Every goal,
on the wire in sub-second.
The live football wire for developers — scores, stats and odds as clean JSON, printed the second they happen.
Production-tested at scale — millions of fixtures, tables and live scores served daily.
Built for the 90th minute
Enterprise-grade infrastructure under every request — tuned for the moments when everyone refreshes at once.
Sub-second response
Global Redis caching serves static data in milliseconds and live data the moment our sync workers see it.
1,245 leagues in 171 countries, all tiers
From the Premier League to the J-League — fixtures, line-ups and tables updated continuously, no per-league setup.
Beyond the score
Player ratings, possession, formations, head-to-head history — match archive back to 1872 for selected competitions (England from 1888).
Never goes dark
Resilient architecture with automated fallback syncing keeps the wire printing even when upstreams stutter.
Developer first
Predictable JSON schemas, a sandbox you can hit before signup, and strict REST conventions throughout.
Predictable pricing
Transparent tiers, pay with card. Past your daily limit the API answers 429 — or keeps going on prepaid credits if you add them.
Pull it, or let it push you
One clean REST API for everything, with sub-second cached reads for the moments that can't wait.
$ curl -G "https://api.kickoffapi.com/api/v2/fixtures" \ -d "live=all" -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" { "fixture": { "id": 1035039, "status": "2H" }, "teams": { "home": "Arsenal", "away": "Man United" }, "goals": { "home": 2, "away": 1 } }
$ curl -G "https://api.kickoffapi.com/api/v2/fixtures" \ -d "live=all" -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" 14:32:01 SUB MUN · Mainoo → Mount 14:32:08 GOAL ARS 2–1 MUN · Ødegaard 74' 14:32:09 ODDS 1X2 → 1.18 / 8.50 / 21.0 14:32:15 GOAL INT 2–2 JUV · Vlahović 85'
$ curl -N -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \ "https://api.kickoffapi.com/api/v2/stream?leagues=39,140&events=goal,card" event: goal data: {"type":"goal","fixture":{"id":1557411,"minute":74},"score":{"home":2,"away":1}} : ping # keep-alive every 15 s
Give Claude, Cursor & AI Agents Real-Time Football Intelligence
Connect autonomous LLMs directly to live fixtures, standings, odds, and match events via our official MCP server. Zero scrapers, zero glue code — plug in your API key and query in natural language.
More wire per dollar
Real-time scores even on entry tiers, and zero per-league configuration.
| Feature | KickoffAPI | SportMonks | football-data.org |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free tier | 100 req/day, real-time, no card | 14-day trial, no card | €0 — 12 comps, 10 calls/min |
| Entry paid plan | $9 / 7,500 req per day | €29 / month — 5 leagues | €12 / month — 12 comps |
| League coverage | 1,245 leagues in 171 countries on every plan | Per-league selection (5 → 2,200+ by tier) | 12 → 100 comps by tier |
| Setup | Instant, no config | Choose leagues | Add-on stack |
Comparison based on each provider's public pricing page, 25 September 2026. Product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Built by people who love the game
KickoffAPI is built by a small group of football fans and engineers who got tired of slow, overpriced sports data. We obsess over latency, uptime and clean, predictable JSON so you can ship faster.
Get on the wire
Your free key takes 30 seconds. No card, 100 calls a day, the core endpoints.