Petr Cech has failed to save any of the 11 penalties he's faced during his time at Arsenal... but how has your club's keeper fared?
- Troy Deeney equalised for Watford against Arsenal from the penalty spot
- Petr Cech failed to keep out a spot-kick for 11th time in a row at Vicarage Road
- He is one of 10 keepers not to have saved a penalty at their current clubs
It's not a record that Petr Cech will look too fondly upon.
The Arsenal goalkeeper has now failed to save any of the 11 penalties he has faced during his time with the Gunners.
The unhappy streak was extended on Saturday when Troy Deeney netted an equaliser for Watford at Vicarage Road.
Petr Cech has failed to save any of the 11 penalties he has faced as an Arsenal player
Cech was beaten from the spot by Watford striker Troy Deeney at Vicarage Road on Saturday
Cech can console himself somewhat, however, with the fact that he is not alone.
Of the 20 first-choice keepers in the Premier League, half have yet to make a penalty save in the colours of their current clubs.
While Asmir Begovic has yet to take part in a 12-yard duel since moving back to Bournemouth, and the same is true in the case of Ederson at Manchester City, the other eight have all had the chance to be heroes at least once.
But Brighton's Mat Ryan (one penalty), Wayne Hennessey at Crystal Palace (five), Everton's Jordan Pickford (one), Huddersfield stopper Jonas Lossl (one), Rob Elliot of Newcastle (seven), Stoke's Jack Butland (five) and West Ham's England international Joe Hart (two) all have.
It's not as if Cech has never saved a penalty in the Premier League - he managed four during his time with Chelsea and stopped three in the 2012 Champions League final - but his record is overshadowed by those of some of his peers.
Rob Elliot of Newcastle has yet to make a penalty save during his time at Newcastle
Simon Mignolet leads the way with seven saves from 15 penalties during his Liverpool career
Since joining Liverpool, for example, Simon Mignolet has become something of an expert in the field.
The Belgian has been tested 15 times from the spot, coming up trumps on seven occasions.
His success rate of 46.7 per cent is considerably higher than anyone else in the division, though Burnley's Tom Heaton (30 per cent) and Heurelho Gomes of Watford (28.6 per cent) can be proud of their stats.
Mignolet's fine figures are in stark contrast to the rest of the Big Six's keepers, however.
David de Gea has only stopped two of the 17 penalties he has faced at Manchester United, while Hugo Lloris has a relatively tame save-to-penalty ratio of 11.8 per cent).
Player | Team | Penalties Faced | Penalties Saved | % Saved |
---|---|---|---|---|
Cech, Petr | Arsenal | 11 | 0 | 0.00% |
Begovic, Asmir | Bournemouth | 0 | 0 | - |
Mat Ryan | Brighton and Hove Albion | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
Heaton, Tom | Burnley | 10 | 3 | 30.00% |
Courtois, Thibaut | Chelsea | 8 | 1 | 12.50% |
Hennessey, Wayne | Crystal Palace | 5 | 0 | 0.00% |
Pickford, Jordan | Everton | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
Lössl, Jonas | Huddersfield Town | 1 | 0 | 0.00% |
Schmeichel, Kasper | Leicester City | 11 | 1 | 9.10% |
Mignolet, Simon | Liverpool | 15 | 7 | 46.70% |
Ederson | Manchester City | 0 | 0 | - |
de Gea, David | Manchester United | 17 | 2 | 11.80% |
Elliot, Robert | Newcastle United | 7 | 0 | 0.00% |
Forster, Fraser | Southampton | 10 | 2 | 20.00% |
Butland, Jack | Stoke City | 5 | 0 | 0.00% |
Fabianski, Lukasz | Swansea City | 12 | 1 | 8.30% |
Lloris, Hugo | Tottenham Hotspur | 17 | 2 | 11.80% |
Gomes, Heurelho | Watford | 14 | 4 | 28.60% |
Foster, Ben | West Bromwich Albion | 29 | 5 | 17.20% |
Hart, Joe | West Ham United | 2 | 0 | 0.00% |
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