# Get today's football scores from the top leagues

**Use case:** 

Get today's football fixtures, live scores and results from the competitions Flashscore lists as top leagues, such as the Premier League, LaLiga and the Champions League. Each match has the teams, kick-off time, status, live minute, the score of each half and the winner. Days follow the time zone you set; the example uses UTC.

## Input

```json
{
  "sports": [
    "football"
  ],
  "days": [
    "0"
  ],
  "timezone": "UTC",
  "topLeaguesOnly": true,
  "includeIncidents": false,
  "includeStatistics": false,
  "includeLineups": false,
  "includeMissingPlayers": false,
  "includeOdds": false,
  "oddsCountry": "GB",
  "oddsScopes": [
    "FULL_TIME"
  ],
  "includeH2H": false,
  "h2hLimit": 10,
  "includePointByPoint": false,
  "includeStandings": false,
  "includeMarkdown": false,
  "maxItems": 100,
  "maxMatchesPerLeague": 200,
  "onlyChanged": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  },
  "maxConcurrency": 8,
  "maxRetries": 5
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "localDate": {
    "label": "Date (local)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sport": {
    "label": "Sport",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "country": {
    "label": "Country / category",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "competition": {
    "label": "Competition",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "homeTeam": {
    "label": "Home",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "scoreText": {
    "label": "Score",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "awayTeam": {
    "label": "Away",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "statusDetail": {
    "label": "Status detail",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "winner": {
    "label": "Winner",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "startTime": {
    "label": "Start (UTC)",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Match URL",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Flashscore Scraper: Live Scores, Results & Odds Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Get today's football scores from the top leagues". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/1nVhExmrTC5FtmYpR) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Get today's football scores from the top leagues" task

The Flashscore Scraper: Live Scores, Results & Odds Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like sports, days, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Get today's football scores from the top leagues" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as date (local), sport, country / category, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Get today's football scores from the top leagues" task via API](https://apify.com/panix/flashscore-scraper.md).

## FAQ

### Which leagues count as top competitions?

The football scores task keeps the competitions Flashscore itself lists as top leagues, such as the Premier League, LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga and the Champions League. Turn the filter off to get every match of the day.

### How fresh are the live scores?

Today's and yesterday's lists are fetched fresh, at most about 10 seconds old. Schedule the football scores task every few minutes with Only new or changed matches for a live ticker.

### Can I get yesterday's results or tomorrow's fixtures?

Pick other values in Days, from 7 days back to 7 days ahead, or set a From and To date. The football scores task then returns the fixtures and results of every chosen day.

### How much does the football scores task cost?

The football scores task costs $0.90 per 1,000 matches on the Apify Free plan and $0.80 on Starter, less on Scale and Business, plus $0.001 per run. Filtered and duplicate matches are free.

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Flashscore Scraper: Live Scores, Results & Odds](https://apify.com/panix/flashscore-scraper.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/panix/flashscore-scraper.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/panix/flashscore-scraper.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).