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PitchAPI

Free read-only football REST API with fixtures, shots, momentum, events, lineups, player and team stats and derived analytics such as xG timeline, PPDA and field tilt, with Python and TypeScript SDKs.

Facts verified against the provider's site on

Commercial use: not disclosedBetting use: not disclosedToo little discussion
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42

SportDex Score

#101 of 233 sports APIs

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Popularity
12

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
75

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

Developer experience
61

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

Best for

Football analysts and developers who want free fixtures, lineups and xG-style analytics with Python and TypeScript SDKs.

xG timeline chartsTeam and player stat dashboardsFootball analytics prototypes

Not ideal for

Projects needing sports other than football, history before 2021, or stated request limits and terms.

Limitations to check

  • − History starts in 2021
  • − No request allowance or terms page is stated
  • − Football only

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

Last checked 2026-11-03

PitchAPI at a glance

What is PitchAPI best for?
Football analysts and developers who want free fixtures, lineups and xG-style analytics with Python and TypeScript SDKs. Not ideal for: Projects needing sports other than football, history before 2021, or stated request limits and terms.
How much does PitchAPI cost?
PitchAPI does not publish prices on the pages we checked.
Does PitchAPI have a free tier?
Yes. PitchAPI lists a free plan called "Free".
What does PitchAPI cover?
PitchAPI is a sports data api. Its sports: Football (soccer); data: Fixtures, Historical data, Lineups, Player stats, Results, Team stats, xG.
Does PitchAPI have a WebSocket or streaming API?
No streaming is listed. PitchAPI delivers data by REST, so you poll for updates.
What do developers say about PitchAPI?
A free football analytics API (xG, momentum, passing networks) announced by its author in a sports analytics forum. Limited by a single small server of about 100 requests per second. Two small repos and one Thai match-analysis video use it alongside API-Football.
What are the alternatives to PitchAPI?
Close alternatives in the SportDex catalog: TheStatsAPI, Sportmonks, iSports API, QiuXiaoCe Football, SportsDataIO.

Commercial decision

Pricing & plan limits

PlanPriceRequestsWhat's included
FreeFree—Single plan, all endpoints and leagues, no request allowance, no cardsource

Page states one plan with no charge; league count (77 in batch hint) not verified. Currency of the free plan is nominal.

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 dataLineupsPlayer statsResultsTeam statsxG
Key competitions
Not disclosed
Competitions
Not disclosed
Live / in-play
Not disclosed
Women's competitions
Not disclosed
Betting markets
Not disclosed
Bookmaker regions
Not disclosed
Bookmakers
Not disclosed
History depth
Since 2021
Update frequency
Not disclosed
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
Not disclosed
Verification (KYC)
Not disclosed
Not available in
Not disclosed
Only available in
Not disclosed

Developer-ready evaluation

Integration & documentation

Protocols
REST
Formats
JSON
Authentication
api key
SDKs
python, typescript
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: PitchAPI

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

## Known facts (from SportDex, verify before relying on them)
- Website: https://pitchapi.dev
- Docs: https://pitchapi.dev/
- Sports: Football (soccer)
- Data: Fixtures, Historical data, Lineups, Player stats, Results, Team stats, xG
- Protocols: REST; formats: json
- Auth: api_key
- Free plan: Free
- Note: Page states one plan with no charge; league count (77 in batch hint) not verified. Currency of the free plan is nominal.

## Verify before writing code
- live update frequency
- 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

Too little discussionfree tiercoverage

A free football analytics API (xG, momentum, passing networks) announced by its author in a sports analytics forum. Limited by a single small server of about 100 requests per second. Two small repos and one Thai match-analysis video use it alongside API-Football.

Praised for

  • Free advanced analytics

Complaints

  • Small hosting capacity

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

Discussions

Shortlist next steps

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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