Is Home Advantage Diminished When Competing Without Spectators? Evidence From the Israeli Football and Basketball Leagues

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2022-11-20 DOI:10.2478/pcssr-2022-0019

Orr Levental, Tomer Hazut, G. Tenebaum

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Abstract

Abstract Sports spectators are one of the factors that affect home advantage. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic created unique conditions under which most of the leagues in the world played matches without crowds for over six months. This situation facilitated an analytical comparison of two different periods: before and during the coronavirus pandemic. The current study sought to examine home advantage in the Israeli sport domain in general, and specifically the impact of the absence of a crowd. The study consisted of 4,030 matches played in Israel’s top football and basketball leagues, of which 3,589 took place with crowds from August 2015 to March 2020, while the others were held without spectators from May 2020 to February 2021. Descriptive and analyses of variance procedures indicated a home advantage independent of crowd size, density, geographic region, league level, and type of sport. However, higher-quality teams demonstrated a higher home advantage ratio for the goals conceded. The findings of the study indicate that in the Israeli context, the crowd plays less of a role in home advantage than other potential factors.

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没有观众的比赛会削弱主场优势吗?来自以色列足球和篮球联盟的证据

体育观众是影响主场优势的因素之一。COVID-19大流行的爆发创造了独特的条件，世界上大多数联赛在没有人群的情况下进行了六个多月的比赛。这种情况有助于对冠状病毒大流行之前和期间两个不同时期进行分析比较。目前的研究试图从总体上考察以色列体育领域的主场优势，特别是没有观众的影响。这项研究包括在以色列顶级足球和篮球联赛中进行的4030场比赛，其中3589场在2015年8月至2020年3月期间举行，而其他比赛则在2020年5月至2021年2月期间举行。对方差程序的描述和分析表明，主场优势与人群规模、密度、地理区域、联赛水平和运动类型无关。然而，高水平球队的主场优势比失球率更高。研究结果表明，在以色列的背景下，观众对主场优势的作用小于其他潜在因素。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.