Premier League Stats Review: Gameweek 3 Set Piece and Penalty Takers

Premier League Stats Review: Gameweek 3 Set Piece and Penalty Takers

This article is part of our Premier League Stats Review series.

Penalties were the talk of the Premier League this past weekend, as we saw seven converted attempts by six players, accounting for 20.6 percent of the 34 total goals scored (excluding own goals) in Gameweek 3. While we weren't surprised to see Jamie Vardy line up (twice) for Leicester City in their 5-2 win over Manchester City -- a result we all saw coming, of course -- it was a bit of a surprise that Youri Tielemans took their third penalty attempt, which came after Vardy was subbed off (theoretically it could have gone to James Maddison or Kelechi Iheanacho). Otherwise, Neal Maupay for Brighton and Bruno Fernandes for Manchester United were who we expected to see, as the latter's perfect Premier League conversion rate continued.

More importantly, we got the answer to the "who takes penalties for Everton when Gylfi Sigurdsson isn't on the pitch?" in the form of Richarlison. Additionally, we saw Callum Wilson take Newcastle's attempt in their draw with Tottenham, though that came after Matt Ritchie was subbed off, so it doesn't completely give us the answer there. Wilson was actually second-choice to Joshua King at Bournemouth last season, but at least we know he's in the mix with his new club.

In all, we've seen 18 of 20 penalty attempts converted this season, with Chelsea's Jorginho and Sheffield United's John Lundstram the only unsuccessful takers, both having their tries saved.

Meanwhile, we saw a few first-time corner takers this past Gameweek, with Patrick Bamford taking two of Leeds' seven chances while Kalvin Phillips (three) and Jack Harrison (two) took the others. Bamford didn't cross either, while Phillips and Harrison crossed all of their chances. In addition to Bamford, we saw Steven Bergwijn (two), Grady Diangana (one) and Roberto Firmino (one) take at least one corner after failing to do so in the first two games, with Bergwijn and Diangana actually crossing theirs. Mason Mount, Pascal Gross Ryan Bertrand, Matt Ritchie and Erik Lamela were also on that list, though they have a history of taking set pieces anyway, so their additions shouldn't be unexpected.

Here are the free-kick breakdowns for Gameweek 3, followed by the penalties for the season:

Note: all columns are sortable.

Legend: MIN = minutes, CRN = corners taken, FK CR = free-kick cross, FK S = free-kick shots

If you'd like to see a match-by-match breakdown for each team, check out our Team Trends pages.

Gameweek 3 Set Pieces

PlayerTeamOPPH/AFormPOSMINCRNCRNCRFKCRFKS
Nicolas PepeARSLIVA343SUB222200
Dani CeballosARSLIVA343SUB301100
Conor HourihaneAVLFULA433MC771030
John McGinnAVLFULA433MC902120
Solomon MarchBHAMUNH343ML902120
Pascal GrossBHAMUNH343SUB163310
Leandro TrossardBHAMUNH343FWR902210
Ashley WestwoodBRNSOUH442MC906510
Dwight McNeilBRNSOUH442ML902210
Josh BrownhillBRNSOUH442MR900001
Reece JamesCHEWBAA4231DR905500
Mason MountCHEWBAA4231AMR904400
Marcos AlonsoCHEWBAA4231DL450001
Andros TownsendCRYEVEH442MR906620
Eberechi EzeCRYEVEH442ML751110
James RodriguezEVECRYA433FWR866401
Lucas DigneEVECRYA433DL900020
Ivan CavaleiroFULAVLH343FWL903300
Tom CairneyFULAVLH343MC902200
Joe BryanFULAVLH343ML900010
Neeskens KebanoFULAVLH343SUB120010
Kalvin PhillipsLEESHUA3142DMC903330
Patrick BamfordLEESHUA3142FW902000
Jack HarrisonLEESHUA3142ML902200
Mateusz KlichLEESHUA3142AMC900010
Youri TielemansLEIMCIA541MC903100
Andrew RobertsonLIVARSH433DL905520
Trent Alexander-ArnoldLIVARSH433DR901100
Roberto FirminoLIVARSH433FW891000
Riyad MahrezMCILEIH4231AMR902200
Kevin De BruyneMCILEIH4231AMC901100
Raheem SterlingMCILEIH4231FW900001
Bruno FernandesMUNBHAA4231AMC901130
Matt RitchieNEWTOTA541DL692220
Jonjo ShelveyNEWTOTA541MC902200
Ben OsbornSHULEEH352MC903300
John LundstramSHULEEH352MC641110
Oliver NorwoodSHULEEH352SUB261100
Ryan BertrandSOUBRNA442DL902200
Giovani Lo CelsoTOTNEWH4231AMC774401
Son Heung-MinTOTNEWH4231AML453210
Steven BergwijnTOTNEWH4231SUB452200
Erik LamelaTOTNEWH4231SUB111001
Matheus PereiraWBACHEH541MR892230
Grady DianganaWBACHEH541ML741100
Matthew PhillipsWBACHEH541SUB160010
Aaron CresswellWHUWOLH541DC901110
Pedro NetoWOLWHUA343FWL902200
Joao MoutinhoWOLWHUA343MC731000

Legend: PK = penalty attempts, PKG = penalty goals, PKM = penalties missed, PKSVD = penalties saved

PlayerTeamMINPKPKGPKMPKSVDFKG
Neal MaupayBHA27022000
JorginhoCHE16421010
Wilfried ZahaCRY27011000
RicharlisonEVE26911000
Aleksandar MitrovicFUL20711000
Mateusz KlichLEE26111000
Jamie VardyLEI26544000
Youri TielemansLEI27011000
Mohamed SalahLIV27022000
Kevin De BruyneMCI18011000
Bruno FernandesMUN18011000
Callum WilsonNEW26511000
John LundstramSHU24410010
Danny IngsSOU27011000

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Andrew M. Laird
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