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Premier League hosts beware - German data shows end of home advantage

Schalke's Spanish defender Juan Miranda reacts at the end of the German Bundesliga soccer match between FC Schalke 04 and Bayer Leverkusen in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Sunday, June 14, 2020. Because of the coronavirus outbreak all soccer matches of the German Bundesliga take place without spectators. (Ina Fassbender/Pool via AP)

Clubs who demanded the right to play games at home when the English Premier League restarts may live to regret that stance after data from the Bundesliga shows how home advantage in Germany has been wiped out by empty stadiums.

The Premier League returns without fans on Wednesday after a three-month break — featuring a fractious debate about the use of neutral venues amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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