Table 2.

Goal scoring zones (FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1998–2014)

Time interval	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	Total
Penalties	17 ± 9.9	13 ± 8.1	13 ± 8.8	09 ± 6.2	12 ± 7.0	64 ± 8.0
Outside the penalty area	20 ± 11.7	25 ± 15.5	26 ± 17.7	26 ± 17.9	19 ± 11.1	116 ± 14.6
Inside the goal area	41 ± 24.0	39 ± 24.2	35 ± 23.8	31 ± 21.4	43 ± 25.2	189 ± 23.8
Inside the penalty area	93 ± 54.4	84 ± 52.2	73 ± 49.7	79 ± 54.5	97 ± 56.7	426 ± 53.6

Values are reported as frequencies and percentages