Home advantage in football in south-west europe: Long-term trends, regional variation, and team differences

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 341-352

  Pollard, Richard ^a   Gómez, Miguel A ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Football; Home advantage; Team ability; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951777408     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461390903009133     Document Type: Article

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