day14-day free trialsource
Starter€11/mo14,500 / day3-day email support; extra requests 0.002 EUR eachsource
Professional€26/mo50,000 / day2-day email supportsource
Premium€69/mo75,000 / day1-day email supportsource
Commentary€190/mo100,000 / dayAdds fantasy data, live commentary and 92 years of historysource

Docs page URL not captured (nav link only), docs_url null. Claims 523 competitions. SDK/formats beyond JSON not confirmed; WordPress plugin and Postman collection exist.

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 dataLineupsOddsPlayer statsLive scoresStandingsTeam stats
Key competitions
UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, Copa America, Africa Cup of Nationssource
Competitions
523
Live / in-play
Yes
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
92 years (Commentary plan)
Update frequency
live
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
Included
Who can buy
Individuals, Companiessource
Verification (KYC)
Not required
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

One 14-day free trial per account; subscriptions need a payment card via Stripe

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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: Live Score API

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

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://live-score-api.com
- Docs: UNKNOWN — find the developer docs first
- Sports: Football (soccer)
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Lineups, Odds, Player stats, Live scores, Standings, Team stats
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: Trial, 1500 requests per day
- Cheapest paid plan: €11/mo
- Note: Docs page URL not captured (nav link only), docs_url null. Claims 523 competitions. SDK/formats beyond JSON not confirmed; WordPress plugin and Postman collection exist.

## 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
card
Minimum contract
30 days
Country
Not disclosed
Founded
Not disclosed

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What developers say

Too little discussiondocs

Little independent discussion. Evidence of use is a handful of small GitHub demos and student football score sites built on it, plus the vendor's own tutorial videos. No reviews of pricing, latency or data quality. Other hits are generic live-score questions or an unrelated WordPress plugin.

Praised for

  • Documentation and tutorials available

Complaints

    Nothing specific.

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

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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