Who made Opta's team of the season?

Here is the latest breaking news from around the world: Who made Opta's team of the season? ByJonathan CooperStats PerformPublished3 minutes agoStatisticians Opta have come up with a Premier League team of the season based on data collected during the course of the campaign. Check out their XI below - and you can see Troy Deeney's team of the year here, too, with six players the same.

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Published3 hours agoDavid Raya (Arsenal): Raya ended the season with four clean sheets in Arsenal's last five matches - including a season-defining save against West Ham - as the Gunners closed in on their first title since 2004. Overall, Raya amassed 19 clean sheets in the Premier League this season, four more than any other goalkeeper and it was the joint most by an Arsenal goalkeeper in a single season, with David Seaman keeping 19 in both 1993-94 and 1998-99. Raya also joined a select group of Spanish goalkeepers with a Premier League winners' medal - only David de Gea in 2012-13 with Manchester United and Adrian in 2019-20 with Liverpool had picked one up previously.

Raya helps Arsenal get back on track Published8 AprilMatheus Nunes (Man City): Nunes enjoyed a superb season at full-back, starting more games (32) and playing more minutes (2,865) than in his first two seasons at the club combined (26 starts, 2,327 minutes). City were far better off with him in the starting XI - they won 66% (W21 D8 L3) of the games he started, compared to 33% without him (W2 D1 L3). Nunes completed more passes in the opposition half than any other player this season (1,153) while among full-backs he had the joint most open play assists (5), made the most line-breaking passes overall (275), as well as completing the most passes in the final third (600).

He was also the full-back with the most ball carries (514) and carry distance - well over 5,000m. Gabriel (Arsenal): One of the odder statistics of 2025-26 is that Arsenal central defender Gabriel Magalhaes ended the season with more Premier League goals and assists combined than the likes of Jorgen Strand Larsen (5) and Bernardo Silva (6) and as many as Bournemouth striker Evanilson (7). Of his seven goal involvements (3 goals, 4 assists), six unsurprisingly came via set-pieces as the Brazilian caused chaos in opposition boxes, helping the Gunners to score a record 19 corner goals in 2025-26.

It is, of course, at the other end where Gabriel really stands out, ending the season with 17 clean sheets, which was more than any other defender despite being absent from eight starting XIs in 2025-26.

The story has become one of the most prominent items on the global agenda.