underdata 0.1.2

Scraping data package for www.understat.com

underdata

Python package for get data of www.understat.com. There are available 6 european leagues: Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1 and Russian Premier League from season 2014/2015.

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Note

This package is in development yet, then can change.

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Installation

To install the package:

git clone [e-mail]:osvaldomx/UnderData.git
cp ~/understat /<your_project>

This package use selenium therefore you will have to install geckodriver.

Getting started

Object	url
underdata.League()	https://www.understat.com/league/<league_name>/<year>
underdata.Team()	https://www.understat.com/team/<team_name>/<year>
underdata.Player()	https://www.understat.com/player/<player_id>
underdata.Match()	https://www.understat.com/player/<match_id>

Examples

League

To get general information of a league:

# import
>>> from underdata.League import League
>>> league = League(league="epl", year="2018")
>>> league.get_info()
'Get info of EPL'

this will open a browser with geckodriver with the purpose of get general information of the league EPL in the year 2018. To access to the information, run:

>>> league.seasons                  # Get seasons availables in www.understats.com
['2021', '2020', '2019', '2018', '2017', '2016', '2015', '2014']

>>> league.table                    # Get the current qualification table or correspondant to the specific year
     N                     Team   M   W   D   L   G  GA  PTS          xG          xGA         xPTS
0    1          Manchester City  38  32   2   4  95  23   98  93.72-1.28   25.73+2.73   90.64-7.36
1    2                Liverpool  38  30   7   1  89  22   97  79.46-9.54   29.15+7.15  83.45-13.55
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>>> league.table_goals              # Get top-10 of scorers
    N                     Player             Team  Apps   Min   G   A          xG          xA  xG90  xA90
0   1  Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang          Arsenal    36  2740  22   5  23.55+1.55   4.99-0.01  0.77  0.16
1   2                 Sadio Mané        Liverpool    36  3100  22   1  16.76-5.24   5.12+4.12  0.49  0.15
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Team

To get general information of a league:

# import
>>> from underdata.Team import Team
>>> team = Team(team="liverpool", year="2018")
>>> Team.get_info()
'Get info of Liverpool'

this will open a browser with geckodriver with the purpose of get general information of the team Liverpool in the year 2018. To access to the information, run:

>>> team.games                      # Get info of games of team in specific year
    week          date                     home                     away  goals_home  goals_away  xG_home  xG_away result                               url
0      1  Aug 12, 2018                liverpool                 West Ham           4           0     4.34     0.40    win  https://understat.com/match/9205
1      2  Aug 20, 2018           Crystal Palace                liverpool           0           2     0.37     2.82    win  https://understat.com/match/9216
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>>> team.player_stats              # Get info of all team players in specific year
      Id                   Player  Pos  Apps   Min   G   A  Sh90  KP90          xG          xA  xG90  xA90
0    838               Sadio Mané  F M    36  3100  22   1  2.53  1.31  16.76-5.24   5.12+4.12  0.49  0.15
1   1250            Mohamed Salah    F    38  3274  22   8  3.77  1.87  21.79-0.21  10.47+2.47  0.60  0.29
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Player

To get general information of a player:

# import
>>> from underdata.Player import Player
>>> player = Player(player_id="1250")
>>> player.get_info()
'Get info of Mohamed Salah'

this will open a browser with geckodriver with the purpose of get general information of the player with id 1250. To access to the information, run:

>>> player.table_seasons                    # Get info of seasons of the player
      Season        Team  Apps   Min   G   A  Sh90  KP90          xG          xA  xG90  xA90
0  2021/2022   Liverpool     9   810  10   5  4.44  2.33   7.50-2.50   3.14-1.86  0.83  0.35
1  2020/2021   Liverpool    37  3085  22   5  3.68  1.60  20.25-1.75   6.53+1.53  0.59  0.19
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>>> player.player_history                   # Get info of all appears of the player
           Date               Home Score             Away  Pos Min Sh  G KP  A         xG         xA
0    2021-10-24  Manchester United   0-5        Liverpool  FWR  90  7  3  2  1  2.25-0.75  0.51-0.49
1    2021-10-16            Watford   0-5        Liverpool  FWR  90  5  1  2  1  0.40-0.60  0.36-0.64
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Match

To get general information of a Match:

# import
>>> from underdata.Match import Match
>>> match = Match(match_id="16463")
>>> match.get_info()
'Get info of Manchester United vs Liverpool'

this will open a browser with geckodriver with the purpose of get general information of the match with id 16463. To access to the information, run:

>>> match.match_stats                    # Get stats of the match
                     Player  Pos  Min  Sh  G  KP  A         xG         xA
0              David de Gea   GK   90   0  0   0  0       0.00       0.00
1         Aaron Wan-Bissaka   DR   90   0  0   0  0       0.00       0.00
2           Victor Lindelöf   DC   90   0  0   0  0       0.00       0.00
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25               Sadio Mané  Sub    8   1  0   0  0  0.11+0.11       0.00
26  Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain  Sub   21   1  0   1  0  0.02+0.02  0.04+0.04
27             Curtis Jones  Sub   64   1  0   1  0  0.15+0.15  0.03+0.03

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