A list of likely set-piece takers, highlighting the key penalty, corner, and free-kick battles to monitor throughout pre-season.
The relevance of set pieces in FPL:
Across the 25/26 season, 27% of goals in the Premier League came from set pieces (excluding penalties).
There were 92 Premier League penalty attempts last season, with 77 converted at an 83.7% success rate
Averages out at 2.4 penalty attempts per gameweek
Equates to 4.6 penalty attempts per first-choice penalty taker over the season
Arsenal
Penalties: Gyokeres / Saka
Free kicks: Rice
Corners: Rice (L) / Saka (R)
Aston Villa
Penalties: Buendia / Watkins / McGinn
Free kicks: Buendia
Corners: Cash (L) / McGinn (R)
Bournemouth
Penalties: Kluivert / Tavernier
Free kicks: Tavernier / Kluivert
Corners: Kluivert / Scott (L) / Tavernier / Kluivert (R)
Brentford
Penalties: Thiago
Free kicks: Lewis-Potter / Jensen
Corners: Jensen /Damsgaard (L) / Janelt / Ouattara / Jensen (R)
Brighton
Penalties: Groß
Free kicks: Groß / De Cuyper
Corners: Groß (L) / De Cuyper / Minteh (R)
Chelsea
Penalties: Palmer
Free kicks: James / Enzo / Neto
Corners: James / Neto / Enzo (L) / Neto / James / Enzo (R)
Coventry
Penalties: Wright
Free kicks: Grimes / Torp
Corners: Torp / Grimes (L) / Grimes (R)
Crystal Palace
Penalties: Mateta
Free kicks: Pino / Wharton
Corners: Kamada / Pino (L) / Wharton / Hughes (R)
Everton
Penalties: Ndiaye / Garner
Free kicks: Garner
Corners: Garner(L) / Garner/ KDH (L)
Fulham
Penalties: Iwobi / Garcia / Robinson
Free kicks: Lukic / Iwobi
Corners: Lukic / Iwobi (L) / Bobb/ Lukic (R)
Hull City
Penalties: McBurnie
Free kicks: Belloumi/ Slater / Targett / McBurnie
Corners: Slater (L) / Belloumi / Targett / Giles (R)
Ipswich
Penalties: Clarke / Philogene / Hirst
Free kicks: Nunez
Corners: Nunez / Clarke (L) / Davis / Clarke / Fatawu (R)
Leeds
Penalties: Calvert-Lewin
Free kicks: Stach / Wilson / Longstaff
Corners: Stach (L) / Stach/ Wilson (R)
Liverpool
Penalties: Isak / Szoboszlai
Free kicks: Szoboszlai
Corners: Szoboszlai
Manchester City
Penalties: Haaland
Free kicks: Cherki / Foden / Anderson
Corners: Cherki / Anderson (L) / Foden / Anderson (R)
Manchester United
Penalties: Fernandes
Free kicks: Fernandes
Corners: Fernandes (L) / Fernandes / Mbeumo (R)
Newcastle
Penalties: Bruno G
Free kicks: Hall / Bruno G
Corners: Bruno G (L) / Hall (R)
Forest
Penalties: Wood / Gibbs-White
Free kicks: Gibbs-White / Hutchinson
Corners: Williams (L) / Hutchinson (R)
Sunderland
Penalties: Diarra / Le Fee
Free kicks: Xhaka / Le Fee
Corners: Le Fee (L) / Xhaka (R)
Tottenham
Penalties: Solanke
Free kicks: Porro
Corners: Porro (L) /Tel (R)
