In our latest article, we bring you the set-piece and penalty takers for each Premier League club for the 2021-22 FPL season based on last season’s data and how each club ranks on the likeliness of getting a Set Piece based on data analyzed for the last 3 seasons.
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Set Piece Rank for PL Teams and their takers for the 2021/22 FPL Season
We looked into the last 3 seasons’ direct free kicks and penalties data in Premier League, to evaluate every team’s set-piece likeliness this season. Teams like Leeds, who have only played one season out of the last 3 in PL, have the average data for one season only.
Also, we have deliberately excluded corners and indirect free kicks to focus on goal-scoring opportunities only!
The table is sorted on “Set Piece Rank”, which is based on a combined score of direct free kicks and penalties. We have used the team’s general attacking potential as a tie-breaker, if needed.
| Name | Average Direct FKs (Avg. last 3 seasons) | Average Penalties (Avg. last 3 seasons) | Set Piece Rank | FK Takers (Primary | Alternate) | Penalty Takes (Primary | Alternate) |
| Man Utd | 27.00 | 12.33 | 1 | Fernandes | Fernandes |
| Man City | 23.00 | 8.00 | 2 | KDB | Gündoğan | KDB | Gündoğan |
| Leicester | 19.67 | 8.67 | 3 | Maddison | Vardy |
| Chelsea | 25.00 | 7.33 | 4 | Mount | Alonso | James | Jorginho |
| Liverpool | 20.67 | 6.00 | 5 | TAA | Salah |
| Spurs | 26.67 | 4.33 | 6 | Kane | Kane |
| Southampton | 22.33 | 5.33 | 7 | Ward-Prowse | Ward-Prowse |
| Crystal Palace | 16.33 | 6.00 | 8 | Milivojevic | Milivojevic | Zaha |
| Watford | 20.00 | 4.50 | 9 | Cleverly | Chalobah | Masina | Deeney |
| Arsenal | 18.00 | 4.67 | 10 | Xhaka | Willian | PEA | Lacazette |
| Aston Villa | 18.50 | 4.50 | 11 | El Ghazi | Grealish | El Ghazi | Watkins |
| Brighton | 12.67 | 5.67 | 12 | Groß | Groß | Maupay |
| West Ham | 15.67 | 4.33 | 13 | Cresswell | Rice |
| Everton | 18.33 | 3.67 | 14 | Sigurdsson | James | Digne | Sigurdsson |
| Newcastle | 18.33 | 3.67 | 15 | Shelvey | C Wilson |
| Wolves | 14.33 | 4.00 | 16 | Neves | Jiménez | Neves |
| Burnley | 15.67 | 2.67 | 17 | Brownhill | Wood | Barnes |
| Leeds | 9.00 | 4.00 | 18 | Raphinha | Phillips | Bamford | Klich |
| Norwich | 16.00 | 2.00 | 19 | Kieran Dowell | Pukki |
| Brentford | 0.00 | 0.00 | 20 | Jensen | Toney | Toney |
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To know how we arrived at the set piece takers, scroll down to the next section, where we have dissected the set piece data for 2020-21 Premier League and Championship season.
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Stats on Set Piece takers by each team
Man United 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Man City 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Further read: Man City FPL Preview | Fixture Analysis, Pep Rotation, and Key FPL Assets
Leicester 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Chelsea 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Liverpool 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Spurs 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Southampton 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Crystal Palace 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Watford 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 C’ship season
Arsenal 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Aston Villa 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Brighton 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Further Read: Team to Target for Initial Few GW’s – Brighton & Hove Albion | FPL 21/22 Season
West Ham 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Everton 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Further Read: Team to Target for Initial Few GW’s – Everton | FPL 21/22 Season
Newcastle 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Wolves 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Burnley 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Leeds 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 FPL Season
Norwich City 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 C’ship season
Brentford 2020/21 Penalty and set-piece takers stats, Analysis from 2020/21 C’ship season
Additional Notes
Set pieces data from 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 Season ~ Direct Freekicks and Penalties
| Name | Direct freekick | Penalties | Season |
| Arsenal | 23 | 6 | 20-21 |
| Aston Villa | 16 | 6 | 20-21 |
| Brighton | 15 | 9 | 20-21 |
| Burnley | 15 | 3 | 20-21 |
| Chelsea | 16 | 10 | 20-21 |
| Crystal Palace | 18 | 4 | 20-21 |
| Everton | 15 | 5 | 20-21 |
| Fulham | 12 | 6 | 20-21 |
| Leeds | 9 | 4 | 20-21 |
| Leicester | 20 | 12 | 20-21 |
| Liverpool | 22 | 6 | 20-21 |
| Man City | 21 | 9 | 20-21 |
| Man Utd | 21 | 11 | 20-21 |
| Newcastle | 25 | 7 | 20-21 |
| Sheffield Utd | 5 | 4 | 20-21 |
| Southampton | 20 | 6 | 20-21 |
| Spurs | 35 | 5 | 20-21 |
| West Brom | 16 | 4 | 20-21 |
| West Ham | 17 | 4 | 20-21 |
| Wolves | 18 | 4 | 20-21 |
| Arsenal | 19 | 3 | 19-20 |
| Aston Villa | 21 | 3 | 19-20 |
| Bournemouth | 21 | 4 | 19-20 |
| Brighton | 11 | 2 | 19-20 |
| Burnley | 18 | 3 | 19-20 |
| Chelsea | 29 | 7 | 19-20 |
| Crystal Palace | 15 | 3 | 19-20 |
| Everton | 20 | 1 | 19-20 |
| Leicester | 20 | 7 | 19-20 |
| Liverpool | 20 | 5 | 19-20 |
| Man City | 27 | 11 | 19-20 |
| Man Utd | 33 | 14 | 19-20 |
| Newcastle | 14 | 1 | 19-20 |
| Norwich | 16 | 2 | 19-20 |
| Sheffield Utd | 4 | 1 | 19-20 |
| Southampton | 27 | 5 | 19-20 |
| Spurs | 21 | 4 | 19-20 |
| Watford | 18 | 8 | 19-20 |
| West Ham | 13 | 4 | 19-20 |
| Wolves | 13 | 4 | 19-20 |
| Arsenal | 12 | 5 | 18-19 |
| Bournemouth | 16 | 9 | 18-19 |
| Brighton | 12 | 6 | 18-19 |
| Burnley | 14 | 2 | 18-19 |
| Cardiff | 13 | 4 | 18-19 |
| Chelsea | 30 | 5 | 18-19 |
| Crystal Palace | 16 | 11 | 18-19 |
| Everton | 20 | 5 | 18-19 |
| Fulham | 10 | 3 | 18-19 |
| Huddersfield | 15 | 1 | 18-19 |
| Leicester | 19 | 7 | 18-19 |
| Liverpool | 20 | 7 | 18-19 |
| Man City | 21 | 4 | 18-19 |
| Man Utd | 27 | 12 | 18-19 |
| Newcastle | 16 | 3 | 18-19 |
| Southampton | 20 | 5 | 18-19 |
| Spurs | 24 | 4 | 18-19 |
| Watford | 22 | 1 | 18-19 |
| West Ham | 17 | 5 | 18-19 |
| Wolves | 12 | 4 | 18-19 |
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