Ten of 18 second round games have been
won by the home team now; the Ducks» win on Friday was the first home team win of that series.
Arsenal were hit hard and
fast by the home team from the start and we somehow managed to weather the storm, come back and take the lead.
In fact, the platform for the victory was laid in the first 15 minutes, as the Arsenal players showed the fight and grit that was missing in Dortmund, to hold off a fast and furious
start by the home team, and I think I may have discovered where that came from.
For the half hour os so before that point, either side of the halftime break and after Flamini had put Arsenal in the lead, we were being put under more and more
pressure by the home team and were struggling to get anything much going in an attacking sense.
For what it's worth, 19.03 units were
earned by home teams while 11.97 units were earned by visitors.
A third «tunnel» doctor will also be
provided by the home team, who will assist in monitoring for potential concussions and will also keep an eye on television replays.
If we expand to include the divisional era, with two divisions in each league (1969 - 1993), only four years saw a better winning
percentage by home teams, topping out at 12 - 30 -LRB-.800) in 1982.
Meanwhile, current league leader, Bayern Munich failed to pick up all three points after being
held by home team, Bayer Leverkusen.
The injury to Shaw left a black cloud over the match and the performance of the referee should also be questioned as he let so many bad
challenges by the home team go without any cautions, but the Red Devils only had themselves to blame as once they had taken the lead they should have made sure of the result with enough chances to put the game out of the reach of the hosts, but they allowed the Dutch side to bully them into submission and were left wanting in the end.
So 3 - 2, and for a few seconds I still felt confident we would pick up 3 points but the defence just continued to capitulate and we witnessed a complete
turnaround by the home team against a side of superstars.
You simply add up the points
scored by home teams, subtract points scored by visitors and divide by the number of games played.
Undoubtedly no coincidence, all three games were won
by the home team, as were nine of the first 13 Big Ten contests.