Football Intelligence Hub

An Apify actor that aggregates real-time football data from official sources and enhances it with machine learning predictions. It fetches player information, injury statuses, and fixture data without requiring API keys.

Overview

This actor scrapes and combines data from multiple free, official football sources, including the Fantasy Premier League API and OpenFootball. Its core function is to provide reliable player data—such as injuries, stats, and lineups—and then layer on intelligent features like ML-powered injury risk scoring. It's designed for integration into fantasy platforms, betting services, sports analytics, or news applications.

Key Features

• Multi-Source Data Aggregation: Pulls real-time data from official and free sources, including:

  • Fantasy Premier League API: For official injury status and player data on 118+ Premier League players.
  • OpenFootball Data: For fixture information across 12+ leagues.
  • FBref & StatsBomb: For supplementary statistics and historical data.
  • The system includes automatic failover if one source is unavailable.

• ML-Powered Intelligence:

  • Injury Risk Prediction: Generates a 0-100 risk score for players based on factors like age, position, and form.
  • Transfer Credibility Scoring: Aggregates transfer news from RSS feeds and assigns Tier 1-4 credibility scores.
  • Change Detection: Outputs only new or changed data to optimize processing and integration costs.

• Apify Platform Integration: Runs on Apify for scalability and ease of use, offering:

  • Scheduled runs (hourly/daily).
  • Direct API access to results.
  • Built-in proxy rotation and IP management.
  • Automatic cloud storage for datasets.
  • Webhook support for triggering actions on new data.

How to Use

1. Start: Create a free account at apify.com/sign-up, open the actor in the Apify Console, and configure your input.
2. Configure: Set your parameters in the input schema (see example below).
3. Run: Click "Start". The extracted data will be available within seconds.
4. Access Results: Retrieve your data via the Dataset API, download it as JSON/CSV, or view it directly in the console.

Input / Output

Input Configuration

Configure the actor using a JSON input. Here are the key parameters:

{
  "leagues": ["Premier League", "La Liga"],
  "teams": ["Manchester United", "Real Madrid"],
  "data_types": ["injuries", "lineups", "transfers"],
  "enable_injury_prediction": true,
  "enable_transfer_aggregation": true,
  "output_format": "json"
}

• leagues: Select from over 12 supported leagues (e.g., "Premier League", "Bundesliga").
• teams: (Optional) Filter results to specific teams.
• data_types: Choose which data types to scrape (injuries, lineups, transfers).
• enable_injury_prediction: Set to true to include ML injury risk scores.
• enable_transfer_aggregation: Set to true to aggregate and score transfer news.
• output_format: Output format, typically "json", "csv", or "excel".

Output Data

The actor outputs structured data including:

• Player Data: Name, age, team, position, official injury status/details, performance stats (points, form), advanced metrics (xG, xA), and fantasy cost.
• Injury Intelligence: The official status plus the calculated ML risk score (0-100).
• Fixture Data: Match schedules for the selected leagues.
• Transfer News: Aggregated rumors with attached credibility scores.