Compensating tendencies in penalty kick decisions of referees in professional football : evidence from the German Bundesliga 1963–2006

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Kompensationstendenzen bei Strafstoßentscheidungen der Schiedsrichter im Profifußball : Belege aus der Deutschen Bundesliga 1963-2006
Autor:Schwarz, Wolf
Erschienen in:Journal of sports sciences
Veröffentlicht:29 (2011), 4, S. 441-447, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0264-0414, 1466-447X
DOI:10.1080/02640414.2010.538711
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Erfassungsnummer:PU201403003297
Quelle:BISp

Abstract

Using a large representative database (12,902 matches from the top professional football league in Germany), I show that the number (441) of two-penalty matches is larger than expected by chance, and that among these 441 matches there are considerably more matches in which each team is awarded one penalty than would be expected on the basis of independent penalty kick decisions (odds ratio=11.2, relative risk=6.34). Additional analyses based on the score in the match before a penalty is awarded and on the timing of penalties, suggest that awarding a first penalty to one team raises the referee’s penalty evidence criterion for the same team, and lowers the corresponding criterion for the other team. Verf.-Referat