Review of FootyStats.org

FootyStats is one of the best places to get data about football (soccer). It has detailed stats, insights, and many CSV downloads of the leading and minor exotic leagues. Whether you want to check some trends or build a complex model, FootyStats has it.

League View
This gives you a nice overview of the league, including upcoming fixtures, the table, and general stats. It is much richer than most league overviews, but if you want to dive deep, head over to “Detailed Stats.”

Detailed stats
If you click on detailed stats from a league view, there is a lot of great stuff. The XG expected goals section is gold. It has home and away Xa G and XA and shows if t, eams it is underperforming and over-performing stats. I do not love how some lists are challenging to copy into a sheet, but the data is there. Also helpful is a form table of the last five and last 10 home and away, and a home advantage chart. There are many more, but these are the most useful.

Fixtures
The fixture page breaks down info on things like head-to-head play and gives a nice overview of any trends. It also directly comparison of goals, goals against, cards, and corners. There is an AI that also offers a write-up. While I wouldn’t trust AI to base a bet on the listing of some of the streaks, the direct comparison does provide a good general overview to help you make your decision. Also lovely is a projected lineup and under-the-top goal scorers, which allows you to see whether the leading goal scorer will be playing quickly.

CSV downloads
There are so many CSV downloads it is insane. The most useful are Match Stats. Match Stats go through each game, game by game and have a long list of data collected organized in a nice CSV. With a little Excel or Google sheet magic, it is not hard to separate the teams and list each game a team played and exactly what went down. Player stats are also great and include a very long list of data collected on each player. It’s beneficial for player props or your lineup simulator. I would prefer if there were also a sheet set up like the match stats but for players. Listing each game, a player was involved in, and what stats were generated for that game, but even without this, the CSV is gold. There are also helpful league stats that can give a quick overview of what the league is up to. The thing that is crazy is that there are some very exotic leagues, like Cyprus 2 or Czech 4th Liga. Looking to attack some small leagues; here is the data.

Predictions and Betting Strategies
While I do not personally hold much of the betting strategies presented in the paid section of footy stats, they are there. It is not a bad idea to look at what other people are doing, but it mainly revolves around trends and % of something like over 9.5 corners has happened in the past. You can make predictions and publish them on the site to see what other people have predicted, but I do not use this feature and do not find it that interesting.

Overall, I can say Footystats might be the most useful football data site out there. It does not have everything, but it has a lot, and the CSV downloads alone are worth the premium membership. In my opinion, just ignore the “best game for over 9.5 corners today” suggestions that seem to be based on trends and dive a little deeper, and you might strike some golden data.

You can get a LOT of the data for FREE but not the CSV downloads.