The field factor: how it can affect teams in the League

Soccer gets back on track after three months of hiatus due to the coronavirus. The ball will roll again, but with the stands empty. The fans have become a relevant element for the encounters, since on many occasions they are the driving force of those who act as locals and those who intimidate visitors. So much so that in knockout rounds, more value is given to goals on other people's fields. Or for example the new German experience, whose victories for the locals has gone from 43% to 2%; while those who play at home have increased their winning percentage to 50%.

Now the concern of the field factor comes to Spain, there are many teams that looked strong in their stadium and let out very few points when they played before their people, who clothed them. Now they will lack that dose of adrenaline and heat that their fans gave them. But there is also another reality, that of visitors. There are stadiums (such as the Bernabéu, Camp Nou, Mestalla, Metropolitano, Anoeta, San Mamés) that for these reasons were very difficult to leave with any point in the portfolio. Now that situation could change. In this context, we analyze the exits that each team will make and the clubs they will receive in their field:

Barcelona

The azulgrana will defend the leadership having to travel to fiefdoms that could be considered as simpler since they do not have an audience, such as Sánchez Pizjuán or La Cerámica. On the contrary, at home, where they add 95% of the points that are at stake and have shown their greatest strength, they will have to receive rivals like Athletic, Atlético and Espanyol without the support of their public.

Real Madrid

The whites in addition to playing without their audience will do so in a different setting than usual. With the Bernabéu under construction, Madrid will play at home the remainder of the season at Alfredo Di Stéfano. There he will have to receive Eibar, Valencia, Mallorca, Getafe, Alavés and Villarreal. As for his trips, he will have to go to the Reale Arena, RCDE Stadium, San Mamés, Los Cármenes and Butarque. A priori it is an advantage to go to feuds as historically complicated as Anoeta (Reale Arena) or San Mamés without rival fans. Although in terms of playing as a visitor, the whites have already proven to be the best and the least intimidated, since they are the ones who score the most points away from their stadium.

Seville

Lopetegui's men begin their defense to the Champions League with the most important game of the season. The derby against his eternal rival, Betis. They will do it at home, but without the incentive of their people. Nor will they have the support of their own when Barcelona, ​​Valladolid, Eibar, Mallorca and Valencia visit them. Big crashes that would have helped them have their fans in the stands. Instead, they will benefit from outings such as those to fields like San Mamés or Anoeta. They will also have to visit Levante, Villarreal and Leganés.

Real society

The great season of the txuri-urdin team was interrupted by the pandemic. Ahead are left at home games like Osasuna, Real Madrid, Celta, Espanyol, Granada and Seville. Something simpler can be presented to stadiums like Mendizorroza, Coliseum, Camilo Cano, Ceramics and the Metropolitan.

Getafe

The azulones seek to continue making history and get into the Champions. To do this, he has the following duels. At home he will receive Espanyol, Eibar, Real Sociedad, Villarreal and Atlético. The classification will also go through duels at home, having to visit stadiums such as Zorrilla, Di Stéfano, Sadar, Mendizorroza and Camilo Cano.

Athletic

The rojiblancos went to the break outside of the Champions positions and the main objective in the rest of the season is none other than to get into the top four. Atlético, which one of its strengths has been the support of its fans, will host Valladolid, Alavés, Mallorca, Betis and Real Sociedad. Instead, the return to the competition will start with a start, no more and no less than an empty San Mamés. They will also go to Sadar, Camilo Cano, Camp Nou, Balaídos and Coliseum.

Valencia

The ches have a complicated schedule and must fight for each point to get into Europe. At home they will have to host Levante, Osasuna, Athletic, Valladolid and Espanyol. Teams fighting for Europe or to flee the relegation zone. Home games will not be easy either: Real Madrid, Eibar, Villarreal, Granada, Leganés and Seville.

Villarreal

The Submarine has eleven days of heart attack and will miss their fans in great duels that will host their stadium. The Ceramics will visit Mallorca, Seville, Valencia, Barcelona, ​​Real Sociedad and Eibar. And they will visit Balaídos, Los Cármenes, Villamarín, Coliseum and Di Stéfano.

Pomegranate

Granada is one of the revelation teams in the First Division. Newly promoted and is at the gates of Europe. Getafe, Villarreal, Eibar, Valencia, Real Madrid and Athletic will receive in some empty Cármenes; and it will travel to Villamarín, Butarque, Mendizorroza, Anoeta and Son Moix.

Athletic

Athletic fans will be left with the desire to attend several of the great games that are usually held in San Mamés such as those that will have to play against Atlético, Madrid or Seville. Nor will they witness the duels against Betis, Mallorca and Leganés. The lions will also benefit from this absence of public in stadiums such as the Camp Nou or Mestalla. In addition, they will visit Eibar, Levante and Granada.

Osasuna

Osasuna are traditionally a strong team at home, moreover they have scored more points in El Sadar than away (20 vs. 14). In the remaining eleven days, he will have complicated duels both in his fief and outside. Atlético, Leganés, Getafe, Celta and Mallorca will travel to El Sadar. On the other hand, the rojillos have yet to visit the Reale Arena, Mestalla, Mendizorroza, Ipurua, Villamarín and Camp Nou.

Betis

The verdiblancos are in the middle of the table, neither too far from the descent nor very close to Europe. The 33 remaining points can do everything, from approaching the low zone if the results do not accompany, to getting away and being able to get into Europe. For this, they will have to start with a good foot in their sight to an empty Sánchez Pizjuán. They will also travel to San Mamés, Camilo Cano, Balaídos, Metropolitano and Zorrilla. They will host Granada, Espanyol Villarreal, Osasuna and Alavés.

I raised

The granota team does not have eleven quiet days, they will have to measure teams that play the season, either to avoid relegation or to be in Europe. And in all the days he will do so as a 'visitor' since the Ciutat de Valencia is under construction and will have to play in the Camilo Cano, La Nucía stadium. In his new home he will receive Sevilla, Atlético, Betis, Real Sociedad, Athletic and Getafe. Almost nothing. But on his outings he will visit stadiums such as the RCDE Stadium, Zorrilla, Son Moix and Balaídos.

Alaves

Alavés have been stronger at home than away, since they have achieved fourteen more points in Mendizorroza. Now they will have to play without their fans against Real Sociedad, Osasuna, Granada, Getafe and Barcelona. Instead, he will try to get more out of his home games, where he has only managed to score nine points. He will try to do it at the RCDE Stadium, Balaídos, Wanda Metropolitano, Zorrilla, Di Stéfano and Villamarín.

Valladolid

The pucelano will try to put more land in the way with the decrease in their visits to Butarque, Metropolitano, Sánchez Pizjuán, Mestalla and Ipurua. In the José Zorrilla he will receive Celta, Getafe, Levante, Alavés, Barcelona and Betis.

Eibar

The armorer team is only two points above the descent. He will receive in Ipurua complicated rivals, both for being from the upper zone and for being direct rivals in the permanence: Athletic, Valencia, Osasuna, Leganés and Valladolid. You will have to visit the Di Stéfano, Coliseum, Los Cármenes, Sánchez Pizjuán, RCDE Stadium and La Cerámica.

Celtic

Celta is the team that marks salvation, just one more than the relegation zone. If he wants to remain safe, he will have to press in his duels in Balaídos (against Villarreal, Alavés, Barcelona, ​​Betis, Atlético and Levante) and in his home games (they visit Zorrilla, Reale, Son Moix, El Sadar and RCDE Stadium).

Majorca

He has eleven days to continue one more year in First. For now, it occupies one of the three drop positions. Ahead he has to face the visits made by Barcelona, ​​Leganés (direct rival), Athletic, Celta, Levante and Granada. And he hopes that with the absence of the public, his visits to La Cerámica, Di Stéfano, San Mamés, Metropolitano, Sánchez Pizjuán and El Sadar will be easier than in normal circumstances.

Leganes

The penultimate of LaLiga is three points below salvation. Aguirre's men cannot afford to stumble in this final stretch of the championship. Valladolid, Granada, Seville, Valencia and Real Madrid will travel to Butarque. The pepineros will travel to Camp Nou, Son Moix, El Sadar, RCDE Stadium, Ipurua and San Mamés.

Spanish

The parakeets are bottom and have eleven finals ahead to achieve permanence and save their bad season. The advantage they have is that they have eleven days ahead with several confrontations with direct rivals, the three points would give them air and prevent the rest from escaping. Alavés, Levante, Real Madrid, Leganés, Eibar and Celta will parade in an empty RCDE Stadium. Espanyol will have to travel to the Coliseum, Villamarín, Anoeta, Camp Nou and Mestalla.