By Sam McGuire
Premier League winners Liverpool, as anticipated, have essentially the most representatives within the XI. The massive shock, although, was that runners-up Arsenal don’t have a single participant concerned whereas fifteenth positioned Manchester United have one.
So, with out additional ado, right here’s your 2024/25 FotMob Group of the Season.
Goalkeeper: Jordan Pickford
David Raya and Matz Sels shared the Golden Glove award with 13 clear sheets every. However the man retaining aim for us is Jordan Pickford.
The Everton shot stopper recorded 12 clear sheets and will get the nod right here due to how busy he was in comparison with the opposite two in competition. The England worldwide made 122 saves and had a save share of 73.5%. He prevented 6.15 targets this time period together with his exploits between the sticks. His inclusion is deserved.
Proper-Again: Trent Alexander-Arnold
Maybe controversial given he’s not been at his greatest this time period, however Alexander-Arnold has carried out sufficient to be included within the FotMob XI. The Liverpool full-back, who’s leaving the membership for Actual Madrid, completed with six assists, although that was as a result of poor ending of his teammates greater than the rest.
He had an Anticipated Assists complete of seven.4, the sixth highest within the Premier League. The best-back additionally crested 53 possibilities. An excellent finish to his profession with the Reds.
Centre-Again: Virgil Van Dijk
Van Dijk captained Liverpool to the Premier League title. He made 37 begins, solely sitting out the 3-2 loss to Brighton just lately,
The Dutchman, who just lately signed a brand new take care of the Reds, had a move success charge of 92%. He chipped in with three targets and registered an help. The Liverpool No.4 was dominant defensively, successful 68% of his floor duels and 72% of his aerial duels.
Centre-Again: Joško Gvardiol
A dangerous inclusion, possibly?
Gvardiol performed a big chunk at left-back however did end the marketing campaign strongly at centre-back, so he’s entering into this group alongside Van Dijk.
The previous RB Leipzig artificial 37 appearances and scored 5 targets. Extremely, he had an Anticipated Targets complete of 4.6 and an Anticipated Assists complete of two.91. Gvardiol had a 91% move success charge, a 64% success charge in dribbles, and he received 67% of his tackles and 61% of his duels.
Left-Again: Antonee Robinson
Robinson is just one of eight gamers within the Premier League this season to hit double digits for assists this time period. He’s the one defender on the record.
The Fulham full-back created 43 possibilities within the Premier League and completed with a FotMob score of seven.34. Robinson, preferred by quite a lot of golf equipment per experiences, received 64% of his tackles and 67% of his aerial duels.
Midfield: Moises Caicedo
Consider it or not, Caicedo is perhaps justifying his price ticket. The Chelsea man has bossed it this time period. He made 38 begins for the Blues and had a hit charge of 64% in tackles. He additionally received 59% of his duels and 64% of his aerial duels. The previous Brighton man was averaging 1.31 interceptions and two tackles per 90. He additionally had a 90% move success for Enzo Maresca‘s aspect.
With and with out the ball, he was unbelievable.
Midfield: Bruno Fernandes
The Manchester United captain is perhaps on his approach this summer season however he’s had one other season to recollect for the Purple Devils with eight targets and 10 assists.
Fernandes ranked first within the Premier League for possibilities created (91) and was fourth for Anticipated Assists with eight. He was a talisman for the group, beneath each Erik ten Hag and Ruben Amorim.
Assault: Mohamed Salah
The obvious inclusion right here. Salah topped the charts for targets (29), assists (18) and he was the best rated FotMob participant with a median score of 8.0.
Salah was an everyday within the FotMob Group of the Week. He ranked first for Anticipated Targets, second for Anticipated Assists and first for Huge Probabilities Created. He was additionally joint-second for Probabilities Created with 89.
The Liverpool No. 11 was unstoppable, inevitable and relentless.
Assault: Cole Palmer
Palmer didn’t hit the heights of final season however he was nonetheless unbelievable for Chelsea. The versatile forwards completed with a FotMob score of seven.64, a median that solely Salah may higher.
He had 23 aim involvements, with 15 targets and eight assists. The one-time Manchester Metropolis teenager was joint-second for Probabilities Created, second for Huge Probabilities Created and joint-second for Anticipated Assists.
Assault: Bryan Mbeumo
Mbeumo was one of many shock packages of the season. The Brentford attacker scored 20 targets on his technique to 27 aim involvements in what could possibly be his last marketing campaign with the Bees. He made it 20 with a aim towards Wolves on the ultimate day. Throughout the 2022/23 and 2023/24 seasons, he scored simply 18.
The 25-year-old ranked first for Anticipated Assists with 9.3. Sure, greater than the principle man Salah.
Contemplating he performed quite a lot of roles for Brentford this time period, he did a outstanding job.
Assault: Erling Haaland
Haaland could have didn’t make it three successive Golden Boots, however he did make it into the FotMob Group of the Season. The Manchester Metropolis ahead discovered the again of the online on 22 events in what was an damage hit marketing campaign. Regardless of the frustration of showing in simply 2,700 minutes within the English top-flight, the 24-year-old completed with the best Anticipated Targets per 90 common of 0.72.
(Photos from IMAGO)
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