Study on the 'Hot Match' Effect in Professional Football Leagues

摘要

This study takes match outcomes of European eight leagues, China Super League (CSL) and Japan J1 League (Jl) in 20 seasons (1996-2015) as samples, and proposes UNIANOVA (multi-factors: home or away game, results of the previous games, combination of the two) to explore the Hot Match Effect in professional football leagues. The results show that (1) "Home advantage" phenomenon is significant in professional football leagues; (2) Hot Match Effect exist in professional football leagues, and is obvious in Home matches; (3) the interaction effect between the two factors (home or away, results of the previous games) is significant in terms of winning percentage.