[PR #533] [CLOSED] [FBref] Optimize reading team match history by creating and reading from csv cache #635

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opened 2026-03-02 15:58:52 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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2026-03-02 15:58:52 +03:00

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/pull/533
Author: @Kalaweksh
Created: 4/4/2024
Status: ❌ Closed

Base: master ← Head: master

📝 Commits (3)

2d43c88 [FBref] Optimize reading team match history
4b43404 [FBref] Clean up read_team_match_stats
690abb6 Merge branch 'probberechts:master' into master

📊 Changes

1 file changed (+145 additions, -7 deletions)

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📝 soccerdata/fbref.py (+145 -7)

📄 Description

Resolves

#458

Changes

Modified read_team_match_stats to cache match history tables as csv files for faster reading.
Added force_cache parameter to read_team_match_stats for consistency with other methods.

Issues

Currently does not detect if league seasons in the cache are not complete e.g la liga season 20-21 only cached up to matchweek 24. This can result in the silent returning of tables with missing data to the user in certain edge cases.

_{🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.}

## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/pull/533 **Author:** [@Kalaweksh](https://github.com/Kalaweksh) **Created:** 4/4/2024 **Status:** ❌ Closed **Base:** `master` ← **Head:** `master` --- ### 📝 Commits (3) - [`2d43c88`](https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/commit/2d43c885f8e6ed1ef7e8515d773353a1ccefa327) [FBref] Optimize reading team match history - [`4b43404`](https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/commit/4b43404b92dd1e89ddac59dfc23706a923902030) [FBref] Clean up read_team_match_stats - [`690abb6`](https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/commit/690abb60668a576d2f3a14ed5acc3f14bf4e3adb) Merge branch 'probberechts:master' into master ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+145 additions, -7 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `soccerdata/fbref.py` (+145 -7) </details> ### 📄 Description ### Resolves - #458 ### Changes - Modified read_team_match_stats to cache match history tables as csv files for faster reading. - Added force_cache parameter to read_team_match_stats for consistency with other methods. ### Issues - Currently does not detect if league seasons in the cache are not complete e.g la liga season 20-21 only cached up to matchweek 24. This can result in the silent returning of tables with missing data to the user in certain edge cases. --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>