xgpy 0.0.2

A Python package to fetch xG data from understat.

xgpy: a powerful python wrapper for football data

What is it?

xgpy is a Python package that aims to aggregate multiple football data sources into a single python module. Using a single function, one can retrieve data from multple places, compare and perform a more complete analysis.

Source	Status
understat.com	Beta
fbref.com	In Progress
fantasy.premierleague.com	Planned
whoscored.com	Planned

Installation

The source code is currently here.

The simplest way to install the package is by pip.

pip install xgpy

Usage

xgpy has multiple modules, each for every source. For example, in order to get stats from understat:

import xgpy
from xgpy.understat import UnderstatPlayer

player = UnderstatPlayer(1228)
match_data = player.get_player_match_data()

And that's it! Look through the documentation and call upon a number of functions.

Troubleshooting

There is a known issue of pandas not installing correctly. Please make sure you have pandas installed before installing xgpy.

pip install pandas
pip install xgpy