fb_advanced_match_stats not working for bundesliga

[dooly1318]

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library(worldfootballR)
packageVersion("worldfootballR")

# insert code here
urls <- fb_match_urls(country = "GER", gender = "M", season_end_year = year, tier = "1st")
      df <- fb_advanced_match_stats(match_url = urls, stat_type = stat_type, team_or_player = "player")
sessionInfo()
With this code I could get everything except 'summary'. Same thing happened in France league. 
This is the message I got : 
%Error in map(.x, .f, ...) : ℹ In index: 307.
Caused by error in `data.frame()`:
! arguments imply differing number of rows: 1, 0

[JaseZiv]

Are you still experiencing this issue? If so, can you please provide a full MRE - you have variables called year and stat_type in your example - I just need the actual values that are causing you issues.

Thanks

[dooly1318]

urls <- fb_match_urls(country = "GER", gender = "M", season_end_year = 2018, tier = "1st")
df <- fb_advanced_match_stats(match_url = urls, stat_type = "summary", team_or_player = "player")
Code worked perfectly for English, Spanish and Italian leagues but not working for French and German leagues. I've updated R and worldfootballR to the latest version and happened again. So I tried different years from 2018 to 2023 but still doesn't work for all of those years.

[JaseZiv]

Ok so I think I know why this is. I haven't been able to recreate the errors you're getting in Ligue 1, but see below for Bundesliga.

The last two match URLs in Germany are for relegation/promotion matches, and these don't appear to have data on FBref:

I'll work on addressing this bug to handle errors gracefully and not fail all data returns.

In the meantime, a workaround for you for now is to exclude those URLs:

# first get the match URLs
urls <- worldfootballR::fb_match_urls(country = "GER", gender = "M", season_end_year = 2023, tier = "1st")

# then exclude the promotion/relegation matches missing data
urls_no_qual <- urls[-grep("Promotion", urls)]

# then use those in the function:
df <- worldfootballR::fb_advanced_match_stats(match_url = urls_no_qual, stat_type = "summary", team_or_player = "player")