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Portugal

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Portugal was awarded more penalties than it conceded — worth a look.

Portugal
Net concededEvenNet won
Net penalties (won − conceded) per match across the field; faded band shows the 95% interval.

1 penalty won (1 scored, 0.0256 per box shot); 0 conceded.

Penalties are rare, and box shots are only a rough proxy for penalty-worthy incidents; VAR-cancelled penalties are counted separately.

Show the receipts

Portugal won 1 penalty (1 scored) from 39 shots inside the box; the field averaged 0.1543 penalties per team per match.

Build snapshot: wc2026-dc400360208f

MatchNamed teamOutcomeTreatment
1567309Portugalscoredwon
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    "count": 0,
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    }
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    ],
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  },
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      "opponent": "Uzbekistan",
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      "matchId": "1489419",
      "opponent": "Colombia",
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      "matchId": "1539003",
      "opponent": "Congo DR",
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      "opponent": "Croatia",
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    },
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      "conceded": 0,
      "matchId": "1576756",
      "opponent": "Spain",
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    }
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  "won": {
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    "perMatch": 0.2,
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  }
}
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