Does a neutral venue lessen a GAA favourite’s chances?

The mail which landed a couple of weeks ago caught the eye pretty quickly.

Does a neutral venue lessen a GAA favourite’s chances?

The mail which landed a couple of weeks ago caught the eye pretty quickly.

“The assumption across the board is that the venue really does matter and playing at a neutral ground would reduce the advantages the team favoured to win a given match enjoy,” it read. “However, until now we had no systematic evidence regarding how the venue itself influences the chance that the favourite wins any particular game.

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