Search Results - Penalty
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Tactical analysis of high pressing in open play in the UEFA Champions League Groups 2021-2022
Kampouris Michos, D., Michalidis, Y., Metaxas, T. I.Published in The Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness (2025)“…The ball was recovered most of the time in the zones between the center line and the opponent`s penalty area (P<0.001), and the teams mainly used long passes to counter the pressing (P<0.001). …”
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Potential concussion events of a leading team in the Spanish male professional soccer league: Incidence, refereeing actions, medical consequences and return-to-play
Noé, E., Llorens, R., Melero, B., O`Valle, M., Navarro, M. D., Colomer, C., Moliner, B., Ferri, J.Published in Sports Medicine - Open (2025)“…Most of the PCEs occurred due to "elbow-head" mechanisms or during "aerial heading duels", affecting parietal-occipital and frontonasal areas, with increased incidence in defenses, in the penalty areas, during minutes 45 to 60, and with a tie score. …”
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Relationship between selected attacking performance indicators and match dynamics in the FIFA U-20 World Cups 2019 and 2023
Effendey, F. Z. E. Z., Zainuddin, N. F., Miswan, M. S., Hasan, M. H., Krasilshchikov, O., Ghazali, M.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2025)“…Results revealed that Position 2 (box inside the penalty area) was the predominant goal-scoring zone, while Position 12 (edge outside the penalty area) increased from 8.5% of goals in 2019 to 14.9% in 2023. …”
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Defensive behavior against crosses: An analysis of leading Spanish, English, and German elite football teams during the 2022 - 2023 season
Pafis, G., Ispirlidis, M.-P., Ispirlidis, I., Malliou, V. J.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2025)“…The goal was to identify effective strategies for defending crosses that enter the penalty area to minimize goal -scoring opportunities. …”
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Unlocking the power of set pieces in men`s professional football - a scoping review
Sarmento, H., Afonso, J., Clemente, F. M., Gouveia, É. R., Ordoñez-Saavedra, N., Silva, J. R., Barrera, J., Field, A., Martinho, D. V.Published in International Journal of Sports Medicine (2025)“…Characteristics of penalty kickers, penalty placement, goalkeepers` actions and contextual factors affected the accuracy of penalties. …”
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Expertise and training of anticipation in goalkeeping: two scoping reviews
Huesmann, K., Schorer, J., Büsch, D., Loffing, F.Published in Journal of Sports Sciences (2025)“…Research focusses mainly on male adult athletes and lab-based standardised penalty situations in soccer and handball with low perception-action coupling in experimental tasks. …”
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Differences between male and female referees in adjudicating male soccer matches
Zuo, Y., Liu, X., Sun, F., Yang, Y., Tong, Y.Published in Journal of Human Sport & Exercise (2025)“…All variables (scores, shots, shots on target, passes, fouls, penalties, yellow cards, red cards, offsides, and corners) were analysed using independent samples t-tests and generalized linear models. …”
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Scoring efficiency in elite football: a technical-tactical analysis of top scorers in Europe`s top five leagues (2023/2024)
Ivanov, D.Published in Science, Movement & Health (2025)“…More shots mean more shots on goal and more touches in the penalty area.…”
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Home advantage and technical-tactical performance indicators in male soccer college teams (NCAA Division I 2010-2020)
Popp, L., Caicedo-Parada, S., Palao, J. M.Published in Perceptual and Motor Skills (2025)“…Research Design The studied variables were result of the game, location of the game (home, away or neutral), winning percentage, the level of the team according to its winning percentage (high level, mid-level, or low level), the level of the opponent team, type of confrontation considering the level of the teams (1vs1, 1vs2, 1vs3, 2vs2, 2vs3, and 3vs3), team home points advantage, team goals, assists, shot attempts, shots on goal, efficacy (percentage of shots scored), penalties, corners, fouls, yellow cards, and red cards. …”
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Analysis of goal scoring patterns in the UEFA Women`s EURO 2022
Sanmiguel Codina, J., Ballester Lengua, R., Casal, C. A., Huertas Olmedo, F.Published in Biology of Sport (2025)“…The highest percentage of assists came from the lateral corridors outside the penalty area (23.2%). The most frequent shot zones being the projection from the goal line to the penalty spot (48.2%). …”
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The influence of the video assistant referee on the UEFA European Championship
Bao, R., Gómez Ruano, M. Á., Shi, R., Wang, X., Han, B.Published in BMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation (2025)“…For each game, nine VAR-related variables were recorded: goals, penalties, red cards, yellow cards, fouls, offsides, first-half game time, second-half game time and total game time. …”
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Penalty kick analysis in the FIFA Men`s World Cup: The rise of keeper-dependent strategy
Han, Z., Li, G., Zhang, Y., Memmert, D., Han, B.Published in International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching (2025)“…Penalty kicks in FIFA World Cups often play a decisive role in determining match outcomes. …”
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Missing pieces, new patterns: the impact of association football international call-ups on team offensive and defensive performance indicators
Campos, J., Gonçalves, B., Travassos, B., Mateus, N., Ballester Lengua, R., Figueira, B., Olthof, S., Coutinho, D.Published in Frontiers in Psychology (2026)“…Offensive penetration also rose (penalty-area entries and area touches; p=.05), and positional attacks ending in shots were more frequent during INT-CUP (p=.015). …”
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Goalkeepers benefit from using deceptive actions in the soccer penalty kick
Zheng, R., van der Zijden, B., Janssen, T., van der Kamp, J.Published in Journal of Sports Sciences (2024)“…Most studies on deception in soccer penalty kicks have focused on the deceptive actions used by penalty takers. …”
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Football referees issue more yellow cards following VAR interventions - mental, tactical, and performance considerations
Roy, D. S., Galily, Y., Englert, C., Basevitch, I.Published in International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching (2025)“…Through statistical analyses, we examined 120 real-match VAR interventions in penalty incidents from the Israeli Premier League, focusing on the number of fouls and yellow cards before and after the VAR interventions. …”
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A pioneering study on training attacking corners in women's football
Libreau, C., Benguigui, N.Published in Journal of Physical Education and Sport (2024)“…The corner kickers improved their accuracy on shots by sending significantly more balls into dangerous areas (at the near post and at penalty spot). In addition, there were fewer corners that were directly intercepted by the opposing goalkeeper or cleared by the opposing defense. …”
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Effects of kognitive and physical exercise on soccer penalty kicking. An exploratory study
Weigelt, M., Machlitt, D., van der Kamp, J., Noel, B., Memmert, D.Published in Journal of Applied Sport and Exercise Psychology (2024)Subjects: “…penalty…”
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Flexibility, stability, and adaptability of team playing style as key determinants of within-season performance in football
He, Q., Kee, Y. H., Komar, J.Published in Proceedings of the 9th International Performance Analysis Workshop and Conference & 5th IACSS Conference. PACSS 2021. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1426 (2022)“…Conversely, teams displaying higher playing style stability conceded less shots in the penalty box but demonstrated poorer offensive performance outcomes (p < .01). …”