Background:In professional football the existence of home advantage is addressed thoroughly by researchers. It's effects play a key role while modelling the probabilities of results and are influenced by a range of different factors such as crowd effect, special tactics, referee bias, travel effect, familiarity with territoriality, local conditions, etc. Methods: This paper aims to recognize the result of zero crowds on home advantage by considering the English Premier League 2019-20 season in a cross-sectional study, while controlling for factors such as ranking in the previous edition and the winning margins of the team in the current season. Conclusion:A look at previous results suggests that the home advantage between the top ranked and the bottom ranked teams have increased following the interruption due to Covid-19 resulting in games played behind closed doors.
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