Sofascore Live Scores & Match Stats Scraper

Here is one real result, with every field the actor returns (the statistics and incidents arrays are trimmed here with ... to keep the example readable; live records return them in full):

{
  "eventId": 16588759,
  "slug": "ostrovets-fc-minsk-2",
  "status": "inprogress",
  "statusDescription": "1st half",
  "minute": 8,
  "startTime": "2026-08-10T14:30:00.000Z",
  "tournament": "Pershaya Liga",
  "category": "Belarus",
  "season": "Pershaya Liga 2026",
  "round": "Round 19",
  "homeTeam": "FC Minsk 2",
  "homeTeamId": 100887,
  "homeTeamCountry": "Belarus",
  "awayTeam": "Ostrovets",
  "awayTeamId": 345530,
  "awayTeamCountry": "Belarus",
  "homeScore": 0,
  "awayScore": 0,
  "homeScoreHalftime": 0,
  "awayScoreHalftime": 0,
  "homePenalties": null,
  "awayPenalties": null,
  "winner": null,
  "hasStatistics": null,
  "venue": null,
  "venueCity": null,
  "venueCountry": null,
  "venueCapacity": null,
  "referee": null,
  "attendance": null,
  "url": "https://www.sofascore.com/ostrovets-fc-minsk-2/MrPsFkNc",
  "statistics": [
    { "group": "Match overview", "name": "Corner kicks", "home": "0", "away": "0" },
    { "group": "Attack", "name": "Offsides", "home": "0", "away": "0" }
  ],
  "lineups": null,
  "incidents": [
    { "type": "period", "detail": "First half", "minute": 45, "addedTime": 999, "team": null, "player": null, "assist": null, "playerIn": null, "playerOut": null, "homeScore": 0, "awayScore": 0, "reason": null }
  ],
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:39:38.896Z",
  "error": null
}

The most complete Sofascore match scraper available. It returns every field a Sofascore event exposes per match, plus half-time and penalty scores, team country, and full detail (statistics, lineups, incidents, venue, referee and attendance) when you enable it, across 11 sports, live matches, tournament fixtures or individual match ids.

📥 Input · 📤 Output · 💰 Pricing · ▶️ Examples

Table of contents

• What it does
• Quickstart
• Input reference
• Output reference
• Example output record
• Run via API and CLI
• Fetch results
• Billing and limits
• FAQ and troubleshooting

What it does

The actor reads Sofascore and writes one normalized record per match to the run's dataset. It runs in three modes: live matches (every game in play right now for a chosen sport), tournament fixtures (results and upcoming matches for one competition, with optional standings), and single matches by id. Each record carries scores, half-time and penalty scores, status, tournament, round, both teams with ids and countries, and the match URL.

With withDetails on (the default) each match also gets full statistics, starting lineups with player ratings and formations, timeline incidents (goals, cards, substitutions), venue, referee and attendance. Detail fields are null when the source has not published them yet, for example before kickoff.

Quickstart

Open the actor, paste this into the input, and press Run. It returns up to 10 football matches in play right now, with full statistics.

{
  "mode": "live-matches",
  "sport": "football",
  "maxMatches": 10,
  "withDetails": true
}

Every input field is optional. With an empty input the actor defaults to live football matches, so a run always returns data.

Input reference

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
mode	enum	no	live-matches	What to scrape. live-matches (every game in play now), tournament-events (fixtures and results for one competition), or event-detail (specific matches by id).
sport	enum	no	football	Sport for live matches mode. One of football, basketball, tennis, ice-hockey, baseball, american-football, rugby, cricket, handball, volleyball, mma.
maxMatches	integer	no	10	Maximum number of matches to collect. Free Apify plans are capped at 10 per run.
withDetails	boolean	no	true	When on, adds lineups, player ratings, formations, statistics, incidents, venue, referee and attendance to each match. Adds two requests per match.
tournamentId	integer	no	16	Numeric tournament id for tournament fixtures mode. Defaults to 16 (FIFA World Cup). Examples: 17 Premier League, 8 LaLiga, 35 Bundesliga, 34 Ligue 1, 23 Serie A, 7 UEFA Champions League, 384 Copa Libertadores.
seasonId	integer	no	(latest)	Optional numeric season id. Leave empty to use the most recent season of the chosen tournament automatically.
includeStandings	boolean	no	false	Also collect the league or group standings table for the tournament and season.
eventIds	string[]	no	(empty)	Numeric match ids for single matches mode, one per line.

Output reference

One dataset item per match. Types: string, integer, object[], object, or null when the source value is absent. Detail fields (statistics, lineups, incidents, venue, referee, attendance) are populated only when withDetails is on and the source has published them.

Field	Type	Description
eventId	integer	Sofascore match identifier.
slug	string	URL slug for the match.
status	string	Match status code, for example inprogress, finished, notstarted.
statusDescription	string	Human-readable status, for example 1st half.
minute	integer	Current match minute for live games, or null.
startTime	string	ISO 8601 kickoff time.
tournament	string	Tournament or competition name.
category	string	Category or country of the tournament.
season	string	Season name.
round	string	Round or matchday label.
homeTeam	string	Home team name.
homeTeamId	integer	Sofascore id of the home team.
homeTeamCountry	string	Country of the home team.
awayTeam	string	Away team name.
awayTeamId	integer	Sofascore id of the away team.
awayTeamCountry	string	Country of the away team.
homeScore	integer	Home team current score.
awayScore	integer	Away team current score.
homeScoreHalftime	integer	Home team half-time score, or null.
awayScoreHalftime	integer	Away team half-time score, or null.
homePenalties	integer	Home team penalty shootout score, or null.
awayPenalties	integer	Away team penalty shootout score, or null.
winner	string	Winner (home, away, draw), or null while undecided.
hasStatistics	boolean	Whether the match has published statistics, or null.
venue	string	Venue name, or null.
venueCity	string	Venue city, or null.
venueCountry	string	Venue country, or null.
venueCapacity	integer	Venue capacity, or null.
referee	string	Match referee, or null.
attendance	integer	Reported attendance, or null.
url	string	Public Sofascore match URL.
statistics	object[]	Match statistics as {group, name, home, away} entries. null until published.
lineups	object	Starting lineups, formations and player ratings. null until published.
incidents	object[]	Timeline events (goals, cards, substitutions, periods). null until published.
observedAt	string	ISO 8601 timestamp of when the record was collected.
error	string	null on success. On a failed run, a single item with a populated error field is written instead.

Example output record

Real record from a live run (input {"mode":"live-matches","sport":"football","maxMatches":10,"withDetails":true}). The statistics and incidents arrays are trimmed here with ...; live records return them in full:

{
  "eventId": 16588759,
  "slug": "ostrovets-fc-minsk-2",
  "status": "inprogress",
  "statusDescription": "1st half",
  "minute": 8,
  "startTime": "2026-08-10T14:30:00.000Z",
  "tournament": "Pershaya Liga",
  "category": "Belarus",
  "season": "Pershaya Liga 2026",
  "round": "Round 19",
  "homeTeam": "FC Minsk 2",
  "homeTeamId": 100887,
  "homeTeamCountry": "Belarus",
  "awayTeam": "Ostrovets",
  "awayTeamId": 345530,
  "awayTeamCountry": "Belarus",
  "homeScore": 0,
  "awayScore": 0,
  "homeScoreHalftime": 0,
  "awayScoreHalftime": 0,
  "winner": null,
  "url": "https://www.sofascore.com/ostrovets-fc-minsk-2/MrPsFkNc",
  "statistics": [
    { "group": "Match overview", "name": "Corner kicks", "home": "0", "away": "0" }
  ],
  "incidents": [
    { "type": "period", "detail": "First half", "minute": 45, "team": null, "player": null }
  ],
  "observedAt": "2026-08-10T14:39:38.896Z",
  "error": null
}

Run via API and CLI

Start a run and wait for it to finish, then read the dataset. Replace <TOKEN> with your Apify API token.

Run synchronously and get dataset items in one call:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~sofascore-scraper/run-sync-get-dataset-items?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"live-matches","sport":"football","maxMatches":25,"withDetails":true}'

Start a run asynchronously:

curl -X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/scrapers_lat~sofascore-scraper/runs?token=<TOKEN>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"mode":"tournament-events","tournamentId":17,"includeStandings":true}'

Apify CLI:

apify call scrapers_lat/sofascore-scraper \
  --input '{"mode":"event-detail","eventIds":["16588759"]}'

Fetch results

Every run writes to a dataset. Fetch items as JSON, CSV, or Excel by changing format:

# JSON
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=json"

# CSV
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&clean=true&format=csv"

# Paginate large datasets
curl "https://api.apify.com/v2/datasets/<DATASET_ID>/items?token=<TOKEN>&offset=1000&limit=1000"

<DATASET_ID> is returned as defaultDatasetId in the run object. Use offset and limit to page through large result sets. clean=true drops empty and internal fields.

Billing and limits

• Pay per result. You are charged per match returned (result event). See the pricing tab for the current per-result price.
• No charge on failure. If a run errors, the actor writes a single item with a populated error field and does not charge for it. Empty runs cost nothing.
• Spend cap respected. Set maxTotalChargeUsd on the run; once reached, the actor stops emitting and charging further billable results.
• Free Apify plans are capped at 10 matches per run. Upgrade for higher maxMatches.

FAQ and troubleshooting

Why are statistics, lineups or incidents null? The source has not published them yet, for example before kickoff, or withDetails is off. Missing source values are returned as null, never invented.

How do I scrape a specific league? Set mode to tournament-events and pass its tournamentId (for example 17 for the Premier League). Add includeStandings for the table.

Which sports are supported? Eleven: football, basketball, tennis, ice hockey, baseball, American football, rugby, cricket, handball, volleyball and MMA. Set sport in live matches mode.

Can I pull one specific match? Yes. Set mode to event-detail and pass the match ids in eventIds.

Is this an official Sofascore tool? No. This actor is independent and has no affiliation with Sofascore. It reads only publicly available match data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.

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Independent tool, not affiliated with Sofascore. Accesses only publicly available match data. Use the results in accordance with the source's terms.