Set Piece Takers

Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026: All 48 nations’ penalty + set-piece takers

31 May 2026 27 comments
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We’ve put together a comprehensive list of potential set-piece and penalty takers for Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026 managers.

To do this, we’ve drawn on our Statsbomb set-piece data from World Cup qualification and the Opta data from the subsequent friendlies. You can find the latter in the Members Area.

Where needed (such as the Africa Cup of Nations), we’ve also consulted WhoScored.

These are only educated guesses, of course – the managers might have different ideas come the big kick-off.

As World Cup Fantasy rewards players with an extra point for direct free-kick goals, we’re going to take a closer look at direct free-kick takers in a follow-up piece.

SET PIECE TAKERS

Club World Cup Fantasy: Kane blanks, PSG pen order +

We’ve listed the players in order of potential prominence at dead-ball situations. 

For example, Harry Kane (€10.5m) is England’s first-choice penalty taker. Bruno Fernandes (€8.5m) is towards the front of the queue for corners with Portugal. And so on.

A player first in the list may not be a guaranteed starter, such as Sebastian Berhalter ($4.7m) of the USA. If they’re on the field, however, there’s a very good chance of their involvement in a set play.

 

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  1. thug
    • 13 Years
    16 hours, 22 mins ago

    are any of these defenders?

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    1. AAAFootball
        13 hours, 20 mins ago

        Yes

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      • FPL Virgin
        • Fantasy Football Scout Member
        • 9 Years
        11 hours, 15 mins ago

        Use the helpful filter to identify them.

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    2. Holmes
      • 12 Years
      12 hours, 36 mins ago

      Might play with a restriction, only EPL players? Might end the commitment early as pretty much every EPL players are unlikely to make it to SFs/Final.

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      1. Holmes
        • 12 Years
        12 hours, 35 mins ago

        only 30+ players?

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        1. Holmes
          • 12 Years
          12 hours, 32 mins ago

          this might be a good idea, gives reasonable set of players to pick from.

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          1. Holmes
            • 12 Years
            11 hours, 45 mins ago

            Not a bad squad

            Neuer, Courtois
            Kimmich, Rudiger, Marquinhos, Van Dijk, 3.5
            Bruno, Trossard, Casemiro, Sabitzer, Xhaka
            Ronaldo, Messi, Kane

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            1. Dubem_FC
              • 10 Years
              11 hours, 34 mins ago

              How are these just EPL players??

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              1. Holmes
                • 12 Years
                11 hours, 33 mins ago

                This is 30+

                Will have a look at only EPL later

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                1. Dubem_FC
                  • 10 Years
                  11 hours, 7 mins ago

                  30+ years??

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                  1. Holmes
                    • 12 Years
                    10 hours, 55 mins ago

                    yes

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      2. x.jim.x
        • 11 Years
        9 hours, 49 mins ago

        Martinez - Pickford
        Van Dijk - Cucurella - Saliba - Guehi - Munoz
        Bruno - Wirtz - Rashford - Fernandez - Trossard
        Haaland - Cunha - Havertz

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    3. FPL Virgin
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      11 hours, 35 mins ago

      My comment asking where the Slot article is has been deleted 😯

      It's like Chinese or North Korean state censorship. Powerful mods just erase anything they want or mildly disagree with. It's not how things should be with a British website.

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      1. Dubem_FC
        • 10 Years
        11 hours, 34 mins ago

        Stammer would be proud.

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        1. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          11 hours, 16 mins ago

          When Elon takes over the UK, he'll put a stop to this.

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      2. Holmes
        • 12 Years
        11 hours, 32 mins ago

        Its World Cup time, go hibernate for couple of months. The only bald guy we cared about was Pep and he is gone.

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        1. FPL Virgin
          • Fantasy Football Scout Member
          • 9 Years
          11 hours, 18 mins ago

          Slot going is massive news and it has huge implications for FPL going forward.

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          1. Holmes
            • 12 Years
            10 hours, 54 mins ago

            and we dont have any FPL for next 2 months

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    4. Dragon Arcana
      • 13 Years
      11 hours, 14 mins ago

      Any gems you guys have found that are going under the radar?

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      1. JBG
        • 8 Years
        10 hours, 57 mins ago

        Bruno Fernandes

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        1. Dragon Arcana
          • 13 Years
          10 hours, 35 mins ago

          Funny

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      2. The Knights Template
        • 12 Years
        10 hours, 33 mins ago

        Gnonto’s been going under the radar, literally!

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      3. deyell
        • 7 Years
        9 hours, 22 mins ago

        Antonio Nusa for 6.1

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      4. TheBiffas
        • 5 Years
        6 hours, 1 min ago

        Baumgartner

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      5. GreennRed
        • 14 Years
        4 hours, 40 mins ago

        Rangel, Muharemovic.

        40 year old Dzeko. Good enabler, good form for B&H. Playing Canada, Switzerland, Qatar.

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      6. User123456
        • 1 Year
        4 hours, 14 mins ago

        Luis Suarez (the other one..)

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