The second leg home advantage: Evidence from European football cup competitions

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1547-1556

  Page, Lionel ^a   Page, Katie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTMINSTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

European cups; Football; Knock out competitions; Soccer; Two leg matches; UEFA

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; COMPETITION; EUROPE; FOOTBALL; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SPORTING EVENT; SPORTS AND SPORT RELATED PHENOMENA; SPORTS ORGANIZATION; SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TEAM SPORT; TEAMWORK;

COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DATABASES AS TOPIC; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PERCEPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCCER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35148832670     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640410701275219     Document Type: Article

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