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I agree. I think what would also be worth looking at is 'exit velocity' - i.e. each team's form going into the play-offs and whether the most 'in form' teams did well or not. I have a hunch that a team that finished the season well and just managed to scratch sixth place will do better than a...

Therefore over the last ten play offs, 11 or the 20 finalists played the second leg of the semi at home.

As requested above; losing play off finalists (those in bold played the semi second leg at home): 2003 - Sheffield United (3rd) 2004 - West Ham United (4th) 2005 - Preston North End (5th) 2006 - Leeds United (5th) 2007 - West Bromwich Albion (4th) 2008 - Bristol City (4th) 2009 - Sheffield...

Yes, yes it would. I just couldn't be bothered to do the job properly.

Out of curiosity, I thought I would look at the league position of the winners from the last 10 years: [teams in bold played the semi-final second leg at home] 2003 - Wolverhampton Wanderers (5th in league) 2004 - Chrystal Palace (6th) 2005 - West Ham United (6th) 2006 - Watford (3rd) 2007 -...