2023/08/03 by Federico Fioravanti, Fioravanti, Federico, Fernando Delbianco +3
Economics, Econometrics and Finance · Social Sciences · #FOS: Economics and business #General Economics (econ.GN) #Sport and Mega-Event Impacts #Sports Analytics and Performance #Sports, Gender, and Society
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2308.06279
openalex publication_date 2023/08/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We seek to gain more insight into the effect of the crowds on the Home Advantage by analyzing the particular case of Argentinean football (also known as soccer), where for more than ten years, the visiting team fans were not allowed to attend the games. Additionally, during the COVID-19 lockdown, a significant number of games were played without both away and home team fans. The analysis of more than 20 years of matches of the Argentinean tournament indicates that the absence of the away team crowds was beneficial for the Top 5 teams during the first two years after their attendance was forbidden. An additional intriguing finding is that the lack of both crowds affects significantly all the teams, to the point of turning the home advantage into home `disadvantage' for most of the teams.