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This summer is proving to be another interesting experiment in football’s new normal.
With no single host nation, no one side is enjoying the profits of home comfort. Instead, we have 11 host cities and nine different countries playing on home soil.
History suggests that should give them a leg-up. Russia, England, South Korea, Uruguay, Italy, Sweden, Argentina and France are among the previous teams carried to glory or unprecedented success when the party has landed in their own back garden.
Italy's clash with Wales was the 18th match to be played in one of the teams' back yard
Only the Italians and Holland have taken maximum advantage of having home comforts
This summer? Not so much.
Italy’s clash with Wales in Rome was the 18th match of Euro 2020 played in one of the teams’ back yard. So far we have seen eight home wins, four draws and six away wins.
Only Holland (two wins from two) and Italy (three wins from three) have enjoyed a bump-free homecoming.
England have four points from six at Wembley, while Hungary picked up a famous draw against world champions France in their capital Budapest.
For others, though, what home advantage? Denmark have lost both matches in Copenhagen, while Spain’s two games in Seville have brought only two points.
