Table 3 Standardized coefficients from the discriminant analysis of the game statistics between winning, drawing and losing teams in the Spanish soccer league 2008-2009.
Game statistics variable Function
1 2
Total shots .50* .33*
Shots on goal .75* -.58*
Effectiveness -.07 -.12
Assists -.07 .38*
Crosses -.59* .47*
Croses against .62* .89*
Offsides received -.24 .05
Offsides committed .24 .16
Fouls committed .08 .06
Fouls received .03 .10
Corners .03 .05
Corners against -.14 -.04
Ball posesión .39* .03
Yellow cards -.04 -.08
Red cards -.25 -.29
Venue -.56* -.08
Eigenvalue .380 .028
Wilks´Lambda .70 .97
Canonical Correlation .52 .16
Chi-square 251.61 19.70
df 32 15
Significance .00 .18
% of Variance 93.2% 6.8%
*SC discriminant value ≥|.30|