# Football Matches, Odds & Pre-Match Analytics (`rishideva/football-matches-odds-h2h`) Actor

Football fixtures for any date with pre-match analytics: 1X2 odds, head-to-head with draws, team form and league position. Premier League, Champions League, LaLiga, Serie A and 700+ competitions. Data from SofaScore.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/rishideva/football-matches-odds-h2h.md
- **Developed by:** [Rishi Deva](https://apify.com/rishideva) (community)
- **Categories:** Automation
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 60.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

$2.00 / 1,000 matches

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## ⚽ Football Matches, Odds & Pre-Match Analytics

Get **football matches for any date** with **pre-match analytics in one run**: 1X2 betting odds, head-to-head record with draws, team form, current league position and team rating. The most popular competitions come first: Premier League, Champions League, LaLiga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and hundreds more. Data comes from SofaScore.

No coding, no API keys, no browser automation. Pick a date, optionally your leagues, and get a clean dataset.

### Why this Actor

Most football scrapers give you either fixtures or odds. This Actor combines the data you need to analyze a match:

- 📅 **Daily fixtures** for any date, sorted by competition popularity
- 💰 **1X2 odds** (decimal): home win, draw, away win
- ⚔️ **Head-to-head**: home wins, draws, away wins, optional list of the last 5 meetings with scores
- 📈 **Team form** (e.g. `WWDLW`) and **current league position** of both teams
- 🏆 Country, league, round, status, final score and result for finished matches
- 📊 **Match statistics** (possession, shots, xG and more) for finished matches, optional
- 🔁 **Reliable**: automatic retries and proxy rotation

### Use cases

- **Betting research** and value-bet models
- **Football analytics** and machine learning datasets
- **Daily previews** for websites, Telegram channels and newsletters
- **AI agents** that need structured football data
- Scheduled daily runs to build your own **historical database**

### Input

| Field | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| `date` | Match date `YYYY-MM-DD` (UTC). Empty = today | today |
| `leagues` | Filter by league or country, e.g. `England`, `LaLiga`, `Champions League`. Empty = all | all |
| `maxMatches` | Maximum number of matches | 50 |
| `includeOdds` | Add 1X2 odds | true |
| `includeH2H` | Add head-to-head record | true |
| `includeForm` | Add team form and league position | true |
| `includeLastMeetings` | Add last 5 meetings with scores | false |
| `includeStatistics` | Add statistics for finished matches | false |

Example input:

```json
{
    "leagues": ["England", "Champions League"],
    "maxMatches": 30
}
```

### Output

One item per match. Example (shortened):

```json
{
    "startTimeUtc": "2026-11-03T20:00:00+00:00",
    "country": "England",
    "league": "Premier League",
    "round": 11,
    "homeTeam": "Newcastle United",
    "awayTeam": "Everton",
    "odds": { "home": 2.1, "draw": 3.4, "away": 3.4 },
    "h2hHomeWins": 2,
    "h2hDraws": 2,
    "h2hAwayWins": 6,
    "formHome": { "last": "LWLLW", "wins": 2, "draws": 0, "losses": 3, "leaguePosition": 12 },
    "formAway": { "last": "WDWLW", "wins": 3, "draws": 1, "losses": 1, "leaguePosition": 9 },
    "status": "notstarted",
    "url": "https://www.sofascore.com/football/match/..."
}
```

Export to **JSON, CSV, Excel** or connect via **API**, Make, Zapier, n8n or any AI agent.

### Pricing

You pay only for matches you receive (**pay per result**). Use `maxMatches` and `leagues` to control the cost.

### Tips

- Run it every morning with **Schedules** to get the day's previews automatically.
- `leagues` matches by name, so `England` returns all English competitions on that date.
- Leave `leagues` empty to get the most popular matches of the day first.

### FAQ

**Is it legal?** The Actor collects publicly available sports data. You are responsible for using it in line with applicable laws and the source's terms.

**Is this an official SofaScore API?** No. This Actor is not affiliated with SofaScore.

**Something broke?** Open an issue on the Issues tab and it will be fixed quickly.

# Actor input Schema

## `date` (type: `string`):

Match date in YYYY-MM-DD format (UTC). Leave empty for today.

## `leagues` (type: `array`):

Filter by league or country name, e.g. Premier League, England, LaLiga, Champions League. Leave empty for all - the most popular competitions come first.

## `maxMatches` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of matches to return.

## `includeOdds` (type: `boolean`):

Add pre-match odds (decimal) for home win, draw and away win.

## `includeH2H` (type: `boolean`):

Add H2H wins and draws between the two teams.

## `includeForm` (type: `boolean`):

Add recent form (W/D/L) and current league position of both teams.

## `includeLastMeetings` (type: `boolean`):

Add the last 5 meetings between the teams with scores. Slower.

## `includeStatistics` (type: `boolean`):

For finished matches, add statistics (possession, shots, xG and more).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "maxMatches": 50,
  "includeOdds": true,
  "includeH2H": true,
  "includeForm": true,
  "includeLastMeetings": false,
  "includeStatistics": false
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("rishideva/football-matches-odds-h2h").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("rishideva/football-matches-odds-h2h").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{}' |
apify call rishideva/football-matches-odds-h2h --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,rishideva/football-matches-odds-h2h"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/eWr65kPhsyqP7S33o/builds/QYYtFfLDGsROoUGH9/openapi.json