Returns match results for all matches played on the selected date from fotmob.com.
fotmob_get_league_matches(country, league_name, league_id, cached = TRUE)Three character country code. Can be one or multiple. If provided, `league_name` must also be provided (of the same length)
League names. If provided, `country` must also be provided (of the same length).
Fotmob ID for the league. Only used if `country` and `league_name` are not specified.
Whether to load the dataframe from the data CSV. This is faster and most likely what you want to do, unless you identify a league that's being tracked by fotmob that's not in this pre-saved CSV.
returns a dataframe of league matches
if (FALSE) {
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
# one league
fotmob_get_league_matches(
country = "ENG",
league_name = "Premier League"
)
# one league, by id
fotmob_get_league_matches(
league_id = 47
)
# multiple leagues (could also use ids)
league_matches <- fotmob_get_league_matches(
country = c("ENG", "ESP" ),
league_name = c("Premier League", "LaLiga")
)
# probably the data that you care about
league_matches %>%
dplyr::select(match_id = id, home, away) %>%
tidyr::unnest_wider(c(home, away), names_sep = "_")
}