Research Article

Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season

Volume: 6 Number: 3 September 30, 2024
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Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season

Abstract

Competition analysis in football is an important method to evaluate the success and failure of teams. Home advantage is considered as an important factor in achieving success in competitions. The aim of this study is to examine the effect of home advantage on technical criteria in the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League, which are organised at club level, played in the 2021-2022 season. In the data collection phase, descriptive survey method was used. Within the scope of the research, a total of 262 football matches, excluding the final matches played at neutral grounds and total of 744 goals scored in these matches were analysed in terms of home and away teams in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League. The goals scored were categorised as the goal minutes intervals, the goal scoring areas (Inside the Penalty Area: IPA; Outside the Penalty Area: OPA), the ways goals were scored (Head Kick; Foot Kick), the number of touches on the ball before the goal (1 Touch: 1T; 2 Touches: 2T; 3 Touches: 3T; 4 Touches + >4T), the direction of attack before the goal and the goals scored from set-pieces (Corner Kick; Penalty Kick and Free Kick) for the home and away teams. The images of the analysed goals were accessed on the UEFA official website with open access permission. Frequency (f) and percentage (%) were calculated for the evaluation of the data obtained, and since the data did not show normal distribution according to the Shapiro-Wilk test results, Kruskal-Wallis test was applied to look at the difference between the groups and the significance level was accepted as p<0.05. According to the results of the analysis, when the goals scored in the 01-15 minutes and 90+ sections of the competitions were examined, it was seen that the number of goals scored with a contact, the number of goals scored from inside the penalty area and the number of goals scored with a header were significantly higher in favour of the home team (p<0.05). There was no significant difference in terms of other variables (p>0.05). According to these results, it is thought that the home teams are more advantageous at the point of scoring goals in the competitions, especially in the first and overtime periods of the matches, the percentage of success in the penalty area is higher and this is reflected in the number of goals, therefore being a home team is an important advantage at this point.

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Ethical Statement

Within the scope of the research, permissions were obtained from Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University Non-Interventional Clinical Research Ethics Committee (Ethics Committee Document No: 2400002188; Meeting No: 01; Decision No: 02 Meeting Date: 22/01/2024). During the data collection phase, actions were taken in accordance with the Helsinki Declaration.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Sports Training

Journal Section

Research Article

Early Pub Date

August 12, 2024

Publication Date

September 30, 2024

Submission Date

June 11, 2024

Acceptance Date

August 1, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 6 Number: 3

APA
Işıkdemir, E., Demir, K., & Özer, S. C. (2024). Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season. Journal of Sport for All and Recreation, 6(3), 211-218. https://doi.org/10.56639/jsar.1499713
AMA
1.Işıkdemir E, Demir K, Özer SC. Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season. JSAR. 2024;6(3):211-218. doi:10.56639/jsar.1499713
Chicago
Işıkdemir, Erhan, Kadir Demir, and Sevket Cihat Özer. 2024. “Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season”. Journal of Sport for All and Recreation 6 (3): 211-18. https://doi.org/10.56639/jsar.1499713.
EndNote
Işıkdemir E, Demir K, Özer SC (September 1, 2024) Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season. Journal of Sport for All and Recreation 6 3 211–218.
IEEE
[1]E. Işıkdemir, K. Demir, and S. C. Özer, “Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season”, JSAR, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 211–218, Sept. 2024, doi: 10.56639/jsar.1499713.
ISNAD
Işıkdemir, Erhan - Demir, Kadir - Özer, Sevket Cihat. “Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season”. Journal of Sport for All and Recreation 6/3 (September 1, 2024): 211-218. https://doi.org/10.56639/jsar.1499713.
JAMA
1.Işıkdemir E, Demir K, Özer SC. Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season. JSAR. 2024;6:211–218.
MLA
Işıkdemir, Erhan, et al. “Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season”. Journal of Sport for All and Recreation, vol. 6, no. 3, Sept. 2024, pp. 211-8, doi:10.56639/jsar.1499713.
Vancouver
1.Erhan Işıkdemir, Kadir Demir, Sevket Cihat Özer. Home-Field Advantage in Soccer: UEFA Champions League and Europa League Evaluation on the 2021-2022 Season. JSAR. 2024 Sep. 1;6(3):211-8. doi:10.56639/jsar.1499713

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