Average corners per match: the leagues with the most this season
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Key takeaways
- A match's corners are the corners of both teams added together; our numbers count the whole match at full time, never a part of it.
- How many corners a match has on average depends on the league: Pro Finder's featured leagues are spread apart.
- Corner data does not exist for every match, and a league shows no corner numbers until enough of its matches have it: until then it is left out, never counted as zero. Every number comes with its number of matches.
What counts as a corner
A corner is awarded when the defending team is the last to touch the ball before it crosses its own goal line without a goal. The attacking team takes a kick from the corner of the pitch.
A match's corners are the corners of both teams added together, whoever wins them. In the examples below, each number is one team's corners.
- 6–5Over 9.5: 11 corners in total
- 4–3Under 9.5: only 7 corners in total
- 9–1Over 9.5: 10 corners in total, nearly all won by one team
- 5–4Under 9.5: 9 corners in total, one short of ten
Corner lines work like goal lines: the number is half a corner below the corners it needs. Over 8.5 corners means nine corners or more in the match, over 9.5 corners ten or more.
Corners are counted for the full match only, at full time: regular time plus stoppage time. Extra time and penalty shoot-outs are not in our numbers.
The numbers at a glance
Corners per match this season, both teams together, across the 49 leagues of Pro Finder's “Only featured” filter with corner data: the average across them and the two ends of the range.
- Average
- 9.8
- 49 leagues
- Highest
- 11.4
- League One (England), at most 153 matches with corner data
- Lowest
- 8.7
- 1. Lig (Turkey), at most 128 matches with corner data
The highest average is 2.7 corners per match above the lowest.
Every featured league, on one line
Each dot is one league, placed by its share of matches with ten corners or more (over 9.5 corners). The line marks the average; the five highest shares are named.
| Every league's share of matches with ten corners or more, this season | |
|---|---|
| Liga MX (Mexico) | 68% |
| 2. Bundesliga (Germany) | 67% |
| League One (England) | 67% |
| Eliteserien (Norway) | 64% |
| Premiership (Scotland) | 64% |
| Super League (Switzerland) | 64% |
| Bundesliga (Germany) | 62% |
| Serie B (Brazil) | 61% |
| Superliga (Denmark) | 60% |
| Championship (England) | 58% |
| Eerste Divisie (Netherlands) | 58% |
| Serie A (Brazil) | 58% |
| Allsvenskan (Sweden) | 57% |
| Bundesliga (Austria) | 56% |
| Eredivisie (Netherlands) | 55% |
| League Two (England) | 55% |
| Premier Division (Ireland) | 55% |
| Major League Soccer (USA) | 54% |
| A-League (Australia) | 53% |
| Jupiler Pro League (Belgium) | 53% |
| Premier League (Belarus) | 52% |
| HNL (Croatia) | 51% |
| NB I (Hungary) | 51% |
| Primera División (Chile) | 51% |
| 3. Liga (Germany) | 50% |
| Ekstraklasa (Poland) | 50% |
| La Liga (Spain) | 50% |
| Süper Lig (Turkey) | 50% |
| Czech Liga (Czech Republic) | 49% |
| First League (Russia) | 49% |
| Challenger Pro League (Belgium) | 47% |
| J1 League (Japan) | 47% |
| Premier League (England) | 47% |
| Serie B (Italy) | 47% |
| Pro League (Saudi Arabia) | 46% |
| Premier Soccer League (South Africa) | 45% |
| Segunda División (Spain) | 45% |
| Super League 1 (Greece) | 45% |
| Ligue 1 (France) | 44% |
| Premier League (Egypt) | 44% |
| Serie A (Italy) | 44% |
| Ligue 2 (France) | 42% |
| Liga I (Romania) | 41% |
| Liga Profesional Argentina (Argentina) | 41% |
| Primera A (Colombia) | 41% |
| Primeira Liga (Portugal) | 40% |
| Super Liga (Serbia) | 40% |
| Premier League (Russia) | 38% |
| 1. Lig (Turkey) | 36% |
The middle half of the leagues sit between 45% and 57%.
The leagues with the most corners per match
| League | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Rank 1 League OneEngland | 153 | 11.4 | 80% | 67% |
Rank 2 PremiershipScotland | 69 | 11.4 | 78% | 64% |
Rank 3 Liga MXMexico | 133 | 11.1 | 74% | 68% |
Rank 4 2. BundesligaGermany | 90 | 11.0 | 73% | 67% |
Rank 5 EliteserienNorway | 200 | 10.9 | 73% | 64% |
Rank 6 Super LeagueSwitzerland | 72 | 10.7 | 71% | 64% |
Rank 7 BundesligaGermany | 72 | 10.6 | 75% | 62% |
Rank 7 BundesligaAustria | 66 | 10.6 | 70% | 56% |
Rank 9 Serie BBrazil | 356 | 10.6 | 69% | 61% |
Rank 10 Serie ABrazil | 328 | 10.5 | 70% | 58% |
Rank 10 ChampionshipEngland | 156 | 10.5 | 67% | 58% |
Rank 12 Eerste DivisieNetherlands | 130 | 10.5 | 75% | 58% |
Rank 13 AllsvenskanSweden | 215 | 10.4 | 68% | 57% |
Rank 14 EredivisieNetherlands | 99 | 10.3 | 74% | 55% |
Rank 15 Jupiler Pro LeagueBelgium | 89 | 10.3 | 66% | 53% |
Rank 16 SuperligaDenmark | 78 | 10.2 | 71% | 60% |
Rank 17 Premier DivisionIreland | 167 | 10.1 | 69% | 55% |
Rank 18 EkstraklasaPoland | 115 | 10.1 | 64% | 50% |
Rank 19 Major League SoccerUSA | 493 | 10.0 | 64% | 54% |
Rank 20 Czech LigaCzech Republic | 102 | 10.0 | 63% | 49% |
Corners per match is the average number of corners in a match, both teams together. Over 8.5 corners is the share of matches with nine corners or more and Over 9.5 corners the share with ten or more, on the same matches. Matches with corner data counts the league's matches with match statistics, where corner data comes from; the numbers are based on its matches with corner data, that many matches or fewer.
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The teams with the most corners per match
The teams of the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1 whose matches had the most corners this season. A team's number counts the corners of both teams in its matches, won and conceded.
| Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Rank 1 FrosinoneSerie A | 10 | 13.0 | 90% |
Rank 2 VfB StuttgartBundesliga | 8 | 12.8 | 88% |
Rank 3 Racing SantanderLa Liga | 11 | 12.6 | 91% |
Rank 4 SV ElversbergBundesliga | 8 | 12.0 | 75% |
Rank 5 JuventusSerie A | 10 | 11.9 | 80% |
Rank 6 TottenhamPremier League | 9 | 11.8 | 78% |
Rank 7 RB LeipzigBundesliga | 8 | 11.8 | 100% |
Rank 8 VillarrealLa Liga | 11 | 11.7 | 73% |
Rank 9 AngersLigue 1 | 9 | 11.7 | 78% |
Rank 9 AuxerreLigue 1 | 9 | 11.7 | 78% |
Rank 11 1. FC KölnBundesliga | 8 | 11.6 | 75% |
Rank 12 ChelseaPremier League | 9 | 11.6 | 78% |
Rank 13 Bayern MünchenBundesliga | 8 | 11.5 | 88% |
Rank 14 RennesLigue 1 | 9 | 11.4 | 67% |
Rank 15 Borussia MönchengladbachBundesliga | 8 | 11.4 | 88% |
Rank 16 Real SociedadLa Liga | 11 | 11.4 | 91% |
Rank 17 ComoSerie A | 10 | 11.3 | 90% |
Rank 18 Real BetisLa Liga | 11 | 11.0 | 73% |
Rank 18 1899 HoffenheimBundesliga | 8 | 11.0 | 88% |
Rank 20 NapoliSerie A | 10 | 10.9 | 90% |
Corners per match is the average number of corners in the team's matches; Matches with corner data is how many of its matches have corner data, the matches the average is based on. Early in a season one match can still move a team's average noticeably.
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Questions and answers
- How many corners does a football match have on average?
- Season to date, across the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, the Bundesliga and Ligue 1, a match averages 9.7 corners, both teams together. Other leagues sit higher or lower, so this number is one reading of the top five, not a rule.
- Which of the top five European leagues has the most corners per match this season?
- Season to date, Bundesliga: 10.6 corners per match. It is based on at most 72 matches with corner data. The lowest of the five is Ligue 1 with 9.0.
- Do corners in extra time count?
- Not in our numbers. They count the match at full time: regular time plus stoppage time. Corners in extra time and during a penalty shoot-out are not in them.
- Are there corner numbers for part of a match?
- No. Corners are counted for the full match only, so there are no separate numbers for a part of the match. A team's numbers count the corners of both sides in that team's matches.
Sources
- ProBettingHub league statistics (Pro Finder's featured leagues, season to date)
- ProBettingHub team statistics (the top five European leagues, season to date)