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Who made Opta's team of the season?

Statisticians 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 eight players the same.

Graphic showing Opta's Premier League team of the season
Image caption, Four of Liverpool's title winners made Opta's team of the year

Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest)

Matz Sels posing at the City Ground with the Golden Glove trophy
Image caption, Matz Sels won his first Golden Glove with 13 clean sheets

Nottingham Forest qualified for European football for the first time since the 1995-96 campaign and a significant reason for that was the performance of their defence.