Premier League: Who made Opta's statistical team of the season?

Statisticians Opta person travel up with a Premier League squad of the play utilizing their stats from the campaign.

For anyone wondering, 7 of them besides made Garth Crooks' squad of the year.

Opta's Premier League squad of the season

David Raya (Brentford)

One of lone 4 players to play each infinitesimal of the 2022-23 Premier League campaign, Brentford goalkeeper David Raya was a immense portion of the Bees' highest top-flight decorativeness since 1938.

The Spaniard made the astir saves of immoderate goalkeeper (154) and had the champion prevention percent (77%) of immoderate goalkeeper to play astatine slightest 5 times crossed the campaign.

Raya's quality to play agelong passes has besides suited Brentford, who played the astir agelong passes of immoderate Premier League broadside successful 2022-23. Raya completed 410 agelong passes, the astir by a goalkeeper successful a play since 2017-18 (Jonas Lossl, 420 for Huddersfield).

Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United)

It has been an unthinkable play for Newcastle, gaining qualification to the Champions League for the archetypal clip since 2002-03, with full-back Trippier the lone subordinate to commencement each azygous crippled for the Magpies.

Trippier has been a changeless outlet, with lone 3 players having much touches of the shot successful the Premier League this play than the England right-back.

Across the past 20 Premier League seasons since 2003-04 (when Opta began collecting this data), Trippier this play has created the astir chances from set-plays (76) and played the astir passes played into the container (551) by a subordinate successful a play connected record, portion his 138 palmy crosses are the astir by a subordinate successful a play since Jermaine Pennant successful 2005-06 (146).

Manuel Akanji (Manchester City)

It has been an fantabulous archetypal play successful English shot for Manuel Akanji, lifting the Premier League rubric with Manchester City and perchance winning the Treble if each goes to plan.

The Switzerland planetary has ended connected the winning broadside successful 24 of his 29 Premier League games this play (83%), with City winning 2.5 points per crippled with him successful the side. In the 9 games helium hasn't featured, they've won conscionable 4 (44%).

Akanji is exceptional connected the ball, completing 93.3% of his passes, which is the champion walk accuracy of immoderate of the 262 players who person attempted astatine slightest 500 this season. Between his archetypal (17 September) and last appearances (21 May) this season, lone Lewis Dunk and team-mate Rodri completed much passes than Akanji (1,886), portion lone Dunk had much shot carries than helium did (601), with Akanji ranking 3rd for shot transportation region (6,263m) and 2nd for shot transportation progression (3,531m) successful that time.

Ruben Dias (Manchester City)

Ruben Dias has present won the Premier League rubric successful each 3 seasons successful England, with 68 wins successful his 87 Premier League appearances giving him the fourth-best triumph ratio of immoderate subordinate to play astatine slightest 50 times successful the contention (78%).

This season, Manchester City won 85% of the games helium featured successful (22/26), compared to conscionable 50% of the ones helium didn't (6/12), with 4 of their 5 defeats coming without the Portuguese defender successful the team. Of the 33 goals City conceded, much than fractional (17) came without him connected the transportation successful those 12 games, conceding conscionable 16 times successful his 26 appearances.

Although helium missed 12 games, Dias inactive ranked an awesome seventh connected the database of players with the astir palmy passes (1,921), completing 93% of those. Dias has attempted (93) and completed (87) the astir passes per 90 minutes successful the Premier League this season, portion lone team-mate Aymeric Laporte has ever posted higher numbers successful a Premier League play among cardinal defenders successful the past 20 seasons.

Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal)

Oleksandr Zinchenko maintained his grounds of finishing successful the apical 2 successful each play helium has featured.

Zinchenko played 27 times for the Gunners, completing the astir passes (64), astir passes successful the absorption fractional (38), playing the astir passes into the last 3rd (26) and having the astir touches (92) per 90 minutes of immoderate Arsenal subordinate to play astatine slightest 1,000 minutes this season.

He had 16 build-up extremity involvements for Arsenal this season, with lone 4 players having much successful the Premier League this season, contempt him missing 11 games. He besides played the astir progressive passes of immoderate left-back (121) and ranked 4th for secondary chances created (25) among each full-backs.

Declan Rice (West Ham United)

Midfielder Declan Rice has maintained his precocious levels of performance, missing conscionable 1 crippled and scoring 4 goals, arsenic galore arsenic helium had scored successful his erstwhile 3 campaigns.

Rice is coveted by astir of the Premier League's apical clubs and it's casual to spot why: the England midfielder's industrious enactment is backed up successful the stats, winning possession much often than anyone other (334), making the astir interceptions (63) and lone 8 players made much tackles (79) than helium did crossed the campaign. Indeed, that possession won full is the astir by a subordinate successful a play since 2017-18 (Abdoulaye Doucoure, 345) and the sixth-most successful a play connected grounds since 2003-04.

Rice is besides prolific successful carrying the ball, ranking 2nd for shot carries (702), shot transportation region (7,136m) and shot transportation advancement region (3,827m) among midfielders, down Rodri. Only 3 midfielders made much palmy agelong passes than Rice (151). Rice besides covered the third-most region successful the Premier League this season, a full of 412km, which is astir the region of moving 10 marathons.

Rodri (Manchester City)

For a 4th consecutive campaign, Rodri topped the charts for palmy passes by a midfielder successful a Premier League season, completing 2,717, his champion tally successful a campaign. Indeed, successful the past 20 seasons, the lone midfielder to implicit much passes successful a play was Jorginho successful 2018-19 (2,782). His full of 1,475 palmy passes successful the absorption fractional this play is 413 up of anyone else.

Rodri is besides important to City winning possession backmost to commencement their attacks. The Spaniard won possession of the shot 301 times, 2nd lone to Declan Rice, portion regaining possession 187 times successful the mediate 3rd of the transportation was the astir of immoderate player.

On 50 occasions helium won the shot back, it started a series that ended successful a shot, 2nd to Bruno Fernandes (57), though City scored 11 times from those sequences, which was the astir of immoderate player.

Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City)

It is the 4th clip De Bruyne has assisted arsenic galore arsenic 16 goals successful a Premier League season, doubly arsenic galore times arsenic anyone other has managed that (Cesc Fabregas did it twice). De Bruyne created 98 chances this season, the third-most of immoderate player, but topped the charts for some assists (16) and expected assists (14.1) to bask yet different productive season, besides chipping successful with 7 goals.

Undoubtedly 1 of the main stories of De Bruyne's play has been his link-up with Erling Haaland. Half of De Bruyne's assists were for Haaland, the astir from 1 subordinate to different successful the Premier League this play and astir for a Man City duo successful a play successful Premier League history.

He created 26 chances for the Norwegian, with lone David Silva creating much chances for a team-mate for City successful a Premier League play connected grounds (since 2006-07), creating 28 for Sergio Aguero successful 2011-12.

Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)

With 15 goals and 7 assists successful 2022-23, Martin Odegaard doubled his extremity engagement tally from 2021-22 (seven goals, 4 assists). The Norwegian ranked 5th for chances created (76), 4th for palmy passes successful the opposition's fractional (1,017), had the associated astir secondary assists (nine) and was the Premier League's highest scoring midfielder (15).

He was progressive successful 2 oregon much goals successful 3 consecutive appearances successful November and December, lone the sixth Gunners subordinate to execute that successful the Premier League epoch and archetypal midfielder since Cesc Fabregas did truthful successful 2007.

Odegaard was integral to the build-up of Arsenal's attacking play, progressive successful 232 unsocial shot-ending sequences, the second-most of immoderate Premier League subordinate down Bruno Fernandes, portion 33 of those sequences ended with a goal, with lone Erling Haaland progressive successful much (39).

Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur)

Harry Kane began the play 25 goals down Wayne Rooney successful the Premier League scoring charts and 3 down him successful England's all-time scoring database and has toppled him successful some lists.

Kane's 2nd 30-goal Premier League play has seen him people successful 26 antithetic games (a associated grounds with Andy Cole successful 1993-94), go the archetypal subordinate to people 100 distant goals (currently 112), interruption the grounds for headed goals successful a play (10) and, for a 2nd time, inactive not triumph the Golden Boot erstwhile scoring 30.

All of this done successful a Tottenham squad that has finished eighth successful the league, with this the lowest successful a array a squad has finished with a subordinate scoring 30 goals since Ron Davies scored 37 successful 1966-67 for Southampton. Kane's besides done it without scoring a azygous hat-trick, a grounds for goals scored successful a Premier League run without one.

Kane had the astir shots (130) and shots connected people (63) successful the Premier League this season, and lone 7 players created much chances successful unfastened play. Kane covered 395km successful the Premier League this season, the astir region covered by a striker.

Erling Haaland (Manchester City)

Haaland has breached galore Premier League records and frightened defences and statisticians alike this season. His 36 goals are the astir by a subordinate successful a play successful Premier League past (and astir successful the apical formation since Ron Davies scored 37 successful 1966-67), portion his 8 assists springiness him 44 extremity involvements, equalling Thierry Henry's full successful 2002-03.

Haaland present has the grounds for the astir goals scored successful a player's archetypal 5 games (nine), 10 games (15), 20 games (25), 25 games (27) and 30 games (34), breaking records that person stood for years. His 9 goals successful August 2022 has been bettered lone erstwhile successful a period successful the Premier League, with Luis Suarez netting 10 successful December 2013, portion it was the astir by a subordinate successful their debut period successful the competition.

He scored hat-tricks successful consecutive games successful August against Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest, the youngest subordinate to execute that successful the Premier League astatine 22, portion helium scored his 3rd hat-trick - against metropolis rivals Man Utd - successful conscionable his eighth appearance, 40 games faster than immoderate different subordinate has deed 3 hat-tricks. He ended the run with 4 hat-tricks, 1 down the grounds acceptable by Alan Shearer successful 1995-96 (five).

Haaland averaged 27 touches per 90 minutes successful the Premier League this season, the associated lowest of immoderate subordinate to play astatine slightest 2,000 minutes, with conscionable implicit 5% of the touches helium had (830) ending successful a extremity oregon assistance for a team-mate (44). He scored a extremity erstwhile each 23 touches connected average, the fewest by immoderate subordinate to person had 100 touches successful a Premier League play connected grounds since 2003-04, portion 27% of his touches were successful the absorption box, the highest ratio of immoderate subordinate this campaign.

Here are a mates of alternate XIs Opta came up with too... (Players successful squad of the play supra not included)

Bottom fractional XI: Kepa Arrizabalaga, Reece James, Marc Guehi, Kurt Zouma, Aaron Cresswell, Dwight McNeil, James Maddison, Eberechi Eze, Wilfried Zaha, Rodrigo, Taiwo Awoniyi.

Players aged 23 oregon younger XI: Gavin Bazunu, Sven Botman, William Saliba, Marc Guehi, Moises Caicedo, Phil Foden, Romeo Lavia, Joe Willock, Gabriel Martinelli, Alexander Isak, Evan Ferguson.