We take another look at the Fantasy Premier League (FPL) set-piece and penalty-takers after Gameweek 2.
Many of the players involved at dead-ball situations were carrying off where they left offย in Gameweek 1.
But there are a few new set-play pretenders to report on, following the arrival of some transfer window recruits.
Based on the official Opta data in our Premium Members Area, here is a breakdown of the latest round of matches.
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GAMEWEEK 2: SET-PIECE TAKERS
| Corners | Crosses from free-kicks | Shots from direct free-kicks | Penalties | |
| Arsenal | Rice (1) | Odegaard (1) | ||
| Aston Villa | Tielemans (3) Bailey (1) | Tielemans (1) | ||
| Bournemouth | Cook (5) Tavernier (3) | Cook (1) | Tavernier (1) | |
| Brentford | Jensen (3) Mbeumo (1) | Mbeumo (1) | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | Enciso (1) Minteh (1) Milner (1) Gilmour (1) | Enciso (1) Minteh (1) | Gilmour (1) | |
| Chelsea | Enzo (3) Neto (1) Palmer (1) | Palmer (1) | Palmer (1) | |
| Crystal Palace | Eze (2) Wharton (1) | Eze (2) | ||
| Everton | McNeil (4) Lindstrom (1) | McNeil (1) | ||
| Fulham | Pereira (7) | Pereira (1) | ||
| Ipswich Town | Johnson (1) | |||
| Leicester City | Winks (2) Buonanotte (2) Kristiansen (1) | Winks (1) | Ayew (1) | |
| Liverpool | Robertson (5) Alexander-Arnold (4) | Alexander-Arnold (1) | ||
| Manchester City | De Bruyne (4) Savio (4) Doku (1) Bernardo (1) | Savio (1) | De Bruyne (1) | Haaland (1) |
| Manchester United | Fernandes (3) Amad (1) | Amad (1) | ||
| Newcastle United | Trippier (5) Gordon (2) Murphy (2) | Trippier (1) | ||
| Nottingham Forest | Elanga (9) Anderson (1) | Anderson (2) | ||
| Southampton | Smallbone (3) Walker-Peters (1) | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | Kulusevski (6) Maddison (5) Bergvall (1) | Maddison (1) | ||
| West Ham United | Bowen (3) | |||
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | Cunha (3) Ait-Nouri (1) Sarabia (1) | Cunha (1) |
GAMEWEEK 2: KEY TALKING POINTS
- Savio (ยฃ6.5m) has impressed in his first few outings for Manchester City, with Phil Foden‘s (ยฃ9.4m) late return from summer international duty and illness affording the Brazilian more starts than he might have imagined. On Saturday, we saw him on a share on corners with Kevin De Bruyne (ยฃ9.6m). Both midfielders took four apiece, two crossed and two short.
- After watching James Milner (ยฃ5.0m) take all five of Brighton’s corners in Gameweek 1, Yankuba Minteh (ยฃ5.5m) had more of a say this week. Delivering one crossed corner and one free-kick, he was also the other Seagull who stood over the ball when Billy Gilmour (ยฃ5.0m) had Albion’s only direct free-kick attempt against Manchester United.
- Taking Ipswich Town’s only corner of Gameweek 2 was not Leif Davis (ยฃ4.5m) but Ben Johnson (ยฃ4.0m). We’d still expect Davis, taker of over 100 corners for Ipswich last season, to be not just mostly responsible for dead-ball situations but also the more secure starter of the two.
- We published the Gameweek 1 article on Monday afternoon last week, before Leicester City v Tottenham Hotspur. So, this is our first chance to round up the goings-on with the Foxes and Spurs. Budget FPL midfielder Harry Winks (ยฃ4.5m) has interestingly taken four corners for Leicester already this season; he only delivered seven in the whole of 2023/24 under Enzo Maresca. It was Facundo Buonanotte (ยฃ5.0m), however, who claimed the assist for Wout Faes‘s (ยฃ4.1m) set-piece goal on Saturday.
- As for Spurs, James Maddison (ยฃ7.5m) has taken more corners (17) than any other Premier League player so far in 2024/25. He had to share duties with Dejan Kulusevski (ยฃ6.4m) this week, however. Having taken corners from both sides in Gameweek 1, Maddison was only on set-piece duties from the left against Everton.
- Anthony Elanga (ยฃ5.4m) really stepped into the set-piece void vacated by Morgan Gibbs-White (ยฃ6.5m) this week, delivering nine of Nottingham Forest’s 10 corners.
- Kieran Trippier (ยฃ5.9m), who impressed after being introduced as a substitute in Gameweek 2, was immediately back on set plays for Newcastle United.
