Home field advantage is influenced by the following factors:
1. Crowd support
2. Familiarity with the environment
3. Travel fatigue
4. Referee bias
The following article goes into details and looks at the statistics of home field advantage in soccer: https://graspthegame.com/soccer/fields/home-advantage-in-soccer/
Interestingly, it seems that advantages will differ depending on the level of competition, the country and between men’s and womens sports. It also shows that home field advantage is slowly becoming less important over time.
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