As the 2024–25 Premier League season entered its final weeks, Crystal Palace stood out as the top team in terms of set-piece goals, registering 15 (including own goals).
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According to Opta Analyst, Palace were followed closely by Aston Villa with 14, while both Arsenal and Everton shared third place with 13 each. Everton were the most dependent on set-pieces, with 38.2% of their total goals stemming from dead-ball situations while Palace weren’t far behind, with 36.6%.
When it came to expected goals (xG) from set-pieces, Palace again ranked high with 13.7 xG, the third-highest total, which accounts for 28.6% of their overall xG. Nottingham Forest led in this proportion, with 29.4% of their xG coming from set-plays, making it clear that their top-four push was underpinned by set-piece productivity.
Across the league, over 187 set-piece goals have been scored in the 2024/25 season, and 58.8% of them have come from corners. Arsenal dominated this category, scoring 11 goals from corners (including own goals), and topping all key corner-related stats: 94 total shots from corners, 77 corners resulting in at least one shot, 11.7 xG from corners, and 44 instances where the first contact after a corner was a shot.
Despite the aforementioned, Arsenal weren’t the most efficient team per corner. Fulham led the league in percentage of corners resulting in a shot from the first touch (24.9%) and rank second in successful deliveries. They achieved this despite relying less on short corners (13.9%, below average), unlike Manchester City (34.8%) and Tottenham (30.8%), whose high success rates were partly due to frequent short corners.
However, Fulham only managed three goals and 4.4 xG from corners—one of the league’s lowest tallies—likely due to their preference for outswinging deliveries (78), which made up 52.4% of their total. Those 78 outswingers produced 30 first-contact shots, almost double the next-best team (Nottingham Forest, 16) but have yielded just one goal.
In contrast, Arsenal consistently loaded the six-yard box with an average of 3.9 players, more than any other team—while Fulham average just 1.6. The Gunners also sent 77.2% of their corners into the six-yard area, 20 percentage points more than the next most aggressive team (Wolves at 52.2%), reflecting their focused and consistent delivery strategy.
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