diff --git a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
index b6ad5659b1..e42c130779 100644
--- a/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
+++ b/pyiceberg/io/pyarrow.py
@@ -2082,6 +2082,8 @@ def __init__(self, iceberg_type: PrimitiveType, physical_type_string: str, trunc
         self.trunc_length = trunc_length
 
         expected_physical_type = _primitive_to_physical(iceberg_type)
+
+        # TODO: Refactor to use promotion logic
         if expected_physical_type != physical_type_string:
             # Allow promotable physical types
             # INT32 -> INT64 and FLOAT -> DOUBLE are safe type casts
@@ -2089,6 +2091,9 @@ def __init__(self, iceberg_type: PrimitiveType, physical_type_string: str, trunc
                 physical_type_string == "FLOAT" and expected_physical_type == "DOUBLE"
             ):
                 pass
+            # Allow DECIMAL to be stored as FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY, INT32 or INT64
+            elif physical_type_string == "FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY" and expected_physical_type in ("INT32", "INT64"):
+                pass
             else:
                 raise ValueError(
                     f"Unexpected physical type {physical_type_string} for {iceberg_type}, expected {expected_physical_type}"
@@ -2506,12 +2511,16 @@ def data_file_statistics_from_parquet_metadata(
 
                     if isinstance(stats_col.iceberg_type, DecimalType) and statistics.physical_type != "FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY":
                         scale = stats_col.iceberg_type.scale
-                        col_aggs[field_id].update_min(
-                            unscaled_to_decimal(statistics.min_raw, scale)
-                        ) if statistics.min_raw is not None else None
-                        col_aggs[field_id].update_max(
-                            unscaled_to_decimal(statistics.max_raw, scale)
-                        ) if statistics.max_raw is not None else None
+                        (
+                            col_aggs[field_id].update_min(unscaled_to_decimal(statistics.min_raw, scale))
+                            if statistics.min_raw is not None
+                            else None
+                        )
+                        (
+                            col_aggs[field_id].update_max(unscaled_to_decimal(statistics.max_raw, scale))
+                            if statistics.max_raw is not None
+                            else None
+                        )
                     else:
                         col_aggs[field_id].update_min(statistics.min)
                         col_aggs[field_id].update_max(statistics.max)
diff --git a/tests/io/test_pyarrow.py b/tests/io/test_pyarrow.py
index 09cd2421ea..114c63a670 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_pyarrow.py
+++ b/tests/io/test_pyarrow.py
@@ -2188,6 +2188,43 @@ def test_stats_aggregator_update_max(vals: List[Any], primitive_type: PrimitiveT
     assert stats.current_max == expected_result
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "iceberg_type, physical_type_string",
+    [
+        # Exact match
+        (IntegerType(), "INT32"),
+        # Allowed INT32 -> INT64 promotion
+        (LongType(), "INT32"),
+        # Allowed FLOAT -> DOUBLE promotion
+        (DoubleType(), "FLOAT"),
+        # Allowed FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY -> INT32
+        (DecimalType(precision=2, scale=2), "FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY"),
+        # Allowed FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY -> INT64
+        (DecimalType(precision=12, scale=2), "FIXED_LEN_BYTE_ARRAY"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_stats_aggregator_conditionally_allowed_types_pass(iceberg_type: PrimitiveType, physical_type_string: str) -> None:
+    stats = StatsAggregator(iceberg_type, physical_type_string)
+
+    assert stats.primitive_type == iceberg_type
+    assert stats.current_min is None
+    assert stats.current_max is None
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "iceberg_type, physical_type_string",
+    [
+        # Fail case: INT64 cannot be cast to INT32
+        (IntegerType(), "INT64"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_stats_aggregator_physical_type_does_not_match_expected_raise_error(
+    iceberg_type: PrimitiveType, physical_type_string: str
+) -> None:
+    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Unexpected physical type"):
+        StatsAggregator(iceberg_type, physical_type_string)
+
+
 def test_bin_pack_arrow_table(arrow_table_with_null: pa.Table) -> None:
     # default packs to 1 bin since the table is small
     bin_packed = bin_pack_arrow_table(