Away Goals - Is it better to play your home game first or second?

Hyzepher

With the recent Champions League qualifying draw i was wondering if having your home game first is a better advantage in terms of away goals as you get the extra 30 mins if the game goes into extra-time.

What are people's thoughts on this?

Mitch Connor

Home Game Second - better to have the advantage of home support in second game.

while the general opinion is that it is better to play the first leg away, i prefer having the second leg away. Puts all the pressure on the home side if they didn't get a goal in the first leg.

When United drew away in Barcelona people were saying it was a good result but by god were those last 20minutes at OT horrible to endure.

Pal

The second leg home team has more than a 50% probability to qualify for the next round

Mitch Connor

Home Game Second - better to have the advantage of home support in second game.

Pal wrote: »

The second leg home team has more than a 50% probability to qualify for the next round

i don't get that.

If they draw the first game 0-0 away, only a win will do them in the second leg, a score draw sees them go out.

yom 1

No Real Advantage Either Way

I prefer to see Liverpool play the away leg first as its a case of knowing they need to go and try get a goal to bring into the second leg. Aswell as this, when the knockout stages occur so does the possibility of extra time and peno's. I think home advantage can be a big factor in deciding the outcome of fixtures in these circumstances.

cooker3

Mitch Connor wrote: »

i don't get that.

If they draw the first game 0-0 away, only a win will do them in the second leg, a score draw sees them go out.

I always thought 0-0 draw at home in the first leg was a much under-rated result but seemingly during the champions league era the team that are home in 2nd leg go through 70 odd% of the time after 0-0 in the first.

eirebhoy

No Real Advantage Either Way

I've spent 15 minutes going through CL results in wikipedia.

The numbers on the left are the winning teams that played home games 1st.
Seedings don't affect the home/away draw until the Last 16 but by then you'd think the 2 group qualifiers will be strong enough.

2008/2009
Q1: 6 - 8
Q2: 5 - 9
Q3: 6 - 10
L16: 3 - 5
QF: 2 - 2
SF: 2 - 0
-
Total: 24 - 34

2007/2008
Q1: 4 - 10
Q2: 5 - 9
Q3: 7 - 9
L16: 5 - 3
QF: 0 - 4
SF: 0 - 2
-
Total: 21 - 37

2006/2007
Q1: 4 - 7
Q2: 5 - 9
Q3: 10 - 6
L16: 2 - 6
QF: 2 - 2
SF: 0 - 2
-
Total: 23 - 32

2005/2006
Q1: 5 - 7
Q2: 7 - 7
Q3: 5 - 11
L16: 1 - 7
QF: 1 - 3
SF: 1 - 1
-
Total: 20 - 36

2004/2005
Q1: 3 - 7
Q2: 4 - 10
Q3: 6 - 10
L16: 3 - 5
QF: 3 - 1
SF: 1 - 1
-
Total: 20 - 34


--
Grand 5 year total
108 - 173

Mitch Connor

Home Game Second - better to have the advantage of home support in second game.

i'm clearly wrong so

Still in my head i prefer playing at home first, as long we the result is decent.

Luap

No Real Advantage Either Way

Imo, First leg away and second at home

stovelid

No Real Advantage Either Way

Away leg first.

If you get a bad result away, you can console yourself with the support/home factor for next leg.

If you get a good away result, or goal(s), the oppo are under more pressure when they come to yours.

Hyzepher

eirebhoy wrote: »

I've spent 15 minutes going through CL results in wikipedia.

The numbers on the left are the winning teams that played home games 1st.
Seedings don't affect the home/away draw until the Last 16 but by then you'd think the 2 group qualifiers will be strong enough.

2008/2009
Q1: 6 - 8
Q2: 5 - 9
Q3: 6 - 10
L16: 3 - 5
QF: 2 - 2
SF: 2 - 0
-
Total: 24 - 34

2007/2008
Q1: 4 - 10
Q2: 5 - 9
Q3: 7 - 9
L16: 5 - 3
QF: 0 - 4
SF: 0 - 2
-
Total: 21 - 37

2006/2007
Q1: 4 - 7
Q2: 5 - 9
Q3: 10 - 6
L16: 2 - 6
QF: 2 - 2
SF: 0 - 2
-
Total: 23 - 32

2005/2006
Q1: 5 - 7
Q2: 7 - 7
Q3: 5 - 11
L16: 1 - 7
QF: 1 - 3
SF: 1 - 1
-
Total: 20 - 36

2004/2005
Q1: 3 - 7
Q2: 4 - 10
Q3: 6 - 10
L16: 3 - 5
QF: 3 - 1
SF: 1 - 1
-
Total: 20 - 34


--
Grand 5 year total
108 - 173

How many of those were won due to away goals during extra time?

Y2J_MUFC

No Real Advantage Either Way

Home-game second.

if you have a poor result, you have a chance to turn it around with your fans behind you.

If you draw 0-0 away first, you just have to back yourself to win a game in front of your home fans.

If you have a great result, you shouldn't get turned over at home.

Mikeyt086

No Real Advantage Either Way

I feel, as a United fan, Home game 2nd.

Go away and lose - Fans get right behind the team from the off, all or nothing.

Go away and draw - If you dont lose in their back yard, youve got a good chance of winning in yours.

Go away and win - You just won away, finish the job at home.

I know it should be the case for most Liverpool fans aswell, feeling they can overturn any defecit at Anfield. Same goes for Celtic.

Pro. F

No Real Advantage Either Way

Yeah I would have thought that home game second is an advantage and eirebhoy's numbers seem to back it up. That looks like quite a signifcant difference.

missingtime

Anfield is a great advantage in the secong leg.

Zonda999

No Real Advantage Either Way

Hyzepher wrote: »

How many of those were won due to away goals during extra time?

Ah now, you cant expect the man to figure that out ffs!:) That'd take ages!