Brad Allen will serve as the head referee for Thursday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns. That’s good news for the home team. And in this case, the Steelers aren’t the home team.
According to Pro Football Reference, the home team has won 70 percent of the games Allen and his crew have worked this season, seven out of ten. That’s well above the league average of 53.0 percent. Taking that a step further, the penalties also correlate. The away team has been penalized more often in seven of ten games this season, including the last six that Allen’s refereed.