 and even Maddison on 13 per cent. The Leicester ace's first professional goal at Coventry was a free-kick way back in October 2014. Since then he has beaten the wall a further 15 times - including eight from 61 efforts in the Premier League and two this season. Maddison has scored the most free-kick goals of the English group in top-flight club football. Alexander-Arnold is on four from 50 attempts (eight per cent) while Kane's return of one from 54 works out as less than two per cent. Trippier, meanwhile, has experience of scoring a free-kick at the World Cup thanks to his stunning effort in the semi-final against Croatia four years ago. And the defender, who could play at right-back, left-back or wing-back in Qatar, backs himself to deliver the goods again this winter - if he can convince Maddison to let him take one. FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS - BEST NEW CUSTOMER OFFERS Trippier said: 'He's probably one of the best in the world, Madders. 'If we're both playing and he wants a free kick, we'll just have to do rock, paper, scissors on the pitch! 'To be fair to Jason Tindall and Eddie Howe, we spend a l){kind=link}
IF ENGLAND get a free-kick at the World Cup, only one man should be in contention to take it.
And it’s not Harry Kane, not Mason Mount and not even set-piece specialists James Maddison or Trent Alexander-Arnold.
Instead, their best chance of scoring comes from Kieran Trippier.
The Newcastle full-back boasts the finest record of them all.
In top-flight football, Trippier has scored four direct free-kicks from 25 efforts.