Home advantage in Turkish professional soccer

Aylin Seckin and Richard Pollard

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Abstract: Home advantage is known to play an important role in the outcome of professional soccer games, and to vary considerably worldwide. In the Turkish Super League over the last 12 years, 61.5% of the total points gained have been won by the home team, a figure similar to the worldwide average and to the Premier League in England. It is lower (57.7%) for games played between teams from Istanbul and especially high for games involving teams from cities in the more remote and ethically distinct parts of Turkey (Van and Diyarbakir). Match performance data show that although home teams in Turkey take 26% more shots at goal than away teams, the success rates for shots do not differ. For fouls and disciplinary cards, home and away teams do not differ significantly in Turkey, a finding that that differs from games in England, perhaps due to less referee bias.

Keywords: Home advantage; professional soccer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L8 L83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007, Revised 2008
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Published in Perceptual and Motor Skills 1.107(2008): pp. 51-54

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