[GH-ISSUE #424] [FBref] Incorrect data obtained from Team Season Stats #79

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opened 2026-03-02 15:55:36 +03:00 by kerem · 2 comments

kerem commented

2026-03-02 15:55:36 +03:00

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Originally created by @ksbharaj on GitHub (Oct 30, 2023).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/424

Hi,

I tried to run the following code to get the some team season stats for the EPL in 22-23:

fbref = sd.FBref(leagues="ENG-Premier League", seasons=["2223"], no_cache=True)
fbref.read_team_season_stats(stat_type='standard', no_cache=True)

However, the resulting data does not seem to be correct. For example, Arsenal's "Gls" value is 84, whereas they actually scored 88 in the entire season. All teams have such incorrect values, and I also see it when triggering the opposition_values to true.

Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this issue?

Originally created by @ksbharaj on GitHub (Oct 30, 2023). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/issues/424 Hi, I tried to run the following code to get the some team season stats for the EPL in 22-23: fbref = sd.FBref(leagues="ENG-Premier League", seasons=["2223"], no_cache=True) fbref.read_team_season_stats(stat_type='standard', no_cache=True) However, the resulting data does not seem to be correct. For example, Arsenal's "Gls" value is 84, whereas they actually scored 88 in the entire season. All teams have such incorrect values, and I also see it when triggering the opposition_values to true. Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this issue?

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2026-03-02 15:55:37 +03:00

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@marvinl803 commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2023):

Hey, I was looking into this issue and it seems like it is an issue with the FBref website itself. Soccerdata is correctly scraping all the results but it is the FBref website that has the inconsistency with the incorect values.

@marvinl803 commented on GitHub (Nov 2, 2023): Hey, I was looking into this issue and it seems like it is an issue with the FBref website itself. Soccerdata is correctly scraping all the results but it is the FBref website that has the inconsistency with the incorect values. ![fbref](https://github.com/probberechts/soccerdata/assets/27875562/84062413-6f70-446b-806a-2f7b9d3a005d)

kerem commented

2026-03-02 15:55:37 +03:00

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@ksbharaj commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2023):

@marvinl803 Thank you for spotting this. I have sent the feedback to fbref. Hopefully they find the reason for the discrepancy, or rectify it

@ksbharaj commented on GitHub (Nov 3, 2023): @marvinl803 Thank you for spotting this. I have sent the feedback to fbref. Hopefully they find the reason for the discrepancy, or rectify it