Rui Silva's stats worry Sporting fans; take a look | OneFootball

The draw against AVS SAD once again brought a question to the surface in the Sporting universe: Rui Silva’s effectiveness at saving penalties, especially after he failed to stop Pedro Lima’s shot, extending a record that is starting to cause concern in Alvalade.

The numbers are clear and far from encouraging, as the Portuguese international goalkeeper has saved only two of the last 33 penalties he has faced throughout his career, with only one of those moments already coming while wearing the Lions shirt, away in Dortmund against Borussia last season, when he denied Serhou Guirassy a goal.

To find another successful moment, you have to go back to 2024, still while playing for Real Betis, when he saved a penalty from Álvaro Morata against Atlético Madrid, and apart from those episodes, the previous positive record actually dates back to 2021, when he was representing Granada.

Despite posting an overall rate of around 15% of penalties saved (9 out of 60), Rui Silva falls well short of other standout goalkeepers, such as Porto’s Diogo Costa, who has 14 saves in 38 attempts, or even Benfica’s Anatoliy Trubin, who, despite having lower overall numbers, has already managed to stop two penalties this season.

Curiously, Sporting, in the 2016/17 season, when he was still representing Nacional, in a symbolic detail that contrasts with the difficulties of the 32-year-old player.

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