The Super Lig's penalty report is out! Which referee pointed to the spot the most?
With the 27th week of the Super Lig now behind us, the penalty statistics have been revealed. While referees have pointed to the penalty spot 100 times since the start of the season, the team that has taken the most penalties has been identified. Fenerbahçe leads this category with 14, followed by Galatasaray with 11. Both teams have scored 9 goals from these penalties.
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In the closing match of the 27th week of the Super Lig, Galatasaray hosted Antalyaspor last night (February 26). The Yellow-Reds won the match 2-1 with goals from Kerem Aktürkoğlu, one of which was a penalty, and returned to the top of the table.
One of the most discussed topics in the league in recent weeks has been penalties.
100 PENALTY DECISIONS IN 27 WEEKS
In the Super Lig, with 27 weeks completed, the penalty spot has been visited 100 times, and 77 of these resulted in goals. Fenerbahçe, which has been awarded 14 penalties, and Galatasaray, which has received 11, share the top two spots. Both the Yellow-Navies and the Yellow-Reds have scored 9 goals from these penalties.
These teams are followed by Samsunspor and Hatayspor with 7 penalties each.
Among the teams in the top 4 of the league, Trabzonspor has won 1 penalty and Beşiktaş has won 4. The Burgundy-Blues converted their only penalty into a goal, while the Black-Whites failed to score on 2 of their 4 penalties.
ABDULKADİR BİTİGEN AWARDED THE MOST PENALTIES
Abdulkadir Bitigen, who has been assigned to 14 matches in the league by the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) Central Referee Board (MHK), has made 11 penalty decisions. Bitigen is followed by Bahattin Şimşek with 7 penalties in 13 matches. Tugay Kaan Numanoğlu in 14 matches and Burak Şeker in 11 matches have each blown the whistle for 6 penalties.
ICARDİ IS 6 FOR 6
Galatasaray's Argentine player Mauro Icardi has managed to convert all 6 of the penalties he has taken. Konyaspor's Cikalleshi stepped up to the spot 5 times and celebrated 5 goals from these penalties. Mame Thiam, who currently plays for Pendikspor, had achieved a 4-for-4 success rate in penalties during his time at Kayserispor. Samsunspor's Olivier Ntcham also drew attention as another player who is 4 for 4.
Fenerbahçe's Tadic has also found the net in 6 of his 9 penalties.
THE SAME NUMBER AS LAST SEASON
In the 27-week period of the 2022-2023 season, 100 penalty decisions were made, just as in this season. During that period, 15 penalties were awarded in favor of Fenerbahçe, while Konyaspor won 7, and Ümraniyespor, Beşiktaş, Adana Demirspor, Fatih Karagümrük, Kayserispor, Galatasaray, and Trabzonspor each won 6 penalties.