In the previous season of the Ukrainian championship, referees awarded penalties 59 times, which were taken by 35 players.
In the previous season of the UPL, the most penalties were taken by Bruninho (Karpaty) and Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo) — 4 times each.
Overall, the number of penalties taken by Yarmolenko in the UPL has increased to 19. He currently shares the 11th-13th places in the historical ranking for this statistic.
Throughout the entire history of the Ukrainian Championship, 681 players have taken 2502 penalties.