StatsBomb JSON parser

Convert competitions/matches/lineups/events JSON data released by StatsBomb into easy-to-use CSV format.

A simple web interface for this package can be found here.

Installation

$ pip install statsbomb

Example usage

• Parsing the competitions.json file:

import statsbomb as sb

comps = sb.Competitions()
print(len(comps))  # 3
json_data = comps.data  # underlying json data

df = comps.get_dataframe()
print(df)

competition_id	competition_name	country_name	match_available	match_updated	season_id	season_name
37	FA Women's Super League	England	2018-09-08T07:33:39.356340	2018-09-08T07:33:39.356340	1	2017/2018
43	FIFA World Cup	International	2018-09-08T07:33:39.356340	2018-09-08T14:30:04.356514	3	2018
49	NWSL	United States of America	2018-09-08T07:33:39.356340	2018-09-08T07:33:39.356340	3	2018

• Parsing an events json file to extract shots:

import statsbomb as sb

events = sb.Events(event_id='8658')
df = events.get_dataframe(event_type='shot')
print(len(df))  # 23

print(df)

event_type	id	index	period	timestamp	minute	second	possession	possession_team	play_pattern	off_camera	team	player	position	duration	under_pressure	statsbomb_xg	key_pass_id	body_part	type	outcome	technique	first_time	follows_dribble	redirect	one_on_one	open_goal	deflected	start_location_x	start_location_y	end_location_x	end_location_y	end_location_z
shot	c3ffbb5f-d836-4d33-a02a-3a994990d253	577	1	00:20:51.227	20	51	39	Croatia	From Free Kick	False	Croatia	Domagoj Vida	Left Center Back	1.013		0.05478843	baafd0a9-1031-46df-82a2-16538d6e94cf	Head	Open Play	Off T	Normal							112.0	49.0	119.0	36.7	4.7
shot	d7a727de-1b60-47c7-b9fa-10948bb730ed	634	1	00:23:34.907	23	34	45	Croatia	From Free Kick	False	Croatia	Ivan Rakitić	Left Center Midfield	2.053		0.04375982	9cc48e31-5a52-4074-97b1-5c3eafdd753d	Left Foot	Open Play	Off T	Volley							108.0	29.0	120.0	46.9	6.1
shot	20bcdb94-9507-4bed-8315-edddcbb84081	736	1	00:27:53.880	27	53	53	Croatia	From Free Kick	False	Croatia	Ivan Perišić	Left Wing	0.587		0.12172278	90fdf286-3e32-4646-bcb1-a83a7d51593f	Left Foot	Open Play	Goal	Half Volley		True				True	105.0	32.0	120.0	43.3	0.7
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• Save data to CSV:

import statsbomb as sb

events = sb.Events(event_id='8658')
events.save_data(event_type='shot')  # outputs a file named events_8658_shot.csv