A Python package to parse StatsBomb JSON data to CSV


License
MIT
Install
pip install statsbomb==0.3.0

Documentation

StatsBomb JSON parser

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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 a matches json file:
import statsbomb as sb

matches = sb.Matches(event_id='11', season_id='37')
df = matches.get_dataframe()
print(len(df))  # 7
  • 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

Contributing

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/imrankhan17/statsbomb-parser.git
cd statsbomb-parser

Create a virtual environment:

python -m venv env
source env/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt

Or use Docker:

docker build -t statsbomb-parser .

To run the CI pipeline locally, execute the commands in the script part of the .travis.yml files. Or using Docker:

docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/home -w /home statsbomb-parser python -m pycodestyle --max-line-length=119 statsbomb tests *.py
docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/home -w /home statsbomb-parser python -m pylint statsbomb tests *.py
docker run -it --rm -v $(pwd):/home -w /home statsbomb-parser python -m pytest --disable-pytest-warnings --cov=statsbomb --cov-report=html --durations=5 tests/