Ribeiro Lucas de Castro, Fonseca Fabiano de Souza, Costa Gustavo De Conti Teixeira, Castro Henrique de Oliveira, Santos João Paulo Victor da Silva, Figueiredo Lucas Savassi
Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte-MG, Brazil.
Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife-PE, Brazil.
J Hum Kinet. 2022 Feb 10;81:251-258. doi: 10.2478/hukin-2022-0047. eCollection 2022 Jan.
This study aimed to investigate the impact of crowd absence due to the COVID-19 pandemic on home advantage in Series A and B of professional Brazilian male soccer. Moreover, we sought to compare the home advantage between different competitive levels. Data from 2018 to 2020 Brazilian professional soccer championships (Series A and B) were analyzed, consisting of 2280 matches. The effect of home advantage was calculated in relation to the number of points won, the number of wins, goals scored and goals conceded. Our results indicated that home advantage was reduced in Serie A. Specifically, the 2020 (absence of the crowd) and 2019 seasons showed smaller home advantage compared to the 2018 season. On the other hand, Serie B analyses indicated no changes in home advantage over the seasons analyzed. The comparison of home advantage between competitive levels indicated higher home advantage in Serie A, exclusively in the 2018 season. In addition to the absence of fans, other changes occurred in elite sports due to the pandemic, such as changes in rules and the calendar. Considering that home advantage is affected by multiple interacting factors, it is important to investigate specific sports leagues across the world to determine which factors had the greatest impact on the advantage of playing home matches.
本研究旨在调查因新冠疫情导致观众缺席对巴西职业男子足球甲级和乙级联赛主场优势的影响。此外，我们试图比较不同竞争水平下的主场优势。分析了2018年至2020年巴西职业足球锦标赛（甲级和乙级）的数据，共2280场比赛。根据获胜积分、胜场数、进球数和失球数计算主场优势的影响。我们的结果表明，甲级联赛的主场优势有所降低。具体而言，2020年（无观众）和2019赛季的主场优势比2018赛季小。另一方面，乙级联赛的分析表明，在所分析的赛季中主场优势没有变化。不同竞争水平之间主场优势的比较表明，仅在2018赛季甲级联赛的主场优势更高。除了球迷缺席外，疫情还导致精英体育出现了其他变化，如规则和赛程的改变。鉴于主场优势受到多种相互作用因素的影响，调查世界各地的特定体育联赛以确定哪些因素对主场比赛优势影响最大非常重要。
