By utilizing web scraping techniques, we can extract live as well as archived match data (including scores and betting odds by various bookmakers) from multiple pages of Flashscore website. Web Scraping is the process of automatically extracting data from web pages. The software used for this purpose is called a web scraper.
WebHarvy is an easy-to-use visual web scraper which can be used to scrape data from any website. It can be used to scrape sports analytical data from websites like Flashscore, WhoScored, BetExplorer, OddsPortal etc. You may download and install WebHarvy locally in your computer. To download the free evaluation version and to get started, please follow this link.
Scraping Opening and Closing odds
The following video shows how WebHarvy can be configured to scrape opening and closing odds values of Bet365 Home/Draw/Away odds from Flashscore.
The codes used in the above video can be found here.
Scraping Historical Football Stats from Flashscore
The following video shows how football stats like ball possession, goal attempts, shots on goal, free kicks, corner kicks etc. can be scraped for whole match, first half or second half from Flashscore.
Scraping Goal Highlights Video URL from FlashScore
The goal highlights video URL from match details page can be scraped as shown in the following video. The JavaScript codes and RegEx strings used in the video can be found here.
Scraping Goal Scoring Minute and Scorer Name
Goal details including goal time and scorer name can be scraped from FlashScore match details page as shown in the following video. The RegEx strings used in the video can be found here.
Scraping FlashScore Correct Score (CS) - Open and Closing Odds
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