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Home advantage (HA) in football, soccer is well documented in the literature;however, the explanation for such phenomenon is yet to be completed, as thispaper demonstrates that it is possible to overcome such disadvantage throughmanagerial planning and intervention (tactics), an effect so far absent in theliterature. To accomplish that, this study develops an integrative theoreticalmodel of team performance to explain HA based on prior literature, pushing itslimits to unfold the manager role in such a persistent pattern of performancein soccer. Data on one decade of the national tournament of Brazil was obtainedfrom public sources, including information about matches and coaches of all 12teams who played these competitions. Our conceptual modeling allows anempirical analysis of HA and performance that covers the effects of tactics,presence of supporters in matches and team fatigue via logistic regression. Theresults confirm the HA in the elite division of Brazilian soccer across alllevels of comparative technical quality, a new variable introduced to controlfor a potential technical gap between teams (something that would turn themanagerial influence null). Further analysis provides evidence that highlightsmanagerial capacity to block the HA effect above and beyond the influences offatigue (distance traveled) and density of people in the matches. This is thecase of coaches Abel Braga, Marcelo Fernandes and Roger Machado, who werecapable to reverse HA when playing against teams of similar quality. Overall,the home advantage diminishes as the comparative quality increases butdisappears only when the two teams are of extremely different technicalquality.

Home Advantage in the Brazilian Elite Football: Verifying managers' capacity to outperform their disadvantage