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SECTION III - SPORTS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY / RESEARCH PAPER
Home Advantage and Away Disadvantage of Teams in Champions League: Is It Valid for All Teams and Against Every Opponent?
Umit Kuvvetli 1
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Ozgül Çilengiroğlu 2
 
 
 
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Department of Business Administration, Bakircay University, İzmir, Türkiye.
 
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Department of Statistics, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir, Türkiye.
 
 
Submission date: 2023-06-08
 
 
Final revision date: 2023-08-17
 
 
Acceptance date: 2023-11-17
 
 
Online publication date: 2024-02-17
 
 
Corresponding author
Umit Kuvvetli   

Business Administration, Izmir Bakircay University, Turkey
 
 
Journal of Human Kinetics 2024;92:161-179
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jhk/175398
 
 
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KEYWORDS
soccer competition
winning
loosing
poisson regression
 
TOPICS
Sport Performance Analysis
 
ABSTRACT
The home advantage (HA) is a robust phenomenon in soccer whereby the home team wins more games and scores more goals than the away team. Similarly, away disadvantage (AD) means that an away team loses more games or scores less goals than the home team. This study examines the HA and AD values of teams in the UEFA-Champions League, covering the seasons from 2003/2004 to 2021/2022, a total of 2,344 matches. Controlling for team ability differences, the study revealed significant variations in HA, ranging from 32.1% to 79.5%, while AD values ranged from 45.1% to 71.9%. The study further found that HA remained consistent for teams across both the group and knockout stages, while AD varied between these stages. Furthermore, the results suggest that, for certain teams, HA is predominantly manifested against weaker opponents, and the impact of opponent strength on HA and AD is limited.
 
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