Does the Home Advantage Depend on Crowd Support? Evidence from Same-Stadium Derbies

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We investigate to what extent crowd support contributes to the home advantage in soccer, disentangling this effect from other mechanisms such as players' familiarity with the stadium and travel fatigue. To evaluate the relevance of crowd support in determining home advantage we analyze same-stadium derbies (matches among teams that share the same stadium) in which teams enjoy different levels of support from the crowd – the home team has many more supporters, mainly because of season ticket holders – while teams do not differ in terms of travel fatigue or familiarity with the stadium. Our estimation results suggest the existence of a sizable crowd support's effect on the home advantage generated both through the influence on referee's decisions and through the encouragement of players' performance.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 8105

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Information and Uncertainty: Other ; Sports; Gambling; Restaurants; Recreation; Tourism ; Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty
• Subject: soccer ; home advantage ; crowd support ; social pressure ; team performance ; attendance ; travel fatigue ; stadium familiarity ; referee home bias

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ponzo, Michela ; Scoppa, Vincenzo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2014

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/96792
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET