Live Scores API
Poll real-time football scores, in-play status, goals, corners and cards across thousands of competitions (full coverage on Ultra). From $5/mo, with a free tier to start.
curl https://api.5dollarfootballapi.com/v1/fixtures?status=live
-H "Authorization: Bearer fb_live_your_key"{
"success": 1,
"data": [
{
"id": 422841891,
"league": { "id": 1385749887, "name": "USA USL Cup" },
"teams": { "home": { "name": "Birmingham Legion FC" }, "away": { "name": "Tulsa" } },
"status": "in_play",
"goals": { "home": 2, "away": 1 },
"corners": { "home": 7, "away": 3 }
}
]
}What you get
- Real-time in-play scores, goals, corners and cards
- One call returns every live match: GET /v1/fixtures?status=live
- Burst-friendly rate windows built for how you actually poll
- Transparent X-RateLimit-* headers on every response
The endpoint
One authenticated request returns clean JSON. Full parameters and responses are in the docs.
GET /v1/fixtures?status=liveRelated
Frequently asked questions
Yes — no credit card required. It covers the top-5 leagues with live scores, fixtures, standings and every Bet365 odds market — corners and cards included — at 60 requests / hour, so you can see the real data before you ever pay. Fixture lists with odds expanded in one call (include=odds) start with Pro.
One window per plan: 60 requests / hour on Free and 300 requests / hour on Community (both also capped at 20 a minute), then 10 requests / min on Pro and 40 requests / min on Ultra. The window belongs to your account and is shared by every key on it. No daily caps, no monthly pools. Every response includes X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset headers.
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