Sentences with phrase «since home field advantage»

In a blog post before the opening of World Cup 2014, the company explained that its prediction engine evaluates the strength of each team through a variety of factors such as previous win / loss / tie record in qualification matches and other international competitions and margin of victory in these contests, adjusted for location since home field advantage is a known bias.

Since home field advantage is such an important factor, especially in college, who has the upper hand at a neutral site?

Since home field advantage is typically worth 3 - points to the spread, bettors are more likely to take visitors as they are likely to be larger underdogs.

Not exact matches

There's also a large segment of the betting population that believes that home - field advantage is enhanced in conference rivalries since the excitement of playing a familiar rival leads to louder, more raucous crowds.

It will be his first start since his no - hitter as Cincinnati looks to nail down home - field advantage.

Since the San Antonio Spurs (45 - 8) are on their heels for the top seed, Golden State will likely concentrate on securing home - field advantage throughout the playoffs before resting any players.

It is the 11th time that the league's top seeds will be matched up in the big game since 1975 (when the NFL's playoff format began basing home field advantage on teams» regular season records), and recent trends favor a Seattle victory: the NFC has won the last six Super Bowls between No. 1 seeds.

Since opening, there's been a ton of public support for Toronto, which does make sense — they played an incredibly entertaining last match against Montreal to advance, and they also have home - field advantage in the title game.