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- Title
Yellow Cards: Do They Matter?
- Authors
Anne Anders; Kurt Rotthoff
- Abstract
Using data from the Bundesliga, the top German football league (American "soccer"), we analyze the effects of yellow and red cards on the probability of victory for a team. For the team receiving the cards, we find that yellow and red cards decrease the probability of victory. However, the number of fouls called increases the probability of victory for that team. We therefore find that aggressive play is valuable, but pushing too hard is detrimental. We also find that the probability change is different for the home and away teams.
- Subjects
GERMANY; SPORTS penalties; DATA analysis; ATHLETIC leagues; PROBABILITY theory; SPORTS fouls
- Publication
Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports, 2011, Vol 7, Issue 1, p1286
- ISSN
2194-6388
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2202/1559-0410.1286