Match statistics
One of the most frequently asked questions is: “How can I get match statistics just like below?”.
Please note that above is just a snippet of the match stats we cover.
There are many possible ways, thanks to the flexibility of our API.
As you've seen in our previous tutorials, every fixture has a unique id. Therefore, you can use one of our fixtures by id endpoints, or you can request them by date. In our fixtures tutorial, we’ve discussed all the different ways to access fixtures.
Now, as you have read in our includes tutorial, you can enrich the API response. If you want statistics, you can add the include
stats.Request
Response
Field Description
https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/fixtures/16475287?api_token={API_TOKEN}&include=stats
"stats": {
"data": [
{
"team_id": 53,
"fixture_id": 16475287,
"shots": {
"total": 28,
"ongoal": 15,
"blocked": 6,
"offgoal": 13,
"insidebox": 18,
"outsidebox": 7
},
"passes": {
"total": 670,
"accurate": 587,
"percentage": 87.61
},
"attacks": {
"attacks": 115,
"dangerous_attacks": 55
},
"fouls": 9,
"corners": 11,
"offsides": 0,
"possessiontime": 80,
"yellowcards": 1,
"redcards": 0,
"yellowredcards": 0,
"saves": 1,
"substitutions": 4,
"goal_kick": null,
"goal_attempts": 19,
"free_kick": null,
"throw_in": null,
"ball_safe": 91,
"goals": 5,
"penalties": 0,
"injuries": 0
},
{
"team_id": 338,
"fixture_id": 16475287,
"shots": {
"total": 6,
"ongoal": 2,
"blocked": 1,
"offgoal": 4,
"insidebox": 4,
"outsidebox": 3
},
"passes": {
"total": 157,
"accurate": 85,
"percentage": 54.14
},
"attacks": {
"attacks": 70,
"dangerous_attacks": 41
},
"fouls": 9,
"corners": 8,
"offsides": 2,
"possessiontime": 20,
"yellowcards": 3,
"redcards": 0,
"yellowredcards": 0,
"saves": 9,
"substitutions": 3,
"goal_kick": null,
"goal_attempts": 7,
"free_kick": null,
"throw_in": null,
"ball_safe": 67,
"goals": 1,
"penalties": 0,
"injuries": 1
}
]
}
Stats Field Description
Field | Description |
team_id | The unique id of the team to which the stats belong |
fixture_id | A unique fixture id |
shots | Opens an array containing the shots statistics |
ongoal | The number of shots on goal in a fixture of one team |
blocked | The times the opponent has blocked a shot |
offgoal | The number of shots off goal in a fixture of one team |
insidebox | The number of shots from inside the box (16-meter area) in a fixture of one team |
outsidebox | The number of shots from outside the box (16-meter area) in a fixture of one team |
passes | Opens an array containing the pass statistics |
total | The number of passes in a fixture of one team |
accurate | The total accurate passes in a fixture of one team |
percentage | The accurate passes (in percentage %) in a fixture of one team |
attacks | Opens an array containing the attacks statistics |
attacks | The attacks in a fixture of one team |
dangerous_attacks | The dangerous attacks in a fixture of one team. A dangerous attack is calculated when the attack almost resulted in a goal. |
fouls | The number of fouls committed of one team |
corners | The number of corners of one team |
offsides | The number of times one team was flagged offside by the (assistant) referee |
possesiontime | The number of times one team has had the ball in percentage |
yellowcards | The number of yellow cards for one team |
yellowredcards | The total times a second yellow card has resulted in a red card for one team |
redcards | The total number of red cards for one team |
saves | The total number of saves the goalkeeper of one team has made |
substitutions | The total number of substitutions of one team |
goal_kicks | The number of goal kicks for one team |
goal_attempts | The number of goal attempt of one team |
free_kick | The number of free kicks for one team |
throw_in | The amount of throw ins for one team |
ball_safe |
This is the number of times the attacking team plays the ball back to their own half. For example: Barcelona is on the attack and are on the half of the opposition, but decide to pass the ball back to their own half. This is ball safe 1. |
goals | The number of goals for one team |
penalties | The number of penalties for one team |
injuries | The number of injuries for one team |
Nothing more, nothing less.
Let’s say you want the statistics of matches that are currently live. As you know you can use our livescores/now endpoint to request all the in-play fixtures:
The only thing you need to do is to add the
stats include:https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/livescores/now?api_token={API_TOKEN}&include=stats
The
stats include will enrich your response with all the match statistics of all games that are currently live.
If you only want to have stats for certain live fixtures, then you can filter. For instance, if you only want all the live matches from the English Premier League (league id: 8) with stats, you can use this request:https://soccer.sportmonks.com/api/v2.0/livescores/now?api_token={API_TOKEN}&include=stats&leagues=8
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