GET Latest Updated Fixtures

Returns you all fixtures that have received updates within 10 seconds.

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/fixtures/latest

{
    "data": [
        {
            "id": 19238160,
            "sport_id": 1,
            "league_id": 1412,
            "season_id": 22988,
            "stage_id": 77469045,
            "group_id": null,
            "aggregate_id": null,
            "round_id": null,
            "state_id": 1,
            "venue_id": null,
            "name": "Tersana vs El Gounah",
            "starting_at": "2024-08-08 15:00:00",
            "result_info": null,
            "leg": "1/1",
            "details": null,
            "length": 90,
            "placeholder": false,
            "has_odds": true,
            "has_premium_odds": true,
            "starting_at_timestamp": 1723129200
        },
        {
            "id": 19238159,
            "sport_id": 1,
            "league_id": 1412,
            "season_id": 22988,
            "stage_id": 77469045,
            "group_id": null,
            "aggregate_id": null,
            "round_id": null,
            "state_id": 1,
            "venue_id": 4568,
            "name": "Pyramids FC vs Abu Qir Semad",
            "starting_at": "2024-08-08 15:00:00",
            "result_info": null,
            "leg": "1/1",
            "details": null,
            "length": 90,
            "placeholder": false,
            "has_odds": true,
            "has_premium_odds": true,
            "starting_at_timestamp": 1723129200

Name

Required?

Description

api_token

YES

Another option is to provide the API token in the header.

Your unique API token. Ex. ?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

include

Enrich the API response with more data by using includes. Ex. &include=participants;events

select

Select specific fields on the base entity. Read how to select fields in our tutorial.

sortBy

Order by specific fields on the base entity. For more information check out this page.

filters

Filter the API response on multiple related entities. There are static filters and dynamic filters. Please find the possibilities in the Static and Dynamic Filter tab.

locale

Translate name fields of the API Response in your selected language. Find more information and which languages are available on our translations page.

The dynamic filters are based on entities and includes. Each dynamic filter uses an entity to filter on and one entity to apply the filter to. Below is an example with an explanation of how filters are set up. For more information, please look at our Filters page.

Using an include? Check their respective filters on their entity page. For example if you use &include=participants you can apply team-related filters.

Dynamic Filters

Available on Entity

Description

Examples

types

Statistics, Events, Lineup, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.

Filter the statistics, events and more on a selection of type ids separated by a comma.

&include=statistics.type&filters=fixturestatisticTypes:TypeIDs &include=statistics.type&filters=fixturestatisticTypes:42,49 &include=events&filters=eventTypes:14 &include=lineups.details.type&filters=lineupdetailTypes:118

states

Fixtures Check this endpoint for all possibilities.

Filter the states of fixtures separated by a comma.

&include=state&filters=fixtureStates:StateIDs &include=state&filters=fixtureStates:1

leagues

Fixtures, Seasons, Standings, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.

Filter the fixtures based on leagues and their rounds.

&filters=fixtureLeagues:leagueIDs

&filters=fixtureLeagues:501,271

groups

Fixtures, Standing, and more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.

Filter the fixtures based on groups. Get their fixtures and standings.

&include=group&filters=fixtureGroups:groupIDs &include=group&filters=fixtureGroups:246691

countries

Coaches, Leagues, Players, Teams, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.

Filter the coaches, leagues, players and more based on countries.

&include=coaches&filters=coachCountries:CountryIDs &include=coaches&filters=coachCountries:1161

seasons

Statistics (players, team, coaches, referees), Standings, and way more. Check this endpoint for all possibilities.

Filter statistics, standings and topscorers based on seasons.

&include=season.statistics&filters=seasonStatisticTypes:TypeIDs &include=season.statistics&filters=seasonStatisticTypes:52

Definition of “Latest Updated”

This endpoint returns all fixtures whose livescore data has changed within the last 10 seconds. It tracks changes to these fields: state_id, venue_id, name, starting_at, result_info, leg, length, placeholder, has_odds, has_premium_odds, and starting_at_timestamp. The update window is fixed at 10 seconds and cannot be altered.

Changes to each field mean the following:

State_id > the match phase progressed (for example, from 1 to 2 at kick-off or from 2 to 3 at half-time)
Venue_id > the assigned venue was updated (for example, moved from stadium A to stadium B)
Name > the fixture name text was modified (for example, team abbreviations or formatting changed)
Starting_at > the kick-off time string was rescheduled (for example, “2024-08-04 15:30:00” to “2024-08-04 16:00:00”)
Starting_at_timestamp > the UNIX timestamp for kick-off was rescheduled (for example, 1722785400 to 1722787200)
Result_info > the score summary text was updated (for example, “0-0” to “1-0”)
Leg > the leg designation changed (for example, “1/2” to “2/2”)
Length > the fixture duration changed (for example, 90 to 120 when extra time is added)
Placeholder > whether the correct teams have been confirmed or not
Has_odds > whether the match has odds available or not
Has_premium_odds > whether the match has premium odds available or not

Frequency of updates & no-change responses

On each call, any fixture that experienced a change to one or more of the tracked fields in the last 10 seconds will be returned in the data array. If no fixture changed during that window, the API returns HTTP 200 with "data": [], signalling that there is nothing new to process.

Polling frequency & rate limits

To reduce end-to-end latency, we highly recommend polling every 5 to 8 seconds if your rate limits allow.
Monitor for network jitter: slight timing shifts can cause overlap or small gaps. Adjust polling intervals if you see missed updates or duplicate data.

Caching strategy & best practices

Cache only the tracked fields per fixture in a local store.
On each response:
1. Compare incoming values to your cache.
2. Discard fixtures with no differences.
3. Process fixtures with changes and update your cache entries.
Cache lookup data (such as team names and league info) locally, since it changes rarely.
If you encounter long runs of empty responses, back off on polling frequency or check for network issues to avoid unnecessary calls.

Filters

More information on how to use filters can be found in our tutorials on how to filter. If you want more information on which filters to use, you can check out the following endpoint:

https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/my/filters/entity?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN

Pagination

Include depth

You can use a total of 3 nested includes on this endpoint

Include options

sport round stage group aggregate league seasoncoaches tvStations venue state weatherReport lineups events timeline comments trends statistics periods participants oddspremiumOdds inplayOdds prematchNews postmatchNews metadata sidelinedpredictions referees formations ballCoordinates scores xGFixture pressure expectedLineups

Get an overview and explanation of all the fields returned in the API response. The related entities for the fixtures endpoints are:

Fixture

Postman

We also offer detailed postman documentation with examples and a complete up-to-date version of all our endpoints. Below is a button that lets your fork the collection or import it.

Code Example

require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/fixtures/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.sportmonks.com")
payload = ''
headers = {}
conn.request("GET", "/v3/football/fixtures/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/fixtures/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'GET',
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);

curl_close($curl);
echo $respons

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/fixtures/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN")
  .method("GET", null)
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

var unirest = require('unirest');
var req = unirest('GET', 'https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN')
  .end(function (res) { 
    if (res.error) throw new Error(res.error); 
    console.log(res.raw_body);
  });

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://api.sportmonks.com/v3/football/fixtures/latest?api_token=YOUR_TOKEN"
  method := "GET"

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, nil)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

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