Who made Opta's team of the season?

Statisticians Opta person travel up with a Premier League squad of the play based connected information collected during the people of the campaign.

Check retired their XI beneath - and you tin spot Troy Deeney's squad of the twelvemonth here, too, with 8 players the same.

Nottingham Forest qualified for European shot for the archetypal clip since the 1995-96 run and a important crushed for that was the show of their defence.

Goalkeeper Sels lone kept 1 cleanable expanse successful 16 games successful 23-24 but this play he's been had 13, the associated astir by a Forest goalkeeper successful a Premier League season, level with Mark Crossley successful 94-95.

He besides shared the accolade of the Premier League's Golden Glove grant - the lone different goalkeeper who could lucifer his 13 cleanable sheets was Arsenal's David Raya.

Sels made 120 saves - with lone 3 goalkeepers making much - and enjoyed a prevention percent of 72.1%, down lone Jordan Pickford among ever-present goalkeepers successful 24-25. He besides prevented 4.3 goals according to Opta's xGoT (expected goals connected target) goalkeeping model.

In his last play astatine Liverpool before a apt determination to Real Madrid, Alexander-Arnold signed disconnected arsenic a Premier League champion. He contributed to 9 of Liverpool's 86 goals successful 24-25 (three goals, six assists), with lone 2 defenders progressive successful much implicit the people of the season.

His exceptional passing quality was erstwhile again connected amusement crossed the season. Among defenders, helium ranked successful the apical 3 for each of:

It was different second-place decorativeness for Arsenal - their 3rd successful a enactment since Saliba's debut successful August 2022 - but yet again it was a superb idiosyncratic play for the France centre-back.

Only 3 cardinal defenders kept much cleanable sheets than Saliba (12), portion the Gunners conceded 1 extremity for each 113 minutes helium was the pitch, the champion ratio of immoderate cardinal defender successful the Premier League.

Saliba was besides 2nd crossed each players for palmy passes with 2,409 and helium completed an unthinkable 94.6% of his walk attempts, the 3rd champion ratio connected grounds by a subordinate to effort astatine slightest 2,000 successful a play since 03-04 and the champion by an Arsenal subordinate successful a azygous play successful that time.

The caller 1-0 triumph implicit Newcastle was besides Saliba's 100th Premier League crippled and his 68th victory, equalling the grounds for wins successful a player's archetypal 100 Arsenal games and going level with Sol Campbell and Lauren.

Van Dijk was truthful adjacent to becoming the archetypal subordinate successful Premier League past to play each azygous infinitesimal of 2 antithetic title-winning seasons until helium was fixed a remainder for the 3-2 decision to Brighton connected 19 May.

For a 4th consecutive season, the Dutchman completed the astir passes of immoderate Liverpool subordinate successful the Premier League, portion this play helium ranked apical league-wide with 2,680.

He remains incredibly effectual successful duels, winning 68.7% this season, ranking him apical among players to contention astatine slightest 250, portion aerially helium besides ranked archetypal for percent of aerial duels won, winning 119 retired of 165 (72%).

Although it was trophyless play for Manchester City, the performances of Gvardiol were 1 agleam spark.

Gvardiol ended the play arsenic the joint-highest scoring defender with 5 goals, portion lone Steve Howey successful 00-01 (six) has ever scored much among defenders for City successful a Premier League season.

Gvardiol was cardinal successful moving City into attacking areas, ranking 2nd among defenders for some ball-carry region (7,462 metres) and shot transportation advancement (4,215 metres). He besides made 717 palmy passes successful the last 3rd and 263 line-breaking passes successful the last 3rd - the astir of immoderate defender this season.

Operating successful a deeper lying relation nether manager Arne Slot, Gravenberch enjoyed a superb play and was an integral portion of Liverpool's 24-25 rubric win, starting 37 of 38 games and featuring successful each 25 victories.

The Dutchman led each midfielders for interceptions (60), with his tally past bettered by a Liverpool midfielder successful 15-16 (Emre Can, 62).

He won possession backmost for his broadside connected 193 occasions - the associated 4th champion of immoderate antiaircraft midfielder successful 24-25 - portion successful possession helium completed the third-most passes of immoderate midfielder (1,704) and made the astir progressive carries of 10 oregon much metres of immoderate antiaircraft midfielder (118).

Only Bukayo Saka and Martin Odegaard had much Premier League assists for Arsenal this play than Rice (seven), portion his 59 chances created and 16 large chances created are his champion idiosyncratic totals successful a league campaign.

Arsenal's prowess from set-pieces is nary concealed and nor is Rice's relation successful it - helium created 26 chances from acceptable plays, with lone 3 players creating more, portion his expected assists fig from acceptable plays led the mode among each players (3.2).

The England midfielder was besides cardinal successful moving Arsenal upfield. He progressed the shot 2,740 metres with shot carries, the astir of immoderate Gunners subordinate and third-most of immoderate cardinal midfielder.

With 20 goals and 7 assists, Mbeumo enjoyed a superb idiosyncratic campaign, breaking the grounds for goals and assists combined by a Brentford subordinate successful a Premier League season. Only erstwhile did helium spell 3 appearances successful a enactment without scoring oregon assisting.

The Cameroon guardant created 70 chances, besides a grounds by a Bees subordinate successful 1 season, portion it is simply a full that lone 4 players bettered successful 24-25, and his expected assists full of 9.3 was the associated champion of immoderate player.

Mbeumo was besides deadly successful beforehand of goal, uncovering the nett with 23.5% of his shots (20/85), the champion fig of immoderate subordinate to effort astatine slightest 70 shots. He exceeded his expected extremity (xG) full by much than 7 goals (20 goals, 12.3 xG), the champion overperformance successful the full division.

He continued his fantabulous grounds successful London derbies, too. Mbeumo scored against each six opponents (Arsenal, Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Tottenham and West Ham) to go the archetypal subordinate successful Premier League past to people against six antithetic teams successful London derbies successful 1 campaign.

Cunha's outstanding performances for Wolves this play person enactment him connected the verge of a determination to Manchester United.

Despite Wolves not erstwhile entering the apical fractional each season, the Brazilian contributed to 15 goals and six assists which helped them determination wide of relegation. Only Raul Jimenez successful 19-20 (17 goals, six assists) has ever been progressive successful much goals successful a Premier League run for Wolves.

Cunha is the archetypal subordinate since Charlie Austin successful 14-15 for Queen's Park Rangers to get 20 oregon much goals and assists successful a play wherever they ne'er played a infinitesimal successful the apical fractional of the table.

Among players to play 2,500 minutes successful the Premier League this season, Cunha ranked apical - per 90 minutes - for shots attempted (3.8), 3rd for shots connected people (1.5) and 2nd for fouls won (2.5).

Of his 15 Premier League goals - a associated grounds by a Brazilian subordinate - 5 of them were from extracurricular the box, the associated astir of immoderate subordinate successful 24-25 on with Bruno Fernandes, idiosyncratic who whitethorn beryllium his teammate travel the commencement of adjacent season.

The records person tumbled for Isak successful 24-25. Isak began the play connected 31 goals but ended it with 54 and successful the process became the starring Swedish Premier League scorer, overtaking Freddie Ljungberg's full of 48 with a treble against Nottingham Forest successful February.

In that aforesaid game, Isak's 2 goals took him to 50 successful conscionable 76 appearances, the fastest immoderate Newcastle subordinate has reached 50 Premier League goals, breaking Alan Shearer's grounds of 87.

The Sweden guardant besides achieved thing other Shearer ne'er managed - scoring successful 8 consecutive Premier League appearances, doing truthful betwixt 4 December and 15 January.

Isak was conscionable the 4th subordinate to execute that feat aft Ruud van Nistelrooy, Daniel Sturridge and Jamie Vardy. In December, Isak scored 8 goals - much than 7 clubs managed that period - and won the Player of the Month.

Isak ended the play connected 23 Premier League goals, the astir by a Magpies subordinate since Shearer's 23 successful 01-02, and lone Mohamed Salah scored much successful 24-25.

He needed conscionable 46 shots connected people to people those 23, with that the second-best conversion complaint (50%) from shots connected people of immoderate Newcastle subordinate to person 25 oregon much shots successful a play since 03-04.

Possibly the easiest prime of each clip for a player's inclusion successful a statistical squad of the season, Salah enjoyed 1 of the finest idiosyncratic seasons successful Premier League history. Many of his astonishing records from 24-25 whitethorn not beryllium beaten for galore years.

The Egyptian was progressive successful 47 Premier League goals (29 goals, 18 assists), a grounds successful a 38-game run to overtake the 44 extremity and assistance seasons of Thierry Henry successful 2002-03 and Erling Haaland successful 2022-23.

Including 42-game seasons, Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer had 34 goals and 13 assists successful 93-94 and 94-95 respectively, which Salah matched with his equaliser against Crystal Palace connected the last day.

With these goals and assists totals, it's small astonishment that Salah topped the charts outright for some metrics successful 24-25, lone the 3rd clip a subordinate has achieved that, on with Cole successful 93-94 and Harry Kane successful 20-21.

Salah scored and assisted successful 11 antithetic Premier League games this season, 4 much than immoderate different subordinate has done truthful successful a season. Across Europe's large 5 leagues, it was the astir since Lionel Messi did truthful 11 times successful 14-15 for Barcelona.

Sixteen of Salah's 29 Premier League goals were scored distant from home, a associated record, portion helium besides added 11 distant assists, again a associated record.

Salah's 27 is the astir goals and assists combined distant from location successful 1 season.

Although Salah did not bushed topple the all-time assistance grounds successful a play of 20, each 18 of his assists came from unfastened play - that's the 2nd astir down Thierry Henry successful 02-03 (20).

Salah was besides the Premier League's astir originative subordinate successful unfastened play, making 86 chances and astir large chances (27) for his team-mates. Salah had the astir shots (130), registered the champion xG (25.4) and had the astir touches successful the absorption container (394).