Premier League Penalty & Free-Kick takers for the 2021/2022 season

Identifying who a team's penalty taker or free-kick taker is can often help make profitable decisions when choosing which players you are betting on. 

For example, a player being a team's penalty taker could leave you inclined to think that the player's odds ‘to score’ or ‘to have a shot on target’, are bigger than they should be. 

Selecting a game where a referee has a tendency to give a high amount of free-kicks or penalties can also bolster your thinking into why a selection may be overpriced relating to a penalty or free-kick taker.

A change in penalty taker throughout the season can also be a nice angle, with free-kick takers worth considering in both shots on target from outside the box and goals from outside the box markets. 

Below we’ve listed the main penalty and direct free-kick takers for each of the 20 Premier League clubs for the new season which gets underway on August 13. 

Arsenal 

Penalties: 

1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 
2. Alexandre Lacazette
3. Pepe

Direct Free-Kicks: 

1. Granit Xhaka
2. Willian
3. Alexandre Lacazette

Aston Villa

Penalties:

1. Anwar El Ghazi
2. Jack Grealish
3. Ollie Watkins

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Bertrand Traore
2. Jack Grealish
3. Anwar El Ghazi

Brentford

Penalties:

1. Ivan Toney
2. Josh Dasilva

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Mathias Jensen
2. Ivan Toney

Brighton

Penalties:

1. Pascal Grob
2. Danny Welbeck
3. Neal Maupay

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Pascal Grob
2. Leandro Trossard
3. Lewis Dunk

Burnley

Penalties:

1. Chris Wood
2. Ashley Barnes
3. Jay Rodriguez

Direct Free-Kicks 

1. Josh Brownhill
2. Dwight McNeil
3. Johann Gudmundsson

Chelsea

Penalties: 

1. Jorginho
2. Mason Mount
3. Timo Werner

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Mason Mount
2. Marcos Alonso
3. Kai Havertz
4. Reece James

Crystal Palace

Penalties: 

1. Luka Milivojevic
2. Wilfried Zaha 

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Luka Milivojevic
2. Eberechi Eze

Everton

Penalties: 

1. Gylfi Sigurdsson
2. Richarlison

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Gylfi Sigurdsson
2. James Rodriguez
3. Lucas Digne

Leeds

Penalties: 

1. Patrick Bamford
2. Mateusz Klich 

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Raphinha
2. Kalvin Phillips
3. Rodrigo

Leicester 

Penalties:

1. Jamie Vardy
2. Ayoze Perez
3. Youri Tielemans

Direct Free-Kicks

1. James Maddison
2. Youri Tielemans

Liverpool: 

Penalties: 

1. Mohamed Salah
2. James Milner

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Trent Alexander-Arnold
2. Mohamed Salah
3. Fabinho

Manchester City

Penalties: 

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

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Kevin De Bruyne
2. Raheem Sterling
3. Riyad Mahrez
4. Ilkay Gundogan

Manchester United

Penalties:

1. Bruno Fernandes
2. Marcus Rashford
3. Paul Pogba

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Bruno Fernandes
2. Marcus Rashford
3. Paul Pogba

Newcastle

Penalties: 

1. Callum Wilson
2. Joelinton
3. Matt Ritchie

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Jonjo Shelvey
2. Fabian Schar
3. Jacob Murphy

Norwich

Penalties:

1. Teemu Pukki
2. Jordan Hugill

Direct Free-Kicks:

1. Kieran Dowell

Southampton

Penalties:

1. Danny Ings
2. James Ward-Prowse

Direct Free-Kicks

1. James Ward-Prowse
2. Nathan Redmond

Tottenham

Penalties:

1. Harry Kane
2. Son Heung-min 
3. Dele Alli

Direct Free-Kicks

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

Watford

Penalties: 

1. Troy Deeney
2. Joao Pedro
3. Ismaila Sarr

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Tom Cleverley
2. Nathaniel Chalobah
3. Adam Masina

West Ham

Penalties:

1. Declan Rice
2. Mark Noble
3. Michail Antonio

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Aaron Cresswell
2. Declan Rice
3. Said Benrahma

Wolves

Penalties

1. Raul Jimenez
2. Ruben Neves
3. Fabio Silva

Direct Free-Kicks

1. Ruben Neves
2. Pedro Neto
3. Romain Saiss