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Sportspoule brings fans together through prediction pools, livescores and community. After several providers fell short on consistency, speed and documentation, co-founder Leon rebuilt on Sportmonks.

"The data is fast and consistent, which is critical for live features."

Leon, Co-founder, Sportspoule
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The Story in 30 Seconds

Where football meets the people you watch it with

Sportspoule is a mobile platform for iOS and Android that brings fans together through prediction pools, livescores and community. It sits at the intersection of three things that make following football fun: the thrill of competition, the satisfaction of a well-placed prediction, and the energy of experiencing a match alongside other people.

Co-founder Leon and his team tried several providers first. The same problems kept coming back: inconsistent data quality, updates too slow for live, and documentation that was hard to work with. They rebuilt on Sportmonks, which resolved all three, and now run their live features on data that is fast and consistent.

At a Glance
Company
Sportspoule
Industry
Football predictions, livescores & community
Platform
iOS & Android
Contact
Leon Kosters, Co-founder
Model
Prediction pools + community
Audience
Football fans across EU, US, Asia & Africa
Sportmonks data used
LivescoresStandingsStatisticsSquads
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Customer support
rating
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Sportmonks data feeds
in production
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Recurring provider
problems resolved
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Live on
iOS & Android
The Challenge

Building live experiences on unreliable data

From the very beginning, Leon and his team knew that live data would be central to what they were building. Even as they focused early effort on the prediction pool system, it quickly became clear that users expected much more: live standings, real-time scores, match statistics, and instant in-game updates. Without those, the experience felt incomplete.

The core question became: how do you deliver accurate, fast, and scalable data without building and maintaining a massive data infrastructure yourself? Unreliable data does not just create technical headaches, it erodes user trust. For a product built around real-time engagement, slow or inaccurate updates undermine the entire experience.

"The data quality wasn't consistent, updates were not fast enough for live experiences, and documentation was often unclear or difficult to work with. This made development slower and less reliable than we needed."

Leon, Co-founder, Sportspoule
What They Tried First

Several providers in. The same three problems.

Before finding Sportmonks, the Sportspoule team worked with several other data providers. The same issues kept coming up: inconsistent quality, slow updates, and unclear docs that actively slowed development down. Each provider missed at least one thing a real-time community app could not compromise on.

Before Sportmonks
With Sportmonks
Data quality
Inconsistent across providers
Fast & consistent for live features
Live updates
Too slow for in-match moments
Real-time updates fans can rely on
Documentation
Unclear and hard to work with
Clear docs, smooth integration
Build efficiency
Multi-call stitching on their end
Includes pull exactly what's needed in one request
Confidence
Development slower and less reliable
"A data layer that's solid"
The Solution

A data layer built for builders

With Sportmonks as the data backbone, Sportspoule could focus engineering effort on what differentiates them: the prediction mechanics, the social layer, and the community experience. The include and filter system lets the team pull exactly what they need in a single request, with no multi-call stitching.

Smooth Integration

"Getting started with the Sportmonks API was actually very smooth. Within a short time, we were able to retrieve data and integrate it into our platform."

Postman Collection

Explore and test endpoints quickly without writing a single line of code. Faster iteration from day one.

Includes & Relationships

Pull exactly the data you need in one response. Simple, readable, and extensible, without flooding your app with requests.

Coverage That Scales

Livescores, standings, statistics, and squads across the leagues Sportspoule users care about, ready to grow into new markets.

"If we had to choose one standout feature, it would be the ability to include relationships in the API responses. This makes the API very simple and readable at its core, while still being highly extensible."

Leon, Co-founder, Sportspoule
Under The Hood

Every screen traces back to an endpoint

It's easy to forget there's an API behind a prediction pool and a live leaderboard. Tap a data feed to see exactly what it powers inside the Sportspoule app.

The match, as it happens

The live score and minute clock update the moment a goal goes in, so predictions resolve and the in-match experience stays current for everyone in the pool.

GET /football/livescores/inplay

The table behind the leaderboard

Position, points, played and goal difference come straight from standings, giving fans league context alongside their own prediction rankings.

GET /football/standings/seasons/{seasonId}

The numbers that score predictions

Match statistics feed the prediction mechanics and post-match recaps, so scoring and results are grounded in real data rather than guesswork.

GET /football/fixtures/{id}?include=statistics

The players fans predict on

Squad and player data keep line-ups, names and markets accurate, so the prediction options fans see always map to the real teams on the pitch.

GET /football/squads/seasons/{seasonId}/teams/{teamId}

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The Results

Free to focus on what makes Sportspoule, Sportspoule

Sportmonks has become a core part of how Sportspoule delivers on its promise to users. Reliable, real-time data lets the team focus their energy on what actually differentiates the product: the social layer, the prediction mechanics, and the community experience, rather than the data plumbing underneath.

When specific data points occasionally fall outside expectations, the support and communication keep them from becoming blockers. Sportspoule is still growing, with ambitions to expand into new markets across the US, Asia and Africa, and a data partner that scales alongside that growth makes the path forward clearer.

"Sportmonks feels like a partner that understands both the technical and product side of what we're building."

Leon, Co-founder, Sportspoule
In The App

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Livescores
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Predictions
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