Nottingham Forest Set Piece Takers

Wood is Nottingham Forest's primary penalty taker in FPL 2025/26 (75% confidence). Cool finisher. Penalty-kick goals lifted overall scoring tally.

Hudson-Odoi is Nottingham Forest's primary free kick taker in FPL 2025/26 (68% confidence). Direct attempts from edge of D; both feet.

Anderson is Nottingham Forest's primary corner taker in FPL 2025/26 (65% confidence). Outswingers from the right; Williams from left.

Penalty takers add direct goal threat worth 6 FPL points per spot kick. Corner and free kick takers accumulate 0.10–0.18 expected assists per GW from routine delivery — invisible in basic FPL stats but significant over a season. When two Nottingham Forest players at the same price have similar form, the set-piece taker almost always edges ahead on expected returns. Onside tracks curated taker confidence scores updated weekly.

Anderson take corners for Nottingham Forest. Check back weekly as set-piece roles can change with injuries or transfers.

Wood is Nottingham Forest's designated penalty taker. Penalty takers are among the most valuable FPL assets — penalties convert ~75% of the time, making them a near-guaranteed 5-6 point return each time one is awarded.

Set-piece takers generate assist and goal opportunities that non-takers miss entirely. Players who take both corners AND penalties from a team with good fixtures are among the safest FPL picks. Onside tracks confidence scores for all 20 clubs so you can compare taker quality across teams before transferring.

The Onside set-piece hub at /set-pieces lists all 20 Premier League clubs' takers, updated weekly from FBRef data and curated editorial.

Set-piece roles for Nottingham Forest in 2026-27 are confirmed pre-season and updated as the squad evolves. The current penalty taker is Wood. Corner duties are shared by Anderson. Onside refreshes all set-piece data weekly from FBRef season-to-date counts and curated press conference notes. Check back as 2026/27 pre-season begins for the latest confirmed roles.

Nottingham Forest set pieces in FPL cover three roles: (1) Penalty taker — the player who takes spot kicks, worth 6 FPL points per goal scored (~75% conversion rate). (2) Free kick taker — the primary dead-ball specialist outside the box, generating assist opportunities from direct deliveries. (3) Corner taker — the player delivering corners from wide, producing expected assists of 0.10–0.18 per game. Identifying Nottingham Forest's set-piece takers before buying their players is one of the highest-ROI research tasks in FPL — it can separate similarly-priced players by 15–30 points over a season.