Betfair Sportsbook Odds API for Football
Add Betfair Sportsbook's fixed-odds retail prices to your football odds product as a competitive mainstream comparison point.
Quick Answer
TheStatsAPI provides Betfair Sportsbook football odds through the match odds endpoint, alongside Bet365, Pinnacle, Paddy Power, and Kambi prices. Betfair Sportsbook is the fixed-odds sportsbook arm of Betfair, distinct from the Exchange, giving competitive mainstream retail pricing for comparison products.
- Endpoint:
/football/matches/{match_id}/odds - Best for: Odds comparison and retail price coverage.
- Availability varies by match, competition, bookmaker, and market.
At a glance
Why Betfair Sportsbook prices are useful
Betfair Sportsbook is the fixed-odds retail book run by Betfair, separate from the Exchange. It offers competitive mainstream pricing across UK football markets, so its prices add another recognised retail comparison point beside sharp lines from Pinnacle.
- Add a competitive fixed-odds retail price to comparison tables
- Compare retail prices against Pinnacle sharp lines
- Widen mainstream bookmaker coverage for price screens
How to use Betfair Sportsbook with TheStatsAPI
Fetch the match odds response, isolate the Betfair Sportsbook bookmaker object, then compare its opening and last-seen prices against other retail books and against Pinnacle. Use Pinnacle as your fair-value benchmark and Betfair Sportsbook as one of the retail prices you compare against it.
- Convert decimal odds into implied probability
- Compare retail prices against a sharp benchmark
- Store opening and last-seen values for audit trails
Betfair Sportsbook odds response
Odds responses stay focused on bookmaker prices. Match context comes from related football endpoints, so your app can join odds to fixtures, results, xG, team stats, and player data by match ID.
GET https://api.thestatsapi.com/api/football/matches/{match_id}/odds
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
{
"data": {
"match_id": "mt_14502",
"bookmakers": [
{
"bookmaker": "Pinnacle",
"markets": {
"match_odds": {
"home": { "opening": "2.150", "last_seen": "2.080" },
"draw": { "opening": "3.400", "last_seen": "3.500" },
"away": { "opening": "3.200", "last_seen": "3.300" }
},
"total_goals": {
"over": { "opening": "1.890", "last_seen": "1.900" },
"under": { "opening": "1.930", "last_seen": "1.920" }
}
}
}
]
}
}Coverage, bookmakers & update frequency
Bookmakers
Markets
Live vs pre-match & latency
Related Odds API Pages
Current topic: Fixed-odds sportsbook prices from Betfair's mainstream retail book.
Bet365 odds API
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Pinnacle odds API
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Odds comparison API
Multi-bookmaker football odds for comparison apps and price screens.
Paddy Power odds API
Retail football prices from one of the best-known UK & Irish sportsbooks.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does TheStatsAPI provide Betfair Sportsbook odds?
Yes. Betfair Sportsbook appears as a bookmaker in supported football match odds responses where its prices are available.
Is Betfair Sportsbook the same as the Betfair Exchange?
No. Betfair Sportsbook is the fixed-odds retail book run by Betfair, distinct from the Exchange. TheStatsAPI returns its standard sportsbook prices.
Can I compare Betfair Sportsbook and Pinnacle in one response?
Yes. Supported matches can include Betfair Sportsbook, Pinnacle, Bet365, Paddy Power, and Kambi bookmaker objects in the same odds response.
Simple, Transparent Pricing
Odds across multiple sports — events, latest odds, and fair prices.
Starter
For prototypes and early odds-driven products
Included in every odds plan:
- Pre-match & live odds across multiple sports
- Sports, leagues & events reference endpoints
- Latest odds snapshots (moneyline, spread, totals)
- 100,000 requests/month
- 120 requests/min
- Email & chat support
Growth
For production apps consuming live odds
Everything in Starter, plus:
- 500,000 requests/month
- 300 requests/min
- Full odds movement history (price timeline per match)
- Priority support for production teams
Scale
For high-volume, production-grade odds usage
Everything in Growth, upgraded to:
- 5,000,000 requests/month
- 1,000 requests/min
- Dedicated support & SLA
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