TY - JOUR

T1 - Red cards

T2 - Not such bad news for penalized guest teams

AU - Mechtel, Mario

AU - Bäker, Agnes

AU - Brändle, Tobias

AU - Vetter, Karin

PY - 2011/12

Y1 - 2011/12

N2 - A popular soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have performed without it. Based on economic theory, the authors analyze the course of soccer matches using data from the German Bundesliga from 1999 to 2009. The results show that sending-offs against home teams have a negative impact on their performance. However, for guest teams, the impact depends on the time remaining after the sending-off and can be positive if the sending-off occurs late in the game. Thus, the "ten do it better" myth seems to hold for guest teams to a certain extent.

AB - A popular soccer myth states that teams affected by a sending-off perform better than they would have performed without it. Based on economic theory, the authors analyze the course of soccer matches using data from the German Bundesliga from 1999 to 2009. The results show that sending-offs against home teams have a negative impact on their performance. However, for guest teams, the impact depends on the time remaining after the sending-off and can be positive if the sending-off occurs late in the game. Thus, the "ten do it better" myth seems to hold for guest teams to a certain extent.

KW - Bundesliga

KW - red card

KW - sending-off

KW - soccer

KW - team performance

KW - Economics

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=81755178450&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1177/1527002510388478

DO - 10.1177/1527002510388478

M3 - Journal articles

AN - SCOPUS:81755178450

VL - 12

SP - 621

EP - 646

JO - Journal of Sports Economics

JF - Journal of Sports Economics

SN - 1527-0025

IS - 6

ER -