Bundesliga Set Piece Audit: Kane Untouchable, Corners Barren
Harry Kane has converted all 11 Bundesliga penalties this season, while corner takers across the league are yet to score direct from the flag.
Harry Kane has taken 11 Bundesliga penalties this season and scored all 11. That is not a trend — it is a confirmed hierarchy at the most clinical end of the conversion spectrum.
Penalty Spot
Kane's 100% return at 11 attempts is the most reliable penalty record in the division by volume. Nadiem Amiri at Mainz sits at 87.5% across eight attempts — a legitimate benchmark, not far off elite. The concern is Mönchengladbach, where Kevin Diks has converted only four of seven (57.1%). The squad context matters: the additional context lists Kleindienst, Stöger, and Tabaković as alternatives in that hierarchy. At 57%, Diks is below league average. If Gladbach are serious about results in tight games, that taker order needs revisiting.
Corner Count
No corner taker in this dataset has scored direct from a flag kick, which is broadly expected — direct corner goals are rare in any league. The useful read here is volume and delivery ownership. David Raum leads the Bundesliga at 70 corners taken for RB Leipzig, with Eriksen (29) at Wolfsburg and Grimaldo (29) at Leverkusen also prominent. The zero-conversion flags in the data are noise; what matters is who controls delivery into the box, and Raum's volume confirms Leipzig's reliance on his left foot. Whether that delivery is creating chances rather than goals is a question the raw corner count cannot answer.
Bayern's corner duties appear split, with Joshua Kimmich on 32 taken — notable given Olise is handling direct free kicks rather than corners. That split is worth tracking as Bayern rotate European and domestic fixtures.
Direct Free Kicks
Michael Olise leads Bayern's direct free kick count at 11 attempts with no goals. Eleven shots is a real sample — not definitive, but enough to ask whether the delivery is testing goalkeepers or landing in the wall. Across the division, free kick conversion is effectively zero for every named taker. That is consistent with Bundesliga norms, but the volume from Raum (11) and Amiri (11) at least confirms who holds those duties at their clubs.
Watch for Diks being displaced at Gladbach if their penalty record becomes a talking point after a missed spot kick. And Olise's direct free kick return at Bayern — if it reaches 15+ attempts without a goal, that starts to inform expectations for the rest of the campaign.