Interesting piece of analysis by Pat Nevin on the BBC website
Why empty grounds have destroyed home advantage
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/56597524
Could explain our poor home results and excellent away form
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01-04-2021 01:44 PM #1
No fans at grounds affecting home form.
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01-04-2021 01:58 PM #2
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Surely with no crowds it does not matter where you play apart from the artificial surfaces.
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01-04-2021 03:19 PM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Watch the video. Pat makes a good case.
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01-04-2021 03:27 PM #4This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Travel is probably the big one there. I assume it's all done on the day without hotels being open (probably prohibitively costly for our league regardless) so sitting on a bus for an hour or 2 before a game won't be the best preparation. How that fits in with nutrition might also be a factor - again not sure on current restrictions although believe Livingston were criticised for using an empty tony macaroni in Aberdeen.Mon the Hibs.
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01-04-2021 03:54 PM #5
I've looked at the Scottish Premiership so far;
Rangers - average 3 points per game at home and 2.4 points per game away.
Celtic - average 2.2 points per game at home and 2 points per game away.
Hibs - average 1.4 points per game at home and 1.9 points per game away.
Aberdeen - average 1.8 points per game at home and 1.1 points per game away.
Livingston - average 1.3 points per game at home and 1.4 points per game away.
St Johnstone - average 1.2 points per game at home and 1.2 points per game away.
St Mirren - average 1.1 points per game at home and 1.3 points per game away.
Dundee Utd - average 1.4 points per game at home and 1 point per game away.
Motherwell - average 0.9 points per game at home and 1.2 points per game away.
Ross County - average 0.9 points per game at home and 0.8 points per game away.
Kilmarnock - average 1.1 points per game at home and average 0.6 points per game away.
Hamilton - average 0.8 points per game at home and 0.9 points per game away.
We are the team in the league with the biggest difference in favour of away points over home points.
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01-04-2021 03:58 PM #6This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I wonder what that says about our league campaign next season, assuming that the fans are back in the grounds.
Presumably, our home form will pick up, but will our way results suffer? If not, we could be looking at a very good season.
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01-04-2021 06:46 PM #7
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Not much difference in our home form this year averaging 1.44 points per game compared to 1.47 last year. We are of course a better team. We hit 1.95 under Lennon finishing 4th and 1.42 under Lennon/Heck.
Perhaps we just had some good home form under Lennon when we had a really good season and the others are around Par for us.
Saying that 1.45 points is equivalent to win five, draw one and lose five playing each team in the league. Given there will is usually 7 teams with smaller budgets and this season there are 8 it is a very poor effort imo. I'd expect to get nearer 2.0 most seasons at home and when the fans are back home form is much more important than away form in terms of ST and walk up sales.
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01-04-2021 08:37 PM #8
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Surprised Livingston have more points away from home.
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Their away PPG is just better because they have played one less game than at home.
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01-04-2021 08:50 PM #10
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22 points from 16 away games is better than 22 points from 17 home games.
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02-04-2021 07:46 AM #13
And even still Brora beat Hearts at home!
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02-04-2021 02:16 PM #14
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Old news this, it was reported when German football kicked off, Engerland reported much the same thing!
Cheap news, just take an old story and put another country's name to it????
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02-04-2021 02:33 PM #15
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Interesting one. It's probably worked both ways for the coaching staff and players as there probably would have been times when the fans would have really got on their backs and times when they had to find that extra push without the fans and relied on the dug out.
Last edited by Allez Hibs; 02-04-2021 at 02:48 PM.
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02-04-2021 03:13 PM #16This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
11 wins, 5 draws, 3 defeats or 12 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Considering 4 of those would be Rangers and Celtic that would be a huge effort and would go down as a very good home season.
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