Finale furioso: referee-biased injury times and their effects on home advantage in football

The role of referees has become a central issue in the investigation of home advantage. The main aim of this study was a thorough examination of the referee bias concerning injury time in football, which is currently seen as an important example for the assertion that referees contribute to home adv...

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Published in:Journal of sports sciences 2015-02, Vol.33 (4), p.327-336
Main Authors: Riedl, Dennis, Strauss, Bernd, Heuer, Andreas, Rubner, Oliver
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Bias
charity bias
Comparative analysis
Competitive Behavior
Decision Making
Germany
home advantage
Humans
injury time
Prejudice
Professional soccer
referee bias
Soccer - injuries
Sports injuries
Sports officiating
Time Factors
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Summary:The role of referees has become a central issue in the investigation of home advantage. The main aim of this study was a thorough examination of the referee bias concerning injury time in football, which is currently seen as an important example for the assertion that referees contribute to home advantage. First, we use archival data from the German Bundesliga (seasons 2000/2001-2010/2011) to confirm the existence of an asymmetry in the allocation of injury time. We show this asymmetry to be a bias by ruling out hitherto remaining alternative explanations (effect = 18 s, P 
ISSN:0264-0414
1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2014.944558