For the first time in football history, dozens of games are being played in empty stadiums. This has given us unprecedented insight into how fans impact on-pitch performance.

Today we ask: what happens to home-field advantage when there are no fans?

Guests:

John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch) is a senior data visualisation journalist at the Financial Times.

Stuart Carrington (@StuCarrington07) is a Lecturer in Sports Coaching Science at St Mary's University, London and the author of Blowing the Whistle: The Psychology of Football Refereeing

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