In Association Football (Soccer), why is it that the defending team ends up clearing the vast majority of corners?

Question

I’ve been watching the sport for years now and it still baffles me why corners have a such low-return percentage for the attacking team. How is it that the ball almost always finds the head of a defending player?

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Answer 1

It is often a numbers game there will normally be 9 defenders plus a goalkeeper protecting the goal and maybe 6 players attacking the goal.