---
title: "List Today Matches"
method: POST
path: "/v1/mcp/list_today_matches"
tags: ["mcp"]
---

# List Today Matches

`POST /v1/mcp/list_today_matches`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.infersports.dev` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.infersports.dev/v1/mcp/list_today_matches`
- Auth: none declared

## Request body

- ListTodayMatchesRequest
  - `sport` string, nullable: Filter: football | basketball.
  - `status` string, nullable: Filter: live | scheduled | finished.
  - `league` string, nullable: Filter by external league id (lg_…).
  - `limit` integer: Max fixtures to return.
  - `timezone` string, nullable: Optional IANA timezone (e.g. 'America/New_York', 'Asia/Shanghai') to render each fixture's kickoff in its `summary` as local time; default UTC.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- TodayMatchesResult
  - `date` string, required: The date treated as 'today' (YYYY-MM-DD) — UTC, or the given timezone's day.
  - `count` integer, required
  - `matches` MatchSummary[], required
    - `event_id` string, required: Canonical event id (evt_…); pass to get_match_odds / compare_lines.
    - `sport` string, required: football | basketball
    - `league` string, required: League name, e.g. 'English Premier League'.
    - `home_team` string, required
    - `away_team` string, required
    - `scheduled_at` string, nullable: Kickoff, ISO-8601 UTC.
    - `scheduled_at_local` string, nullable: Kickoff in the requested timezone (ISO-8601); null when no timezone was given.
    - `status` string, required: scheduled | live | finished
    - `score` Score
      - `home` integer, required
      - `away` integer, required
    - `red_cards` Score
      - `home` integer, required
      - `away` integer, required
    - `clock` string, nullable: Match clock when live, humanized for display: e.g. '1st half 25'', '2nd half 47'' (the real minute, not estimated) or 'half-time'; null pre-match or when the feed omits it. Basketball clocks (e.g. 'Q2 4:12') pass through as-is.
    - `confidence` number, nullable: Fuzzy-match confidence 0–1 (find_match only; null elsewhere).
    - `summary` string, nullable: One-line human-readable status, e.g. "Man City vs Arsenal — LIVE 1h 23 2-1." or "… — Kicks off 18:00 UTC on Jun 01." — ready to read to a user.
  - `note` string, nullable: Set when the list is empty: the next upcoming fixture matching the filters.

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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