Editing Penalty area (section)

==In play==
In a typical game, for the majority of time the penalty area is occupied only by the goalkeeper. The attacking team generally aims to get the ball and their own players into the defending team's penalty area, and a high percentage of goals in professional football are scored from within the penalty area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thesportjournal.org/article/analysis-of-goal-scoring-patterns-in-the-2012-european-football-championship/ |title=Analysis of Goal Scoring Patterns in the 2012 European Football Championship |publisher=United States Sports Academy |work=The Sport Journal |date=16 January 2014 |access-date=28 October 2014 |author1=Mitrotasios, Michalis |author2=Armatas, Vasilis |quote=Other research has examined the position on the pitch from which goals are scored. In a recent study Wright et al. (50) showed that from 167 goals from English Premier League, 87% of goals were scored inside the penalty area which is similar to the 90% observed by Olsen (36) for the 1986 World Cup whereas Dufour (14) reported 80% for the 1990 World Cup. Yiannakos and Armatas (51) reported that 44.4% of goals scored were inside the penalty area, 35.2% inside the goal area, and 20.4% outside the penalty area, for the 2004 European Championship in Portugal. Finally, Hughes et al. (22) showed that successful teams in the 1986 Football World Cup made more attempts inside the penalty area in comparison to unsuccessful teams.}}</ref> Usually during attacking [[set piece (football)|set pieces]], including [[corner kick|corners]], a large number of both attacking and defending players are in the penalty area and, although illegal, grappling between players is frequently observed.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thinkfootball.co.uk/should-referees-take-a-tougher-stance-on-penalty-box-holding-at-set-pieces/ |title=Should referees take a tougher stance on penalty box holding at set-pieces? |work=Think Football |date=27 October 2014 |access-date=28 October 2014 |author=Singh, Amit}}</ref>