Analysis of attacking corner kick strategies in the FA women’s super league 2017/2018

Hannah Beare and Joseph Antony Stone

International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport, 2019, vol. 19, issue 6, 893-903

Abstract: This study describes how corner kicks were taken across the 2017/2018 FA Women’s Super League season and assesses the effectiveness of these attacking corner kick strategies. A total of 824 corner kicks were analysed examining delivery type, delivery area and attack organisation on corner kick outcomes. A total of 38 goals were scored (4.6% of corners taken resulted in a goal) from the corner kicks, accounting for 13.5% of the total 282 goals scored during the 2017/2018 season. Corner delivery type did not affect the outcome of the corner (p > 0.05). However, delivery zone effected both the likelihood of an attempt on target (p = 0.018) and goal being scored (p

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1080/24748668.2019.1677329

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