No evidence for second leg home advantage in recent seasons of European soccer cups. Issue 2 (19th January 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Amez, Simon; Baert, Stijn; Neyt, Brecht; Vandemaele, Maarten
• Is Part Of: Applied economics letters. Volume 27:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 156
• Page End: 160
• Publication Date: 2020-01-19
• Subjects: Soccer economics -- sport sciences -- home advantage -- UEFA Champions League -- UEFA Europa League; L83 -- J44 -- Z00; Economics -- Periodicals; Economics, Mathematical -- Periodicals; 330
• DOI: 10.1080/13504851.2019.1630704
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-4851

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Previous research on the advantage experienced by soccer teams playing the second leg of a knock-out confrontation at home yielded ambiguous evidence. Some studies confirmed the well-established soccer myth that this advantage is substantial while others did not find any significant evidence. We contribute to this literature by analysing all 'non-seeded' two-leg confrontations in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League between 2010 and 2017. We find that playing the second leg of a knock-out confrontation at home is not associated with a substantially higher chance of proceeding to the next stage of the tournament.