why are football matches “at home” or as “visitors” treated like an advantage or disadvantage?

Question

is there any way in which this fact could affect a match by itself?

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Answer 1

They’re something comforting about being in familiar surroundings, surrounded by a bunch of people who are on your side. I can’t speak for European Football, but in the US I think they’ve found a lot of the “home field advantage” is actually from referees subconsciously making calls slightly favorable to the home side.