Sebastian Raschka, 2014
A simple command line tool to download English Premier League (fantasy) soccer data from the following websites:
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Fantasy football data and player team names: https://www.dreamteamfc.com/statistics/players/ALL/
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Injury information: https://www.dreamteamfc.com/statistics/injuries-and-cards/ALL/
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Fantasy-sports based form data: https://www.dreamteamfc.com/statistics/form-guide/all
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Team statistics: http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/23/table
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Top 50 scorers: http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/23/statistics/scorers
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Top 50 assists: http://www.espnfc.com/barclays-premier-league/23/statistics/assists
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Injuries: http://365stats.com/football/injuries
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Fixtures: http://www.transfermarkt.com/premier-league/startseite/wettbewerb/GB1
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Fantasy sports data: https://fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk/premierleague/players/, https://fantasyfootball.telegraph.co.uk/premierleague/formguide/
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Team ranks: http://m.premierleague.com/en-gb/form-guide.html
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Predicted lineups: http://www.fantasyfootballscout.co.uk/team-news/
### Sections - [Overview and Examples](#overview) - [Requirements](#requirements) - [Usage](#usage) - [Changelog](#changelog)
## Overview and Examples [[back to top](#sections)]
Running the fantasy soccer data collector from the command line is easy: Just provide a output path for the results, and you are good to go!
Example:
python collect_fantasysoccer.py -o ~/Desktop/soccerdata/
Output:
After the script completed, you'll find 5 CSV files with data in the output directory:
**Screen Output: **
Getting general statistics from dreamteamfc.com ... Getting team standings from espnfc.com ... Getting injury data from 365stats.com ... Getting home/away data from transfermarkt.com ... Getting player form data from telegraph.co.uk ... Getting team form data from m.premierleague.com ... ./data/2014_epl_day_21/dreamteamfc_20150103.csv written ./data/2014_epl_day_21/espn_20150103.csv written ./data/2014_epl_day_21/365stats_20150103.csv written ./data/2014_epl_day_21/transfermarkt_20150103.csv written ./data/2014_epl_day_21/telegraph_20150103.csv written ./data/2014_epl_day_21/mpremierleague_20150103.csv written
# Requirements [[back to top](#sections)]
The Fantasy Soccer Data Collector was built and tested in Python 3 and requires the following external Python packages:
The packages can be downloaded and installed, e.g., via pip
pip install <package_name>
or
python -m pip install <package_name>
# Usage [[back to top](#sections)]
python collect_fantasysoccer.py -h
usage: collect_fantasysoccer.py [-h] -o OUTPUT [-v]
A command line tool to download current Premier League (Fantasy) Soccer data.
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-o OUTPUT, --output OUTPUT
Output directory.
-v, --version show program's version number and exit
Example:
./collect_fantasysoccer.py -o ~/Desktop/matchday_17
# Changelog [[back to top](#sections)]
- v1.0.1 (01/03/2015)
- Added m.premierleague.com to get team form data.
- v1.0 (12/29/2014)