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From your link: > Boyko studied the number of goals scored by a team at home versus those scored while away, and found that teams scored 1.5 home goals on aver
by thethirdone 5y ago
From your link:
> Boyko studied the number of goals scored by a team at home versus those scored while away, and found that teams scored 1.5 home goals on average, and 1.1 while away.
Players seems like they would have much more of an effect on goals compared to referees. Players can equally be affected by crowds.
It seems very hard to separate the effects so you can show referee bias. The linked page does not show anything that confirms that referees rather than players are affected.
- fwip 5y agoThe very next paragraph reads: > In addition to affecting the number of goals scored, the away team received more penalties, implying that referees are making calls in favor of the home team, possibly as a result of the influence of the crowd. Some individual referees are more susceptible to these influences than others. In fact, more experienced referees are less biased by the impact of a large audience, which suggests that they may develop a resistance to effects of the crowd.