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

As the knockout stages begin, penalties are inevitable. What do the stats say about the best ways to take them?

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

England are in the knockouts of a major tournament. Surely it will come down to penalties at some point. We've crunched the numbers and here's the recommended spot-kick experts

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

The knockout stages of the World Cup are in full swing, with penalty shootout drama and VAR controversy already featuring. Here are today's quick hits.

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

Germany and the Netherlands suffered surprise exits from the FIFA World Cup after losing penalty shootouts to Paraguay and Morocco in a dramatic night of knockout football, while…

Morocco's dramatic penalty shootout victory over the Netherlands marked another surprising World Cup upset. Meanwhile, Brazil, despite a shaky second half, ultimately overcame a…

Both Morocco vs Netherlands and Paraguay vs Germany ended in dramatic penalty shootouts.

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…

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.