Delay football goal alerts with API-Football, Google Sheets and Gmail

by Mychel Garzon ✓ · 134 views · created 2026-05-12 · Personal Productivity

What this workflow does

This workflow has 15 nodes and runs on a schedule (every 10 minutes). Along the way it connects Google Sheets and Gmail.

How it runs

Trigger: On a schedule (every 10 minutes).

1. Setup Validation (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
2. Load User Preferences (Google Sheets): uses Google Sheets
3. Filter Active Users Only (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
4. Check Match Timing Window (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
5. Should Poll API? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
6. API-Football: Get Live Match (HTTP Request): calls an HTTP API
7. Detect New Goals (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
8. Check Match Status (Code): runs custom JavaScript code
9. Filter Error Results (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false
10. Is Match Finished? (If): checks a condition and branches into true / false

…plus 4 more steps. See the full node list below.

Services it uses

Google SheetsGmail

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Nodes used (7)

• Schedule Triggern8n-nodes-base.scheduleTrigger
• Coden8n-nodes-base.code
• Google Sheetsn8n-nodes-base.googleSheets
• Ifn8n-nodes-base.if
• HTTP Requestn8n-nodes-base.httpRequest
• Waitn8n-nodes-base.wait
• Gmailn8n-nodes-base.gmail

From the author

Your streaming service is 45 seconds behind live. Your phone notifications aren't. This workflow fixes that. Real-time alerts arrive before they happen on your screen. You're watching a corner kick, your phone buzzes with a goal notification, moment…

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