“Our home form will be vital”.
“We have to turn our home ground into a fortress.”
“The fans can be the twelfth man at our place”.
We all know the clichés about the importance of doing well in home games. But the difference between York’s results at home and away in their eight League Two fixtures this season is particularly stark: a 100% winning record of four wins from four at the LNER stands in contrast to an away record of no wins, two draws and two defeats. Just how unusual is this phenomenon of performing much better on home turf, what might the reasons for it be, and is it just an early season quirk or something likely to continue?
The first thing to note is that this trend isn’t unique to City: across League Two so far in the 2026/27 season, 71% of all points won have gone to the home side, with only 13 away wins from a total of 94 games played in the league. This figure is unusually high, as the last few League Two seasons have seen a consistent figure of around 60% of points going to home teams. It’s also not replicated in other leagues this season, with the Championship seeing home sides claim 57% of the points so far, and an even lower figure of 51% in League One.
Even against that background of home teams dominating in League Two, though, York’s record stands out: 86% of the points they have accrued so far this season have been won at home. Looking at the equivalent figure from recent seasons shows that, while City have generally won slightly more points at home than away, this has been in the region of 50-60%.
