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Sports statistics,
delivered in milliseconds.

We extract live match events, Sofascore statistical ratings, attack momentum graphs, lineups, and historical player data. Delivered as clean JSON, Parquet, or via Webhook to your infrastructure on your cadence.

Matches tracked
14.2K /day
Live event updates
3.8M /24h
Player stats extracted
850K /run
Active pipelines
84
Uptime
99.98%
Data Dictionary

Every field we extract from sofascore.com

Structured, schema-consistent data across all major object types — delivered clean, typed, and ready to query.

Complete list of extractable fields for Live Match Events objects from sofascore.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

match_idtournament_namehome_teamaway_teamstatuscurrent_minutehome_scoreaway_scoreevent_typeplayer_nametimestampattack_momentum_value
live_match events
● 200 OK
"match_id": "11352481",
"home_team": "Arsenal",
"away_team": "Liverpool",
"status": "inprogress",
"current_minute": 67,
"home_score": 1,
"away_score": 1,
"event_type": "goal",
"player_name": "Bukayo Saka"
# match_idtournament_namehome_teamaway_teamstatuscurrent_minute
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Complete list of extractable fields for Player Statistics objects from sofascore.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

player_idplayer_nameteam_namepositionsofascore_ratingminutes_playedgoalsassistsshots_on_targetaccurate_passespass_completion_pcttackles_wonduels_wonheatmap_data_url
player_statistics
● 200 OK
"player_id": "83415",
"player_name": "Martin Ødegaard",
"sofascore_rating": 8.2,
"minutes_played": 90,
"goals": 0,
"assists": 1,
"accurate_passes": 45,
"pass_completion_pct": 88.2
# player_idplayer_nameteam_namepositionsofascore_ratingminutes_played
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Complete list of extractable fields for Team Standings objects from sofascore.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

tournament_idtournament_nameseasonrankteam_namematches_playedwinsdrawslossesgoals_forgoals_againstgoal_differencepointsform_last_5
team_standings
● 200 OK
"tournament_name": "Premier League",
"season": "23/24",
"rank": 1,
"team_name": "Manchester City",
"matches_played": 38,
"points": 91,
"goal_difference": 62,
"form_last_5": "['W', 'W', 'W', 'W', 'W']"
# tournament_idtournament_nameseasonrankteam_namematches_played
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Complete list of extractable fields for Match Lineups objects from sofascore.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

match_idteam_nameformationmanager_namestarting_xi_idsstarting_xi_namessubstitutes_idssubstitutes_namesabsent_playersaverage_agetotal_value
match_lineups
● 200 OK
"match_id": "11352481",
"team_name": "Arsenal",
"formation": "4-3-3",
"manager_name": "Mikel Arteta",
"starting_xi_names": "['Raya', 'White', 'Saliba', 'Gabriel', 'Zinchenko', 'Rice', 'Ødegaard', 'Havertz', 'Saka', 'Martinelli', 'Jesus']",
"average_age": 25.4
# match_idteam_nameformationmanager_namestarting_xi_idsstarting_xi_names
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Complete list of extractable fields for Odds & Predictions objects from sofascore.com. All fields typed and schema-versioned.

match_idprovider_namemarket_typehome_oddsdraw_oddsaway_oddsopening_home_oddsopening_away_oddsdropping_odds_flagcommunity_votes_homecommunity_votes_drawcommunity_votes_away
odds_& predictions
● 200 OK
"match_id": "11352481",
"provider_name": "bet365",
"market_type": "1X2",
"home_odds": 2.45,
"draw_odds": 3.4,
"away_odds": 2.8,
"dropping_odds_flag": true,
"community_votes_home": 4512
# match_idprovider_namemarket_typehome_oddsdraw_oddsaway_odds
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Capabilities

Deep sports data extraction without API rate limits

Sofascore aggregates massive volumes of live and historical sports statistics. We extract the underlying JSON payloads and WebSocket streams to deliver structured data at millisecond latency.

Live Score & Event Streaming

Extract goals, cards, substitutions, and VAR decisions in real-time. Delivered via webhooks for instant downstream processing.

Sofascore Statistical Ratings

Capture the proprietary 10-point player ratings updated live during matches, alongside the 300+ stats used to calculate them.

Attack Momentum Extraction

Parse the visual Attack Momentum graphs into structured time-series data to quantify match dominance per minute.

Player Heatmaps & Shot Maps

Extract spatial coordinate data for player heatmaps and shot locations, mapped to standard pitch dimensions.

Dropping Odds & Movements

Track pre-match and in-play odds fluctuations across major bookmakers. Identify market shifts and dropping odds indicators.

Head-to-Head (H2H) Records

Aggregate historical match data between teams, including past results, average goals, and streak statistics.

Lineups & Formations

Extract starting XIs, bench players, formations, and manager data as soon as they are announced pre-match.

Transfer History & Rumours

Track player transfer values, contract durations, and historical transfer fees across all major leagues.

Multi-Sport Coverage

Extract data across football, tennis, basketball, ice hockey, cricket, and 15+ other sports supported by Sofascore.

// engagement pipeline

From tournament list to warehouse record

Brief in. Clean data out.

Define Scope
d 0

Specify sports, leagues, match IDs, or player profiles. We design the extraction schema for historical or live data.

Pipeline Build
d 2–4

We configure interceptors for Sofascore's internal APIs and WebSockets, handling token rotation and rate limits.

Validation & QA
d 4–6

Schema validation, null-rate checks, and latency testing to ensure live events arrive within SLA.

Delivery
ongoing

JSON / Parquet pushed to your S3 bucket, or real-time Webhook POSTs for live match events.

Under the hood

How we bypass Sofascore's extraction barriers

Live sports data requires low-latency infrastructure. Here is how we maintain stable pipelines against dynamic rate limits and geographic blocks.

pipeline-monitor · sofascore.com · live ● active
// fingerprinting
Identity rotation
TLS fingerprintrandomised
User-agentrotated
IP poolresidential
Challenges blocked0
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Page coverage
48,291 pages queued running
// observability
Pipeline health
99.9%
uptime
142ms
p99 lat
0.3%
null rate
2
alerts
API Interception
Direct internal API extraction

Instead of parsing HTML, we intercept the raw JSON payloads from Sofascore's internal APIs. This guarantees exact data types, zero parsing errors, and significantly lower latency for historical data.

WebSocket streams
Real-time event capture

Live matches rely on WebSocket connections. We maintain persistent WebSocket streams across thousands of concurrent matches, parsing binary or compressed frames into structured JSON events instantly.

Rate limit management
Distributed request architecture

Sofascore aggressively limits requests per IP. We distribute API calls across a massive pool of residential and mobile proxies, rotating headers and session tokens to prevent IP bans and HTTP 429 errors.

Geo-unblocking
Market-specific data access

Certain odds providers and streaming links are geo-restricted. We route requests through region-specific proxy nodes to capture localised odds and ensure complete data coverage regardless of origin.

Schema normalisation
Unified sports data models

Sofascore's JSON structures vary wildly between football, tennis, and basketball. We normalise these disparate payloads into a consistent, predictable schema for your data warehouse.

Applications

Who uses Sofascore data — and how

Teams across industries use sofascore.com data to build competitive products and smarter operations.

01
Sports Betting Models

Quantitative syndicates ingest historical player stats, attack momentum, and dropping odds to train predictive pricing models.

02
Fantasy Sports Platforms

DFS operators use Sofascore ratings and live event data to score players and settle contests in real-time.

03
Sports Journalism & Media

Publishers automate match reports, player comparison graphics, and statistical deep-dives using structured historical data.

04
Team Performance Analysis

Coaching staff and scouts analyse heatmaps, pass completion rates, and H2H data for tactical preparation.

05
Odds Comparison Engines

Affiliate sites track pre-match and live odds across multiple bookmakers to highlight arbitrage opportunities.

06
Fan Engagement Apps

Mobile applications integrate live scores, standings, and transfer rumours to keep users engaged during and between matches.

Why DataFlirt

"Sofascore aggregates the most granular statistical ratings and live momentum data in sports — but accessing it programmatically requires reverse-engineering their internal streams."

Building a reliable sports data pipeline is a latency game. Extracting live events via WebSockets while managing token rotation and proxy bans requires dedicated infrastructure. DataFlirt handles the extraction complexity, delivering clean JSON via webhooks so your models receive data the millisecond a goal is scored.

Technical Spec

Sofascore scraper — technical capabilities

Everything supported by our sofascore.com scraper — rendered SPA elements, auth walls, rate-limit evasion and beyond.

Live WebSocket extraction
Persistent connections for sub-second match event and odds updates
Supported
Internal API interception
Direct extraction of raw JSON payloads bypassing HTML parsing
Supported
Sofascore Ratings logic
Extraction of the final rating and the underlying 300+ statistical events
Supported
Attack Momentum parsing
Conversion of SVG/graph data into structured minute-by-minute integer arrays
Supported
Heatmap coordinate mapping
Extraction of spatial X/Y coordinates for player actions on the pitch
Supported
Historical match archives
Access to past seasons, tournament trees, and historical odds data
Supported
Webhook delivery
HTTP POST per event for real-time live match processing
Supported
User favourites & watchlists
Data tied to authenticated user accounts on Sofascore
Partial
Premium API-only commercial feeds
Direct access to Sofascore's B2B commercial API feeds
Partial
Infrastructure

Infrastructure powering the sports pipeline

Open-source tooling on proven cloud infra — no vendor lock-in, full observability.

ScrapyPlaywrightPython 3.12RedisPostgreSQLApache AirflowAWS LambdaS3CloudWatch2CaptchaCapSolverResidential ProxiesDockerKubernetesGrafanaPrometheusAsyncioWebSockets
Asynchronous Event Loops

Pipelines utilise Python's asyncio to maintain thousands of concurrent WebSocket connections, ensuring low-latency processing of live match events.

Global Proxy Routing

Requests are routed through residential IPs in specific geographic zones to bypass regional blocks on odds providers and ensure consistent API access.

High-Throughput Delivery

Live events are pushed via AWS Lambda-backed webhooks, while historical batch runs are processed on Kubernetes clusters and written directly to Parquet on S3.

Output & Delivery

Your data, your destination

Data delivered to where your team already works — no new tooling required.

JSON
Newline-delimited or nested — perfect for document databases
CSV
Flat file with typed columns for statistical modeling
XLS
Formatted spreadsheets for analyst review
Parquet
Columnar format optimized for BigQuery and Snowflake
AWS S3
Direct bucket delivery for data lake integration
Webhook
HTTP POST per event — mandatory for live match data
API
Queryable REST endpoints for on-demand data access
BigQuery
Streamed directly into your dataset with schema auto-detect
S3
Direct bucket delivery — compatible with any data lake
// faq

Common questions.

About sofascore.com scraping, legality, and pipeline operations.

Ask us directly →
Is scraping Sofascore legal?

Scraping publicly available sports statistics is generally permissible. DataFlirt extracts only public match data, ratings, and odds. We do not bypass authentication walls or extract personal user data. Clients should review terms of service and consult legal counsel regarding commercial use of sports data.

How fast is the live match data?

By intercepting WebSocket streams, live events (goals, cards, odds changes) are captured and pushed via webhook within 50-150 milliseconds of appearing on the Sofascore platform.

Can you extract historical data for past seasons?

Yes. We can iterate through tournament archives to extract historical match results, lineups, player statistics, and closing odds for past seasons.

Do you parse the Attack Momentum graphs?

Yes. We extract the underlying numerical arrays that generate the visual Attack Momentum graphs, providing you with a minute-by-minute integer value representing team dominance.

How do you handle Sofascore's API rate limits?

We distribute requests across a large pool of residential proxies and rotate session tokens dynamically. This prevents HTTP 429 Too Many Requests errors and ensures continuous data extraction.

Which sports are supported?

We can extract data for any sport covered by Sofascore, including football, tennis, basketball, ice hockey, volleyball, handball, esports, and cricket.

Can I get the data in Parquet format?

Yes. For historical bulk extractions, we deliver highly compressed Parquet files directly to your AWS S3 bucket, Google Cloud Storage, or Snowflake stage.

$ dataflirt scope --new-project --source=sofascore.com ready

Tell us what
to extract.
We do the rest.

20-minute scoping call. Pilot dataset within the week. Production within two. Whether you need a historical database of player statistics or a live webhook feed for in-play betting models — we build and operate the infrastructure. Tell us your requirements.

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