Twelve eyes see more than eight. Referee bias and the introduction of additional assistant referees in soccer.

This study is the first to investigate whether the introduction of additional assistant referees in the UEFA Europa League (2009-2010 season) and the UEFA Champions League (2010-2011 season) was associated with lower referee bias in terms of home and "big" team favouritism. To this end, we...

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Main Authors: Andrea Albanese, Stijn Baert, Olivier Verstraeten
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227758