FILE PHOTO - Bundesliga - Schalke 04 v Bayer Leverkusen - Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany - June 14, 2020 Leverkusen's Edmond Tapsoba in action with Schalke's Daniel Caligiuri, as play resumes behind closed doors following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Ina Fassbender/Pool via REUTERS
(Reuters) - Clubs who demanded the right to play games at home when the English Premier League restarts may live to regret that stance after data from the Bundesliga shows how home advantage in Germany has been wiped out by empty stadiums.
The Premier League returns without fans on Wednesday after a three-month break -- featuring a fractious debate about the use of neutral venues amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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