This season, they are now three to have scored twice on penalties in Ligue 1 Uber Eats. After Youcef Belaïli (AC Ajaccio) against Strasbourg (4-2) – a match during which the Algerian even had a third to hit after his two successes, but he had seen the frame slip away – and Jonathan David (LOSC) in the spectacular 3-3 against OL a month ago, it was Grejohn Kyei who did just as well this weekend against Ajaccio (2-1), thus offering a decisive success to a Clermont Foot who maintained the gap with the red zone (11th, 37 pts).
The CF63 striker – who nevertheless remained on a failure in this exercise in Ligue 1 Uber Eats with an attempt repelled by the crossbar of Kamara (against MHSC, November 6), becomes the 1st Auvergne club player to score 2 goals on penalty in the same league match from Florian Ayé against US Orléans in Ligue 2 BKT, November 9, 2018 (also 2).
The performance was not so easy to achieve. For ten years, among the 38 players who had the opportunity to take two penalties during a match, 12 have experienced a failure, or 31.5%. By proving decisive, Kyei joins the list of double-scorers on penos, specialists like Ibrahimovic (3 times with PSG), Thomas Mangani (2 times with SCO) or Neymar, Falcao, Payet, Ben Arfa and Pépé.
Clermont goes to 67% success rate
For Clermont foot, this 2nd meeting in 22/23 with two penalties obtained was therefore much more successful than the previous one, since against Montpellier (1-1), Kyei had not been the only one to fail: Andric had lost a first duel on penalty.
Over the season, Pascal Gastien’s team doubled its number of goals scored following a penalty (4), thus leaving the last place which was shared with the RCSA and the SRFC (2). Rennais who are however part of the formations with 100% success, in the company of Montpellier (5), Toulouse (4), Troyes (4) and Angers (3).
Ranking of teams in % of successful penalties:
1. Rennes, Angers, Toulouse, Montpellier and ESTAC: 100%
6. LOSC: 88%
7. OGC Nice : 86%
8. OM, Brest and Reims: 83%
11. OL : 80%
12. Lorient: 75%
13. Auxerres: 71%
14. Clermont, PSG and AC Ajaccio : 67%
17.Nantes: 60%
18. Monaco : 57%
19. Strasbourg et Lens : 50%
First failure of the season for Lacazette
This 29th day also saw Alexandre Lacazette (OL) less successful on penalties. He who nevertheless has a brilliant record in this area in the championship. The OL captain missed against PSG (0-1) his first penalty in Ligue 1 Uber Eats since April 2, 2017, six years ago to the day. It is also only the third time in 30 attempts in Ligue 1 Uber Eats that Lacazette has missed the target in this exercise after that against Reims on October 3, 2015 (post) and that against AS Saint-Etienne on November 30, 2014 (unframed).
The top penalty scorers this season :
1. Jonathan David (LOSC): 6
2. Teji Savanier (MHSC) and Youcef Belaïli (ACA): 5
4. Branco van den Boomen (TFC), Romain Del Castillo (SB29), Wissam Ben Yedder (ASM), Alexandre Lacazette (OL) and Folarin Balogun (SdR) : 4
