eli5, apart from the psychological factor and weather, how does playing at home stadium affect a football game as compared to a sport where attributes of the home stadium affect the game in a much more nuanced manner like cricket ?

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eli5, apart from the psychological factor and weather, how does playing at home stadium affect a football game as compared to a sport where attributes of the home stadium affect the game in a much more nuanced manner like cricket ?

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Answer 1

If you are talking about soccer then the home team has control of the size and condition of the pitch (within limits). Stoke City in the PL were famous for having a particularly narrow pitch with the grass grown longer to optimise the threat from long throws and hinder more technical teams passing.

https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-britannia-pitch-wenger-1847085.amp