Second-leg home advantage in the Copa Libertadores da América (2005-2015)
Motriz (Online)
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23(3): e101720, 2017. tab, graf
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ABSTRACT
Aims:
To investigate the home advantage (HA) in the Copa Libertadores da América (CLA) from 2005 to 2015.Methods:
A naive analysis was applied considering how many times a team that played the second leg at home qualified for the next round. To verify differences between home, away and draw results, the Chi-square ( χ2 ) and the Full Bayesian Significance Test were applied. For the binomial variables ("Home" or "Away"), the probability of second-leg knockout occurrence was calculated.Results:
The probability of second-leg HA varied from 27.27% to 63.64% suggesting fluctuations of second-leg HA during competitive phases (round of 16, quarterfinals, semi-finals and final matches) and decision forms (full time, goals away rule or penalty-shoots).Conclusion:
The results counteract the common belief that there is a large advantage to playing the second match of a two-leg tie at home during all competition phases. Penalty-shots seemed to affect positively the second-leg HA. Despite the causes of second leg HA in CLA need to be better investigated, soccer coaches could to use these results to think better strategies to win your knockout matches.(AU)
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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Soccer
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South America
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Country/Region as subject:
South America
Language:
English
Journal:
Motriz (Online)
Journal subject:
EducaÆo F¡sica e Treinamento
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Medicina Esportiva
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Medicina F¡sica e ReabilitaÆo
Year:
2017
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centro Universitário Anhanguera/BR
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Centro Universitário SENAC/BR
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos/BR
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