{"id":1289,"date":"2022-06-17T06:51:36","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T06:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2022-06-17T06:51:37","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T06:51:37","slug":"web-scraping-footystats-org-football-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/web-scraping-footystats-org-football-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Scraping FootyStats.org Football Statistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/footystats.org\/\">FootyStats.org<\/a> provides football statistics and match result prediction (betting odds) data for thousands of football leagues worldwide. Compared to other similar websites like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/articles\/scraping-flashscore.html\">flashscore<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/scrape-whoscored-live-scores\/\">whoscored<\/a> etc., footystats.org has a very user friendly design which makes it easier for users to drill down on match statistics.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Software to scrape football statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/articles\/what-is-web-scraping.html\">Web Scraping<\/a> is the process of automatically extracting data from websites. The tools used for this purpose are called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/articles\/best-web-scraping-software.html\">web scrapers<\/a>. You can develop your own purpose built web scraper or use a generic web scraping tool which can be configured to work with any website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this article we will be using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/index.html\">WebHarvy<\/a>, a visual easy-to-use web scraping software which can be used to scrape data from any website including football statistics websites like <a href=\"https:\/\/footystats.org\/\">footystats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/\">whoscored<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccerstats.com\/\">soccerstats<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flashscore.in\/football\/\">flashscore <\/a>etc. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Using WebHarvy&#8217;s point and click user interface you can easily scrape required data from footystats.org website. Lets find out how.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to scrape footystats.org using WebHarvy?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following video shows how WebHarvy can be used to scrape data from footystats.org website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Web Scrape FootyStats.org Match Details | Odds, Predictions, Tips, Previous Scores etc. | WebHarvy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cdkKZkMjvF0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to follow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/download.html\">Download <\/a>and install the free trial version of WebHarvy in your computer. <\/li><li>Open WebHarvy and load the page from which you need to scrape data, within WebHarvy&#8217;s configuration browser<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-3-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-3-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-3-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-3-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-3.png 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>FootStats.org page loaded within WebHarvy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Open WebHarvy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour81.html\">Settings <\/a>and click on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour81.html#AdvancedMinerOptions\">Advanced Miner Options<\/a> button. In the resulting window, select the value <strong>2 <\/strong>for &#8216;Minimum number of items required in a list&#8217; option. Apply changes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"282\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-6.png 282w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-6-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><figcaption>Change settings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour.html\">Start Configuration<\/a><\/li><li>Now you can start selecting the data items which you need to scrape. To select a data item, click over it. WebHarvy will display a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour1.html\">Capture window with various options<\/a>. Select the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour1.html#ScrapeText\">Capture Text<\/a> option to scrape the text of the item. WebHarvy will automatically scrape similar items from the rest of the page and a preview of selected data will be displayed in the bottom pane. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-7.png 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Selecting data to scrape by clicking over them<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Details like match time, home and away team names, odds, match details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour1.html#ScrapeURL\">page URL<\/a> etc. can be selected for extraction using this method. <\/li><li>In order to follow each match link and scrape more details, click on the first match link and select the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour2.html\">Follow this link <\/a>option from the resulting Capture window.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"760\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-8.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-8.png 760w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-8-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\" \/><figcaption>Following match link to load details page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Wait for the match details page to load. Once loaded, you can select additional data fields from it by following the same method as before. <\/li><li>To select data which always follow a heading text, it is recommended to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour1.html#ScrapeFollowingText\">Capture Following Text<\/a> method. <\/li><li>Details like match prediction &amp; tips, scores of previous matches between the same teams, odds data etc. can be selected from the match details page.<\/li><li>After you have selected all the required data, stop configuration. You can optionally <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour4.html\">save the configuration<\/a> so that it can be run later, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour41.html\">edited <\/a>to make changes or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour82.html\">scheduled <\/a>to be run periodically without user intervention.<\/li><li>Click the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour5.html\">Start Mine<\/a> button to start mining data using the configuration<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"554\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9-1024x554.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9-768x416.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9.png 1360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Mining Data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Once mining is finished you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour6.html\">save the mined data<\/a> as a file or to a database. <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Try WebHarvy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you are interested to explore more please go ahead and download the free trial version of WebHarvy. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/articles\/getting-started.html\">To get started please follow this link<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Have questions? Need Support?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you have any questions or need assistance in configuring WebHarvy, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/support.html\">contact our support<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FootyStats.org provides football statistics and match result prediction (betting odds) data for thousands of football leagues worldwide. Compared to other similar websites like flashscore, whoscored etc., footystats.org has a very user friendly design which makes it easier for users to drill down on match statistics. Software to scrape football statistics Web Scraping is the process &#8230; <a title=\"Web Scraping FootyStats.org Football Statistics\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/web-scraping-footystats-org-football-statistics\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Web Scraping FootyStats.org Football Statistics\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,8],"tags":[171,170],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-use-case","category-webharvy","tag-football","tag-footystats"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1301,"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions\/1301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}