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 off 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 (£6.5m) has impressed in his first few outings for Manchester City, with Phil Foden‘s (£9.4m) 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 (£9.6m). Both midfielders took four apiece, two crossed and two short.
- After watching James Milner (£5.0m) take all five of Brighton’s corners in Gameweek 1, Yankuba Minteh (£5.5m) 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 (£5.0m) had Albion’s only direct free-kick attempt against Manchester United.
- Taking Ipswich Town’s only corner of Gameweek 2 was not Leif Davis (£4.5m) but Ben Johnson (£4.0m). 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 (£4.5m) 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 (£5.0m), however, who claimed the assist for Wout Faes‘s (£4.1m) set-piece goal on Saturday.
- As for Spurs, James Maddison (£7.5m) has taken more corners (17) than any other Premier League player so far in 2024/25. He had to share duties with Dejan Kulusevski (£6.4m) 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 (£5.4m) really stepped into the set-piece void vacated by Morgan Gibbs-White (£6.5m) this week, delivering nine of Nottingham Forest’s 10 corners.
- Kieran Trippier (£5.9m), who impressed after being introduced as a substitute in Gameweek 2, was immediately back on set plays for Newcastle United.
