Api Football vs Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context
A side-by-side look at the Api Football and Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Api Football for sports work as a local process; choose Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context for sports over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Api Football when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Sports domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: API key required.
- You want tools like
fixtures, standings, team_search.
Choose Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Sports domain.
- You prefer a remote HTTP/SSE transport.
- You want tools like
get_current_insights, query_stat_leaders, get_entity_metrics.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Sports | Sports |
| Quality signal | 56/100 · Good | 49/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | API key required | Not declared |
| Pricing | BYOK (pay the provider) | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 0 | 0 |
| Directory activity | 3 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 9 | 14 |
| Full listing | View Api Football | View Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context |
Tools & capabilities
Api Football tools 9
fixturesGet match fixtures (upcoming + recent) by league, team, or date. Use league=1 for FIFA World Cup, league=39 for EPL, league=140 for La Liga. Returns kickoff, teams, score (if played), venue, status.standingsCurrent standings table for a league. Returns rank, team, points, goal difference, form. Use league=1 for World Cup.team_searchLook up a team by name + country to get its team_id for use in other tools.league_searchLook up a league/tournament/competition by name to get its league_id.predictionsAPI-Football's own match-outcome predictions. Returns home/draw/away win probabilities, advice, h2h context, form. Use for "who will win" research on specific fixtures.football_injuriesCurrently injured and unavailable football players for a club or a league — who is out, the injury or reason, and whether they are ruled out or merely doubtful. Covers Serie A, the Premier League, La Liga, the Bundesliga, Ligue 1 and other competitions worldwide. Use for questions about which playe…football_squadThe current player squad for a football club — every player with shirt number, position, age and nationality. Use for questions about who plays for a club, squad lists, and a team roster.h2hHead-to-head record between two teams. Returns last N matches with scores.api_football_statusAPI-Football account status for the key in use: subscription plan name, whether it is active and when it ends, requests used today against the daily limit, and the per-minute limit the vendor reports in its rate-limit headers. The vendor does not count this call against the quota. Use it to tell a…
Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context tools 14
get_current_insightsWhat Muffed thinks is actually real about the NFL right now — verified, dated, with the evidencequery_stat_leadersLeague leaders on any verified metric, each with the rank its source gave itget_entity_metricsEvery verified figure Muffed holds for one player or teamcompare_entitiesTwo players or two teams side by side on the metrics both haveget_metric_definitionWhat a metric measures, and which seasons it actually coverslist_metricsWhich metrics can be asked about at all — keys and coverage, no figuresverify_claimChecks a stated figure against the verified panel and returns the real one if it disagreesget_backfieldWho backs up a starting running back — and in-season, who replaces an injured onerun_stat_queryA figure computed on request — qualified superlatives, multi-season streaks, derived rates — returned with its method, population and data version, and labelled computed rather than verifiedsleeper_find_leaguesYour Sleeper leagues, from your usernamesleeper_get_leagueYour league's setup — teams, scoring format, roster slots, managerssleeper_matchup_previewVerified context on both sides of a matchup- +2 more on the listing page
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Api Football
{
"mcpServers": {
"api-football": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@pipeworx/mcp-api-football"
]
}
}
}
Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context
{
"mcpServers": {
"muffed-verified-nfl-stats-and-fantasy-context-2": {
"url": "https://muffed.ai/api/mcp"
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Api Football is categorized under Sports and uses a local stdio subprocess. Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context belongs to Sports and uses a remote HTTP/SSE transport. Pick Api Football for sports work and Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context for sports.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Api Football is bring-your-own-key: usage is billed by the API provider you supply a key for. Auth: api key required. Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add api-football and muffed-verified-nfl-stats-and-fantasy-context-2 as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Api Football has a quality signal of 56/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Muffed — verified NFL stats and fantasy context has 49/100 (Fair) with 0 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars.