Historical Football Odds
Look back at how bookmaker odds moved for past fixtures, from opening lines to full-time settlement, through a single UK Odds API feed with capture times and snapshot lookups built in.
List capturesSnapshot as-of a timeOdds timeline Each entry carries a capture time and bookmaker odds, so you can trace how a market moved before kickoff.
Why historical odds
Historical odds answer questions live data cannot. Was a tip actually good value when it was posted, or does it only look good in hindsight? How did the market move in the hours before kickoff, and did bookmakers agree with each other? Anyone building betting models, research tools, or content that references past odds needs a reliable record of what odds were, and when, not just what they are now.
Test staking plans and value-betting strategies against odds as they actually stood at kickoff or at any earlier capture time, rather than relying on memory or screenshots. This turns a strategy idea into something you can measure with real numbers.
Track how odds for a match shifted from the first available line through to kickoff, across multiple UK bookmakers. This is the kind of detail that powers sharp-money analysis and pre-match research content.
Check what the odds genuinely were at the moment a tip, prediction, or article was published, so tipster records and content claims can be backed up with evidence. This matters for building trust with an audience.
Pull the closing odds for a fixture to confirm how a bet would have settled, or to compare pre-match odds against the final market before kickoff. Useful for reconciling records or auditing past recommendations.
From the docs: captures, snapshot, timeline.
GET /v1/history/football/events/EVENT_ID/captures?limit=1000
GET /v1/history/football/events/EVENT_ID/snapshot?captured_at=2026-05-05T09:30:00Z&match=at_or_before&package=core
GET /v1/history/football/odds-timeline?event_id=EVENT_ID&market_id=101&selection_name=Home&bookmaker_code=UO004Replace EVENT_ID and captured_at with real values from captures.
Includes requested_captured_at and resolved_captured_at.
{
"event_id": "evt_123",
"requested_captured_at": "2026-05-05T09:30:00Z",
"resolved_captured_at": "2026-05-05T09:29:00Z",
"odds_format": "decimal",
"markets": [
{
"key": "1x2",
"outcomes": [
{ "name": "Home", "odds": 2.10, "bookmaker_code": "UO004" }
]
}
]
}What you can build
Backtests, closing-line tools, research notebooks, and model training sets.
Same event ids and bookmaker codes as history.
Open →Compare historical soft odds to sharp lines in your own code.
Open →Use package=full on snapshots when you need player market depth.
Open →Quota rules and match modes in the docsite.
Open →Built for research
Pro unlocks History. Business adds higher limits and arbitrage on top.
Bookmakers covered
Historical bookmaker odds across football leagues, with movement tracked over time.
Pricing
Historical odds, including capture times and snapshot lookups, are available on the Pro plan and above.
£79/month
Billed today · no trial
For prototypes and early builds
£149/month
7 days free · £0 due today
For production apps and dashboards
£359/month
Billed today · no trial
For arbitrage tools and revenue-generating systems
FAQ
Pro and Business (History feature). Starter keys receive 403 plan_restricted.
List captures for the event_id, then call snapshot with captured_at and a match mode such as at_or_before.
1 request per capture in the requested from/to window (minimum 1). Narrow the window to control cost.
Yes. package=core costs 1 request; package=full costs 2, same as live odds.
Yes. Create an account and subscribe to a plan, then explore endpoints in the Swagger playground at api.ukoddsapi.com/docs.