Table 2

Descriptive analysis (absolute and relative frequencies).

Variable (code)Category (code)n%
Match location (LOC)Away 90144.4
Home 112855.6
Ranking of rival team (RANK)Bottom 44321.8
Middle 105452.0
High or top 53226.2
Match status (MS)Losing 62530.8
Tie 100149.3
Winning 40319.9
Time of corner kick (T)Minute 0-15 30715.1
Minute 15-40 50524.9
Minute 40-45 1346.6
Minute 45-60 35917.7
Minute 60-85 52225.7
Minute 85-90 20210.0
Laterality of kick (LAK)Switched foot (0)107052.7
Natural foot (1)95947.3
Rival team defensive set-up (DEF)Zone 2009.9
Man-to-man or mixed 182990.1
Interaction context (IC)Team being observed outnumbered by two or more players 194195.7
Team being observed outnumbered by one or the same number of players884.3
Delivery of kick (DoK)Indirect 32015.8
Direct 170984.2
Final action (SHOT)No shot143970.9
Shot59029.1
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.