The US have used outside companies, including one measuring players’ brainwaves, to help them determine who will shoot in a shootout

They are often laced with drama and the neutrals love them. But how does a soccer penalty shootout work?

The goalkeepers at this World Cup have been up against a total of 4,976 regular penalties, saving 17.2 per cent — but who is best?

VANCOUVER, June 29 : Germany's shootout defeat by Paraguay on Monday sent shockwaves around the soccer world as a team previously thought invincible from the spot came up short in…

What the World Cup can steal from other sports as better ways to end games that are tied

Tim Krul was the shootout hero for the Netherlands in 2014 – he speaks to Miguel Delaney about the psychology behind saving a penalty on the biggest stage of all

SAN JOSE, California, June 30 : With two last-32 World Cup matches already decided by penalty shootouts, the topic of spot kicks inevitably came up when the United States team…

In order to prepare for the possibility of World Cup penalty kicks, Mauricio Pochettino and his staff have taken a unique approach

The US have used outside companies, including one measuring players’ brainwaves, to help them determine who will shoot in a shootout

Data shows players subbed on late before a shootout tend to miss more than those who have started - so is it worth the risk?

England have won only one penalty shootout at a World Cup before but Thomas Tuchel predicts they will need to win two to triumph in North America this summer

Penalty kicks are already proving critical to big wins at this year’s World Cup. But the advantage in penalty kicks has more to do with psychological effects than who kicks first.