Soccer API vs. Soccer Extended: Feature Comparison
Sportradar offers two primary soccer data APIs:
- Soccer API: Provides comprehensive coverage of global soccer competitions, delivering real-time updates and a wide range of statistics.
- Soccer Extended API: An enhancement of the standard Soccer API, offering deeper insights with advanced statistics and features for a more detailed analysis.
Feature Comparison
Feature | Soccer API | Soccer Extended API |
|---|---|---|
Coverage | Over 650 competitions worldwide | Over 1,000 competitions and enhanced coverage for top-tier leagues. |
Real-Time Updates | Live scores, standings, and basic statistics | Includes all Soccer API features, plus enriched play-by-play event details and stats |
Statistics | Basic stats: goals, assists, minutes played | Advanced stats: passes, tackles, dribbles, crosses, blocks, interceptions, chances created, etc. |
Event Data | Basic event information | Detailed event data with XY coordinates for all events |
AI-Driven Content | Not available | Live text commentary, match previews, half-time and full-time summaries |
Probabilities Package | Pre-match win probabilities | In-game probability updates and season outrights |
What's New with Soccer Extended
More Detailed Play-by-Play
Get a richer view of the match with extended play-by-play coverage—including passes, tackles, dribbles, and interceptions. Each event includes added context like XY location, body part used, and expected goals (xG), giving you deeper insights into every moment.
Example:
event="shot_on_target" body_part="right_leg" penalty_area="outside" xg_value="0.05"
Extended Statistics and Visualizations
We’ve more than doubled our statistical coverage, from 41 to 100+ datapoints. This update includes period-based breakdowns (1st half, 2nd half, full match) and added positional context, enabling more advanced analysis and visualizations such as:
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Shot Graphics - Enriched with XY coordinates for plotting precise goalface locations
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Pass Maps - Visualize pass trajectories using start and end XY coordinates
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xG Charts - Generate cumulative expected goal charts with event-level granularity
Enhanced with AI
AI-powered features are now part of your data feed:
- Live text commentary driven by AI, complementing real-time updates
- AI-generated match previews, halftime summaries, and full-time wrap-ups
- Smarter “fun facts” with AI-driven insights to keep your experiences fresh and engaging
Upgrade Your Insights with Extended Soccer Data
To unlock access to extended data and take advantage of the new endpoints, contact your Sportradar Sales representative or [email protected].
Explore what's possible with the Soccer Extended API including two extended endpoints:
- Extended Timeline – Get richer event-level detail including XY coordinates and added metadata.
- Extended Summary – Access expanded statistics and contextual match data.
- Seasonal Competitor Extended Statistics – Access extended team and player seasonal statistics for a given season.
Reach out today to get started.
Updated 11 days ago