With Premier League football now back upon us, football fans are set to be plunged into a world of drama over the next few months as teams battle it out in England's top division.
Of course, there is perhaps nothing more dramatic in the game than the moment a referee points to the spot and a player steps up from 12 yards.
There are some individuals you would bet your house on to score, and then there are others who are less convincing…
With that in mind, Football FanCast has decided to rank the best penalty-takers in the Premier League.
(It's important to note, these only include penalties scored in games, so won't include misses in penalty shoot-outs, and does include penalties scored at youth level, as per Transfermarkt)
20 Rhian Brewster, Sheffield United
With former United captain Billy Sharp leaving Sheffield United at the start of the summer, questions remain over who could be on spot kicks for the newly promoted club.
Rhian Brewster is one option, although is hardly the most convincing. In his entire career, he has taken nine penalties, scoring six times, while missing three.
However, he has only ever taken one competitive penalty, which he missed in the Championship last season against Blackpool.
19 Ollie Watkins, Aston Villa
Unfortunately, the Englishman doesn't have a great record from 12 yards having missed more than he's scored during his career.
Indeed, Watkins has netted four times, while missing a further five. In the Premier League with Aston Villa specifically, he has scored three and missed two.
Those are hardly the sort of numbers to bet your house on…
18 Son Heung-min, Tottenham Hotspur
Harry Kane is about as reliable as they come from the spot, but as he heads to Bayern Munich, Spurs will need to find someone else to trust.
Son is an obvious option, having banged in the goals for a number of years now – though his record from 12 yards isn't great.
Indeed, during his career, he has scored seven and missed five. In the Premier League, he has taken just two, scoring once and missing once.
17 Brennan Johnson, Nottingham Forest
Across his entire career so far, Johnson's record isn't too bad with 11 scored and four missed. However, when you look at how he's performed in England's top flight, it isn't great.
After all, he has taken just three spot kicks in the Premier League – all last season with Forest – with one scored and two missed.
For that reason, he doesn't feature any higher than 17th on the list.
16 Carlton Morris, Luton Town
Luton are an unknown quantity in top-flight football and it's hard to know how Morris will get on until we get to see him play.
He has taken five penalties in his career so far, but none in the Premier League. He has scored two in Championship, two at Premier League 2 level, and missed one in the EFL Cup – for a record of four scored and one missed.
It'll be interesting if Morris can hold his nerve if and when the big moment arises this season.
15 Matheus Cunha, Wolves
At Wolves, Cunha may well be asked to step up this season – though there is no reason to have a great deal of faith in him.
Across his entire career, he has taken seven spot kicks, scoring five and missing two – while he is yet to take one in England yet.
But with Ruben Neves now playing his football in Saudi Arabia, they've lost a star who never missed a Premier League penalty, netting eight from eight.
14 Bukayo Saka, Arsenal
Unfortunately for the winger, he's wasted some high-profile penalties in his career.
Saka famously missed in the penalty shootout against Italy as England lost the Euro 2020 final at Wembley (though that isn't included in our tally below).
Meanwhile, he also missed against West Ham United in the Premier League last season as Arsenal dropped vital points in the title race.
Still, across his entire career, he has scored six from the spot, missing just twice (with one coming in a youth game).
In the Premier League, he has taken five and missed one. He is higher up the list due to the quality of teams he has kept his nerve against, scoring from 12 yards against Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea, and Man United.
13 Aleksandar Mitrovic, Fulham
The Fulham striker has taken more than most in his career, with 37 attempts in total. Of that lot, he has scored 25 and missed 12.
In the Premier League, his record is poorer, with eight scored and five missed. What's more, four of those league misses all came last season.
Maybe it's recency bias, but with that record of late, he no longer seems like a sure thing from 12 yards.
12 Dominic Solanke, Bournemouth
In his entire career, Solanke has scored 10 and only missed one. But he has never taken one in the Premier League.
He did net four times from the spot in the Championship, while he also scored during his time in the Dutch Eredivisie with Vitesse on loan.
With all that in mind, there's every reason to back him if given the opportunity this season.
11 Joao Pedro, Brighton
It looks as though Brighton will have a new spot-kick taker this season with Alexis Mac Allister leaving.
Joao Pedro arrives from Watford and has immediately scored twice from the spot in pre-season.
He's even spoken about the situation, saying: “If the boss calls me, I'm all right to take the penalties. Watford trusted me to take penalties so I'm ready to take them here.”
And he's faultless so far in his career, scoring three from three – albeit with all having come in the Championship for the Hornets.
