Premier League Free-Kicks & Penalty Takers: Relate this season's designated players to your betting

With the new Premier League campaign only days away from arriving, anticipation is at an all-time high. At this point if you haven't already started scouring the ante-post markets or assembling your fantasy football team, you may be panicking. But fear not, our latest piece can certainly help give you a few pointers!

Here at BettingOdds.com we've collated a mixture of data from last season, pre-season friendlies and player roles at previous clubs to determine who the 22/23 penalty and free-kick takers will be for each of the 20 clubs participating in the English top flight this season.

We've then listed the top 10 goal scorers from the penalty spot from last season, as well as the 10 players who topped the charts for goals scored directly from free-kicks in the top flight.

Arsenal

Penalties:

1. Bukayo Saka
2. Gabriel Martinelli
3. Gabriel Jesus

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Martin Odegaard
2. Nicolas Pepe
3. Thomas Partey

Aston Villa

Penalties:

1. Danny Ings
2. Philippe Coutinho
3. Ollie Watkins

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Douglas Luiz
2. Philippe Coutinho

Bournemouth

Penalties:

1. Dominic Solanke
2. Junior Stanislas

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Philip Billing
2. Junior Stanislas
3. Ryan Christie

Brentford

Penalties:

1. Ivan Toney
2. Bryan Mbuemo
3. Josh DaSilva

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Bryan Mbuemo
2. Sergi Canos

Brighton

Penalties:

1. Neal Maupay
2. Alexis Mac Allister
3. Leandro Trossard

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Leandro Trossard
2. Alexis Mac Allister

Chelsea

Penalties:

1. Jorginho
2. Mason Mount
3. Kai Havertz

Direct Free-Kicks: 

1. Reece James
2. Marcos Alonso
3. Mason Mount

Crystal Palace

Penalties:

1. Wilfried Zaha
2. Luka Milivojevic
3. Odsonne Edouard

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Luka Milivojevic
2. Michael Olise
3. Eberechi Eze

Everton

Penalties:

1. Dominic Calvert-Lewin
2. Andros Townsend
3. Demarai Gray

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Anthony Gordon
2. Andros Townsend
3. Demarai Gray

Fulham

Penalties:

1. Aleksandar Mitrovic
2. Harry Wilson
3. Neeskens Kebano

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Harry Wilson
2. Neeskens Kebano
3. Aleksandar Mitrovic

Leeds

Penalties:

1. Patrick Bamford
2. Mateusz Klich

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Jack Harrison

Leicester

Penalties:

1. Jamie Vardy
2. Youri Tielemans
3. Kelechi Iheanacho

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. James Maddison
2. Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall

Liverpool

Penalties:

1. Mohamed Salah
2. James Milner
3. Fabinho

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Trent Alexander-Arnold
2. Fabinho
3. Jordan Henderson

Manchester City

Penalties: 

1. Erling Haaland
2. Riyad Mahrez
3. Kevin De Bruyne
4. Ilkay Gundogan

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Kevin De Bruyne
2. Riyad Mahrez
3. Ilkay Gundogan

Manchester United

Penalties:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo
2. Bruno Fernandes
3. Marcus Rashford

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Bruno Fernandes
2. Cristiano Ronaldo
3. Christian Eriksen

Newcastle

Penalties:

1. Callum Wilson
2. Chris Wood
3. Joelinton
4. Joe Willock

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Kieran Trippier
2. Jonjo Shelvey

Nottingham Forest

Penalties:

1. Brennan Johnson
2. Taiwo Awoniyi

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Brennan Johnson
2. Joe Lolley

Southampton

Penalties:

1. James Ward-Prowse

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. James Ward-Prowse
2. Nathan Redmond

Tottenham

Penalties:

1. Harry Kane
2. Son Heung-min

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Harry Kane
2. Eric Dier
3. Son Heung-min

West Ham

Penalties:

1. Manuel Lanzini
2. Michail Antonio
3. Declan Rice

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Aaron Cresswell
2. Said Benrahma

Wolves

Penalties:

1. Raul Jimenez
2. Ruben Neves

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Joao Moutinho
2. Ruben Neves
3. Raul Jimenez
4. Pedro Neto

Most Penalty Goals in the 21/22 PL Season

1. Jorginho (6)
2. Wilfried Zaha (5)
3. Ivan Toney (5)
4. Mohamed Salah (5)
5. Riyad Mahrez (4)
6. Harry Kane (4)
7. James Ward-Prowse (4)
8. Richarlison (3)
9. Manuel Lanzini (3)
10. Cristiano Ronaldo (3)

Most Free-Kick Goals in the 21/22 PL Season

1. James Ward-Prowse (4)
2. Kieran Trippier (2)
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (1)
4. Marcos Alonso (1)
5. James Maddison (1)
6. Trent Alexander-Arnold (1)
7. Jonjo Shelvey (1)
8. Fabian Schar (1)
9. Son Heung-min (1)
10. Aaron Cresswell (1)