Market benchmark

Closing Odds API for Football

Use latest stored pre-kickoff football odds as a benchmark for model validation and closing line value analysis.

Bet365, Pinnacle, Betfair Exchange, and Kambi coverage

1X2, BTTS, totals, corners, and Asian handicap markets

Opening and last-seen prices for supported matches

Related football data endpoints for fixtures, xG, teams, and players

Quick Answer

Closing odds are the market prices immediately before kickoff. TheStatsAPI stores last-seen pre-match prices for supported matches, so developers can use those values as a closing-price proxy when a dedicated final-close snapshot is not available.

Endpoint: /football/matches/{match_id}/odds
Best for: CLV and model benchmarking.
Availability varies by match, competition, bookmaker, and market.

At a glance

Main field

last_seen

Best use

CLV and model benchmarking

Sharp benchmark

Pinnacle where available

Retail comparison

Bet365 where available

Why closing odds are the benchmark

Closing odds incorporate the most information the market has before kickoff. Model builders use final or latest stored pre-match prices to test whether their predictions beat the market, not just the final score.

Validate signal quality over many bets
Avoid judging models only by short-term results
Compare retail and sharp market prices

How to calculate CLV

Store your model price at bet time, fetch the last-seen price before kickoff, then compare implied probabilities. Positive CLV means your entry price beat the later market price.

Convert odds into implied probability
Compare entry price to closing price
Aggregate by league, market, and bookmaker

Endpoint

Closing odds fields

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.

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REST JSON

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" }
          }
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}

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