“Three Penalties Awarded in One Match: RPL on Par with Top European Leagues in Frequency of Penalty Kicks”

In the RPL for the eighth time in a season appointed three penalties in one match

This happened in the game between Fakel and Orenburg. In the top 5 leagues in Europe this season, there have been only eight matches in total with three or more penalty kicks.

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Referee Rafael Shafeev appointed three penalties in the first half of the match of the 24th round of the Russian Premier League (RPL) between Fakel Voronezh and Orenburg.

How informs Opta, for the eighth time this season, the RPL has been awarded three penalties in a match.

After the first half, the score was 2:1 in favor of Fakel. Georgy Gongadze (Fakel) and Brian Mansilla (Orenburg) converted their 11-meter throws, while Orenburg midfielder Gabriel Florentin hit the post.

In the top 5 leagues in Europe this season, there were only eight matches with 3+ penalties in total (three each in Spain and France, one each in Germany and Italy, none in England).

If you take the top 10 leagues, there have been 14 matches with 3+ penalties this season, no league has had more than three such matches.

Earlier it was reported that the RPL took third place among the 75 football world championships in the frequency of penalty kicks. According to a study by the CIES Football Observatory, penalty kicks are awarded every 187 minutes in the RPL.