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Jonathan Wilson: Will home advantage really vanish when the Premier League resumes?

With the strange echoes and muffled grunts, the curiously pleasing range of noises the ball makes when striking nets, goal frames and football boots, the Bundesliga has been curiously familiar. Robert Lewandowski still scores goals. Bayern still win matches. Dortmund and Leverkusen still deliver a little less than they promise. Schalke are still terrible.

But there have been some differences. Hertha (Olympiastadion capacity 74,669; average attendance 49,259) have improved remarkably. That may be down to their new coach, Bruno Labbadia, and the departure of the chipmunk vacuity of Jürgen Klinsmann, but if familiarity with playing in a cavernous vacuum is beneficial, West Ham could be poised for a surge.
 
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