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Effects of game-location and quality of opposition in futsal league

2015; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 15; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/24748668.2015.11868817

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Fábio Angioluci Diniz Campos, Ídico Luiz Pellegrinotti, N. Bruno Pasquarelli, N. Felipe Rabelo, Ricardo A. R. SantaCruz, Miguel–Ángel Gómez,

Sports, Gender, and Society

The advantage of playing at home has been observed in different individual, dual and team sports. A greater prevalence of victory or points gained was observed when teams played at home, compared to the teams playing as visitors (>50%). The aim of this study was twofold: (1) to examine the influence of game location in elite futsal; and (2) to analyze the home advantage effect in different game contexts according to quality of opposition (balanced and unbalanced games according to team ranking difference between confronting teams). Archival data was composed of 532 games gathered from three seasons of the Brazilian Futsal League (seasons 2012 to 2014). Game results and the goals scored by both confronting teams were quantified. The results suggest the existence of a home advantage effect in elite futsal (63.8%), regardless of the quality of the opposition. Considering the quality of opposition effect, a smaller presence of home advantage was found in games played by teams of different strength levels (62.2%), when compared to teams with the same strength level (65.6%). The present results suggest that the home advantage phenomenon is present in futsal competitions, regardless of quality of opposition contexts. The identified trends confirm the influence of home advantage in futsal and the negative relationship with stronger teams.