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Soccer referees do favor home teams, study shows
10-30-2006 · EurekAlert!Academics have proved what football (soccer) managers in the English Premiership have been complaining about for years -- that referees are inconsistent and favor home teams.Analyzing over 2,500 English Premiership matches, researchers discovered that referees were statistically more likely to award yellow and red cards against the away team -- even when home advantage, game importance and crowd size were taken into account.
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