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Celtic 11 – Dundee United 10.<\/p>\n

Odd scoreline but this was actually just the penalty shootout. You can view all 14 minutes of it here<\/a>. I was watching some tepid premier league match in comparison testing a couple of strategies. It got me thinking about what is the biggest shoot out. According to the article here<\/a> it seems to be 16-17 with all but the last penalty<\/span> scored. It’s quite amusing seeing goalkeepers take penalties<\/span> but, by accident or not, the Celtic goalkeeper scored the best of the lot IMHO.<\/p>\n

To answer an age old question, yes top teams do get awarded more penalties. I did a study quite a few years ago to confirm this. You will also be interested to know that lower teams concede more. While it feels like a conspiracy, it’s generally not. Putting aside the stats, it just turns out that teams at either extreme are more likely to be attacking or defending deep and a penalty is therefore more likely as a result. That’s likely to disappoint<\/span> the conspiracy theorists.<\/p>\n

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Celtic 11 – Dundee United 10. Odd scoreline but this was actually just the penalty shootout. You can view all 14 minutes of it here. I was watching some tepid premier league match in comparison testing a couple of strategies. It got me thinking about what is the biggest shoot out. According to the article […]<\/p>\n

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