{"id":1341,"date":"2026-01-06T10:56:43","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T10:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/?p=1341"},"modified":"2026-01-06T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:14:03","slug":"web-scraping-football-stats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/web-scraping-football-stats\/","title":{"rendered":"Web Scraping Football Stats: A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Web Scraping football data helps in creating a comprehensive dataset containing statistics of teams, players and matches, which can be used for analysis or to build your own dashboards displaying various stats and tables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"1354\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/football-stats-scraping-1-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/football-stats-scraping-1-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/football-stats-scraping-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/football-stats-scraping-1-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/football-stats-scraping-1.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\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 displayed by websites into spreadsheet files or database tables. The software that performs this extraction is called a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/articles\/best-web-scraping-software.html\">web scraper<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/articles\/web-scraper-use-cases.html\">Web Scraping is used for various applications<\/a> in marketing, academic research, real estate, eCommerce, machine learning, sports analysis, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guide demonstrates how to use a web scraper to build comprehensive football datasets by extracting team, player, and match statistics from popular football stats websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Scraping Football Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The first step in data collection is identifying your data sources &#8211; the websites that display the statistics you need. You will need to identify the websites which display the data which you need. Once identified, you have two options for extraction: build a custom web scraper (if you&#8217;re a developer or have the budget to hire one) or use a ready-made tool like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\">WebHarvy<\/a> that lets you scrape data from any website without coding, including football statistics sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Using WebHarvy to Scrape Football Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To scrape football stats with WebHarvy, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/download.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/download.html\">download <\/a>and install the free trial version on your computer. Once launched, WebHarvy opens with a browser-like interface where you can load and navigate web pages.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-1024x670.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1342\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image.png 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WebHarvy&#8217;s Configuration Browser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>WebHarvy is a visual web scraper &#8211; which means you can click and select the data which you need to scrape from any website. WebHarvy can be used to scrape football stats and tables from the following websites (not limited to)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>FootyStats.org<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WhoScored.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SoccerStats.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FBref.com <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sofascore.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nowgoal.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>etc. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>WebHarvy can also scrape sports betting odds data from the following websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oddsportal.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>FlashScore.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>BetExplorer.com<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>etc. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to follow to scrape football stats and tables<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As a simple first example, let us try to scrape the standings table of Premier League matches displayed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/tables\">https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/tables<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scraping Football League Standings Table<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/download.html\">Download <\/a>and install WebHarvy on your computer. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Load the target page &#8211; <\/strong>Open WebHarvy and navigate to  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/tables\">https:\/\/www.premierleague.com\/tables<\/a> in the configuration browser.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour.html\">Start Configuration <\/a>by clicking the <strong>Start<\/strong> button in the Home menu. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Select data to extract &#8211; <\/strong>Click any data element on the page to extract it\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Clicking any item on the page will bring up a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour1.html\">Capture window<\/a> with various options.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To select the text of the clicked item, select the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour1.html#ScrapeText\">Capture Text <\/a>option. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1268\" height=\"830\" data-id=\"1343\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/select-data.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1343\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Selecting Data<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Once you have selected all required data from the page, click the <strong>Stop<\/strong> button to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour4.html\">Stop Configuration<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Start Mine <\/strong>to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour5.html\">start mining data<\/a> using the configuration created. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"670\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-1-1024x670.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-1-1024x670.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-1-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-1-768x503.png 768w, https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/image-1.png 1267w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">WebHarvy&#8217;s Miner Window<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Export scraped data &#8211; <\/strong>Once mining completes, click the <strong>Export<\/strong> button to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour6.html\">save the mined<\/a> data to a spreadsheet file or database. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scraping Football Match results and Stats <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WebHarvy can extract complete match data for any league and season, including match details (date, location, score) and performance statistics (possession, shots on target, fouls, corners, tackles, passes, and more).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This example demonstrates scraping match data from the 2021-22 Premier League season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steps to follow<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Load the match listings page &#8211; <\/strong>Open WebHarvy and navigate to the page displaying 2021-22 Premier League matches<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour.html\">Start Configuration<\/a> &#8211; Click the Start button in the Home menu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Select match details<\/strong> &#8211; Using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/docs\/selecting-data.html\">Capture Text<\/a> option, click to select:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Home\/Away Team Names<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Final Score<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Match Location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1268\" height=\"830\" data-id=\"1347\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/select-data-1.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1347\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Select match details<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Enable infinite scroll pagination &#8211; <\/strong>Since the page loads additional matches as you scroll, select the &#8216;Scroll to load next page&#8217; option (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour3.html#ScrollToLoad\">detailed instructions<\/a>)  <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Configure link following<\/strong> &#8211; To scrape detailed stats from individual match pages:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Click any empty space in the first match row <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour1.html#ScrapeMore\">Capture More Content<\/a> option <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour2.html#FollowLink\">Follow this link<\/a> option<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Wait for page load &#8211; <\/strong>Wait for the match details page to fully load<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Access Statistics &#8211; <\/strong>Click the <strong>Stats <\/strong>tab, then select <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/tour2.html#Click\">More Options > Click<\/a> from Capture window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1268\" height=\"830\" data-id=\"1348\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/following.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1348\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Select match statistics &#8211; <\/strong>The stats page will load, allowing you to click and select match statistics such as possession, shots on target, shots, tackles, passes, accuracy and more. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1268\" height=\"830\" data-id=\"1349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/match-stats.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1349\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Stop Configuration &#8211; <\/strong>Once you have selected all required data, click the Stop Configuration button. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Save Configuration &#8211; <\/strong>You may now optionally save the configuration<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Scrape Data &#8211; <\/strong>Click the Start Mine button to start scraping match data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Export scraped data &#8211; <\/strong>Once scraping completes, the data can be exported to a file or database <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scraping WhoScored.com &#8211; Player Statistics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch the video below to learn how WebHarvy can be used to scrape player statistics for all Premier League teams from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/\">WhoScored.com<\/a>.<\/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=\"WhoScored.com Scraping | Extracting Football Player Statistics | WebHarvy 2026\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NYCwg0z1ET8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br>Scrape FootyStats.org Data<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The video below demonstrates how to scrape match details, betting odds, predictions, tips, and historical scores from <a href=\"http:\/\/FootyStats.org\">FootyStats.org<\/a> using WebHarvy.<\/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; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Scraping Football Match Logs from FBref.com<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The video below demonstrates how to use WebHarvy to extract detailed match logs from The video below demonstrates how to use WebHarvy to extract detailed match logs from <a href=\"http:\/\/fbref.com\">FBref.com<\/a>.<br>.<\/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=\"Scraping Match Logs from FBref.com using WebHarvy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Z93Dl64fX2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Web Scraping Football Statistics from SoccerSTATS.com <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Video displayed below shows how WebHarvy can be used to scrape football match stats from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soccerstats.com\/\">SoccerSTATS.com<\/a> 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=\"How to scrape Match stats from Soccerstats website listings and details pages using Webharvy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3CFUNdWarg4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ready to Start Scraping Football Data?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Download the free trial version of WebHarvy and start scraping football data today. To get started, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/articles\/getting-started.html\">please follow this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Questions About Web Scraping?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our customer support team is here to help. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/support.html\">customer support team<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/scrape-whoscored-live-scores\/\">Scraping WhoScored.com Live Scores<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/scraping-transfermarkt-with-no-code\/\">How to scrape Transfermarkt with no code ?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/web-scraping-footystats-org-football-statistics\/\">Scraping football statistics from FootyStats.org<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.webharvy.com\/blog\/scraping-statscore-live-scores\/\">How to scrape StatScore.som live scores?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Scraping football data helps in creating a comprehensive dataset containing statistics of teams, players and matches, which can be used for analysis or to build your own dashboards displaying various stats and tables. Web Scraping is the process of automatically extracting data displayed by websites into spreadsheet files or database tables. 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