Using Opta’s World Cup data from our Premium Members Area, we’ve updated our set-piece takers table ahead of Matchday 3.
Below we’ve highlighted the players in bold who have taken a penalty, free-kick or corner in the first two Matchdays, with anyone else on the list left over from our original table we put together before the tournament started.
For example, we suspect that Ajdin Hrustic would be on the bulk of set plays when fit to start for Australia, based on what we saw during qualification.
You can see this information yourself with a Fantasy Football Scout subscription – taking out a monthly membership today will get you access to all the tournament proper player and team stats that arrive immediately after every single match at Qatar 2022.
You’ll also be able to pore over all the Premier League stats available to Premium Members ahead of the Gameweek 17 restart.
Here it is, then, our refreshed table.
The players are listed in order of potential prominence at dead-ball situations. For example, Harry Kane is England’s first-choice penalty taker and Neymar is first in line for direct free-kicks with Brazil.
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