Yellow / red cards after penalties awarded ?

Early days for me with the game but in my first season I've seen around a dozen penalties in games / highlights I've watched - some for my side and some against - and not one of the spot kick awards has seen the culprit receive a yellow or red card. Just wondered if anybody else has noticed something similar ? Seems a bit odd that nobody would get a card.

I actually had the exact same thought yesterday, and boom... The next penalty saw the opponent sent off...

only professional fouls, had a couple of red card penalties in the last few games

It seems to be far less linked than in real life.

It seems to be far less linked than in real life.

I think it is because in reality penalties are generally only awarded for blatant fouls whilst FM doesn't really differentiate, i.e a slight niggle in the box is as likely to be a foul in the box as it would be in midfield. There's no real life rule that a penalty has to be accompanied by a yellow, but referees only tend to give penalties for fouls worthy of one.

Early days for me with the game but in my first season I've seen around a dozen penalties in games / highlights I've watched - some for my side and some against - and not one of the spot kick awards has seen the culprit receive a yellow or red card. Just wondered if anybody else has noticed something similar ? Seems a bit odd that nobody would get a card.

I've had plenty of penalties where the culprit received a yellow card. I don't see many professional fouls though.

Seen about another 10 pens and still no cards but just luck of the draw by the sounds of things. Actually, I think pretty much every penalty I've seen has been for what appears to be a minor foul / collision in the box. Haven't seen one yet where there's been a clear cut professional foul type of situation.