Second-Shootout Teams Dominate World Cups

The conventional wisdom that going first in penalty shootouts gives teams an advantage is being challenged by World Cup statistics. In a surprising trend, teams who chose to shoot second have emerged victorious in 13 of the last 15 World Cup penalty shootouts. chincha.pl

This data suggests that the psychological advantage of setting the score first may not be as significant as previously thought. The pattern continued recently when Switzerland's Rubén Vargas scored the decisive penalty against Colombia, with Switzerland having gone second in their last-16 shootout.