[GH-ISSUE #370] [FBref] match-level opponent data not available for read_team_match_stats #70

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opened 2026-03-02 15:55:31 +03:00 by kerem · 4 comments

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2026-03-02 15:55:31 +03:00

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Originally created by @mhd0528 on GitHub (Sep 15, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/370

Hi, is getting opponent team info from read_team_match_stats still supported? I got the following error. Any suggestions how to fix this? Thanks in advance!

File "/home/anaconda3/envs/soccerdata/lib/python3.10/site-packages/soccerdata/fbref.py", line 432, in read_team_match_stats
    (html_table,) = tree.xpath(f"//table[@id='matchlogs_{opp_type}']")
ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 1, got 0)

Originally created by @mhd0528 on GitHub (Sep 15, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/370 Hi, is getting opponent team info from `read_team_match_stats `still supported? I got the following error. Any suggestions how to fix this? Thanks in advance! ``` File "/home/anaconda3/envs/soccerdata/lib/python3.10/site-packages/soccerdata/fbref.py", line 432, in read_team_match_stats (html_table,) = tree.xpath(f"//table[@id='matchlogs_{opp_type}']") ValueError: not enough values to unpack (expected 1, got 0) ```

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@probberechts commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2023):

They are simply not available for the "schedule" stat type

@probberechts commented on GitHub (Sep 24, 2023): They are simply not available for the "schedule" stat type

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@mhd0528 commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2023):

Ok thanks! I'll look into other types of stats first then.

@mhd0528 commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2023): Ok thanks! I'll look into other types of stats first then.

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@mhd0528 commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2023):

Okay so I tried to disable the local cache and with other stat types other than schedule, but it still gives me a scraping error like below:

Error while scraping                                                         _common.py:351
                             [](https://fbref.com/en/squads/18bb7c10/matchlogs/all_comps/shooting.)

And I checked this url, it is not valid in FBref. The closest valid link I can find is: https://fbref.com/en/squads/18bb7c10/2023-2024/matchlogs/all_comps/shooting/Arsenal-Match-Logs-All-Competitions. Is it possible that there is some error in the url generation? Sorry for bothering you recently, I'm trying to figure out what's the error on my end, but can't solve it...

@mhd0528 commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2023): Okay so I tried to disable the local cache and with other stat types other than schedule, but it still gives me a scraping error like below: ``` Error while scraping _common.py:351 [](https://fbref.com/en/squads/18bb7c10/matchlogs/all_comps/shooting.) ``` And I checked this url, it is not valid in FBref. The closest valid link I can find is: https://fbref.com/en/squads/18bb7c10/2023-2024/matchlogs/all_comps/shooting/Arsenal-Match-Logs-All-Competitions. Is it possible that there is some error in the url generation? Sorry for bothering you recently, I'm trying to figure out what's the error on my end, but can't solve it...

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@mhd0528 commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2023):

I think I might find out what's the problem.
When I scrape data before the current season, e.g. fbref = sd.FBref(leagues='ENG-Premier League', seasons='2022-23'), I'm able to get team_match data with those stat_types.
But if I use fbref = sd.FBref(leagues='ENG-Premier League', seasons='2023-24'), it will give me the error above.

---update---
I checked the team URLs of the current season and previous seasons. The URL for the current season doesn't have season in it. See the example below:
2022-23: Arsenal /en/squads/18bb7c10/2022-2023/Arsenal-Stats
2023-24: Arsenal /en/squads/18bb7c10/Arsenal-Stats
This will lead to an invalid URL for the team match log. I'll try to add a condition to deal with it.

---update---
I have updated the code in my fork and I'm testing it with more history seasons + leagues. I'll pull a merge request once it's verified.

---update---
I have tested the code and it should be good now. Create a PR for it. Hope it help.
https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/pull/384

@mhd0528 commented on GitHub (Sep 25, 2023): I think I might find out what's the problem. When I scrape data before the current season, e.g. `fbref = sd.FBref(leagues='ENG-Premier League', seasons='2022-23')`, I'm able to get team_match data with those stat_types. But if I use `fbref = sd.FBref(leagues='ENG-Premier League', seasons='2023-24')`, it will give me the error above. ---update--- I checked the team URLs of the current season and previous seasons. The URL for the current season doesn't have `season` in it. See the example below: 2022-23: `Arsenal /en/squads/18bb7c10/2022-2023/Arsenal-Stats` 2023-24: `Arsenal /en/squads/18bb7c10/Arsenal-Stats` This will lead to an invalid URL for the team match log. I'll try to add a condition to deal with it. ---update--- I have updated the code in my fork and I'm testing it with more history seasons + leagues. I'll pull a merge request once it's verified. ---update--- I have tested the code and it should be good now. Create a PR for it. Hope it help. https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/pull/384