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2 Oct 2026 · 3 min read odds hkjc new

Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Football Odds, Now in the API

HKJC football odds are now a bookmaker on 5DollarFootballAPI — 1X2, Asian handicap and over/under, with opening and closing prices and the full timestamped movement, back to 2016 for 1X2 and 2019 for handicap and goal line.

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27 Sep 2026 · 2 min read odds china sports lottery new

China Sports Lottery Numbers and Official Jingcai Odds, Now in the API

A new Ultra endpoint, /v1/chinasportslottery, lists the fixtures on sale in China's state football lotteries (竞彩, 北单 and 传统足球) with their official lottery numbers and the official Jingcai 1X2 opening and closing prices.

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26 Sep 2026 · 3 min read odds goals new

Fixed Goal Lines: Every Over/Under Line Priced, Not Just the One That Moves

Bet365's alternative goal lines — Over/Under 0.5 to 9.5, priced side by side — are now in the API as goal_line_fixed, with opening, closing and in-play prices per line and the full tick history in one call. Here is why a fixed line is worth more than the main line for anyone building a model.

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23 Sep 2026 · 2 min read partnerships education

5DollarFootballAPI Partners with Sports Data Campus

Eligible Sports Data Campus students can use Education Access for football analytics coursework, research and practical data projects.

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4 Sep 2026 · 6 min read api-football migration odds

A Cheap, Drop-in API-Football Alternative: Change One URL, Pay $5 Instead of $19

A cheap, drop-in API-Football alternative — an API-Football compatible host that speaks its endpoints, parameters and JSON. Change the base URL and the key, fetch new ids once, and pay $5 a month instead of $19 — with odds history and corner data on top.

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26 Aug 2026 · 8 min read odds premier league research

What Is the First Goal Worth? Every Premier League Price Move in 2025/26

Across 347 Premier League matches, the median first goal added 23.1 percentage points to the scoring team's normalized live win probability. Here is how that value changed by minute and match state.

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23 Aug 2026 · 5 min read google sheets tutorial fixtures

How to Get Live Football Data Into Google Sheets

A spreadsheet is where most football analysis actually starts. Here is how to pull fixtures, results and corner tables into Google Sheets with Apps Script — no add-ons, no paid tools.

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22 Aug 2026 · 5 min read odds corners research

How Much Does a Corner Line Actually Move Before Kickoff?

Corner totals are priced less aggressively than goals, and they move differently. Here is what the pre-match tick history looks like, and how to measure it yourself.

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Football data, up close

Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Football Odds, Now in the API

China Sports Lottery Numbers and Official Jingcai Odds, Now in the API

Fixed Goal Lines: Every Over/Under Line Priced, Not Just the One That Moves

5DollarFootballAPI Partners with Sports Data Campus

A Cheap, Drop-in API-Football Alternative: Change One URL, Pay $5 Instead of $19

What Is the First Goal Worth? Every Premier League Price Move in 2025/26

How to Get Live Football Data Into Google Sheets

How Much Does a Corner Line Actually Move Before Kickoff?

Evergreen guides

How to evaluate a football API

Best football APIs in 2026

Try any of this against real data

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