Table 2

Descriptive analysis (absolute and relative frequencies).

Variable (code)	Category (code)	n	%
Match location (LOC)	Away	901	44.4
Match location (LOC)	Home	1128	55.6
Ranking of rival team (RANK)	Bottom	443	21.8
	Middle	1054	52.0
	High or top	532	26.2
Match status (MS)	Losing	625	30.8
	Tie	1001	49.3
	Winning	403	19.9
Time of corner kick (T)	Minute 0-15	307	15.1
	Minute 15-40	505	24.9
	Minute 40-45	134	6.6
	Minute 45-60	359	17.7
	Minute 60-85	522	25.7
	Minute 85-90	202	10.0
Laterality of kick (LAK)	Switched foot (0)	1070	52.7
Laterality of kick (LAK)	Natural foot (1)	959	47.3
Rival team defensive set-up (DEF)	Zone	200	9.9
Rival team defensive set-up (DEF)	Man-to-man or mixed	1829	90.1
Interaction context (IC)	Team being observed outnumbered by two or more players	1941	95.7
Interaction context (IC)	Team being observed outnumbered by one or the same number of players	88	4.3
Delivery of kick (DoK)	Indirect	320	15.8
Delivery of kick (DoK)	Direct	1709	84.2
Final action (SHOT)	No shot	1439	70.9
Final action (SHOT)	Shot	590	29.1
Note: N = 2029 corner kicks in total; n = number of corner kicks in each category; CI, confidence interval (calculated using the Wilson method); π = proportion of sample converted to percentage; LL = lower limit; UL, upper limit.