Accies haven't won in the league since they played us and have thrown away winning positions against St Mirren and Hearts in the process. They will have plenty of doubt on Saturday regardless of whether they conceal it or not.
192 square feet to score into, professional players shouldn’t be missing penalties. Simples
Never, ever thought Trigonometry would be a reason to slate our penalty takers ! But, now you mention it ...
https://instatsport.com/football/art...nalty_research
Little out of date but interesting if you like that kind of thing. Bottom line is one in every four penalties is missed.
It should be fairly easy for a penalty kick taker to get the ball on target. Whether the keeper saves it or not is an entirely different matter. Some keepers study kick takers preferred style; some will read body language in the run up but then yes thats when luck kicks in. Many keepers decide before the ball is struck which way they're going to dive - they might be right they might be wrong.
I wondered before Tuesday's shoot out if we'd manage a perfect hat trick of misses and we did. Keeper saves one, one effort misses the goal and one hits woodwork!
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Stoke - won
Celtic - lost
Morton - won
Clydebank - won
ICT - won
Alloa - lost
Raith - won
Forfar - lost
Hibs - lost
Hamilton - lost
Stranraer - lost
St Mirren - lost
Coleraine - won
Six wins, seven losses (though the Stranraer one hardly registers tbf).
Winning in Israel to make it 50-50 would do nicely...
Stoke - won
Celtic - lost
Morton - won
Clydebank - won
ICT - won
Alloa - lost
Raith - won
Forfar - lost
Hibs - lost
Hamilton - lost
Stranraer - lost
St Mirren - lost
Coleraine - won
Morton - won
Hibs - lost
Just realised I forgot to update this last season so here it is incase needed shortly...currently we're won seven, lost eight (7-7 in knock-out ties).
Stoke - won
Celtic - lost
Morton - won
Clydebank - won
ICT - won
Alloa - lost
Raith - won
Forfar - lost
Hibs - lost
Hamilton - lost
Stranraer - lost
St Mirren - lost
Coleraine - won
Morton - won
Hibs - lost
QotS - won
8-8 overall, 7-7 in knock-out ties.