Home Advantage

[NorthLondonStag]

For those interested about home advantage and crowds:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/20 ... ball-teams

The effect on home win advantage has been very small and in fact the only big change is the number of away bookings, which have fallen by a significant amount.

[Richard Cranium]

Shock so Sky Bet are the real winners

[Bradders]

It's not a surprising conclusion. Basically, referees are scared of upsetting the home fans so tend to clamp down on the away team.

[halifaxstag]

Compare with this study which is Premier league matches over last 2 seasons.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/55203896
Only a 3.7% advantage at home without crowds compared with 14.8% before.
Or put another way there have been almost 9% less home wins, 25% more away wins and less draws.
There could be a VAR effect due to different interpretations this season but that is hard to interpret without looking at other figures.

[adamstag]

I always remember Neil Bishop saying that Mansfield would do better at home with no fans (or something along those lines).

Yes, clearly

[Paulstag]

I always remember Neil Bishop saying that Mansfield would do better at home with no fans (or something along those lines).

Yes, clearly

I'm sure i heard that the Bish loved playing away.