Dirtiest Premier League team of the season: Arsenal, Chelsea and Everton stars feature in talkSPORT’s XI

Picking up the odd yellow card is part and parcel of competing at the highest level.

Whether it is stopping a dangerous counter-attack or something more innocent – it can be quite easy to rack up a hoard of cautions to your name.

But what about the players who take it to the next level?

With an array of bad boys to choose from, talkSPORT has put together the Premier League’s dirtiest team of the season.

Scroll through the gallery, above, to check out the line-up.

11 Goalkeeper: Fraser Forster (Southampton) – click the arrow above, right, to check out talkSPORT's full Dirtiest Premier League team of the season – Three yellow cards.

11 Defender: Miguel Britos (Watford) – Two red cards and six yellow cards.

11 Defender: Shkodran Mustafi (Arsenal) – 11 yellow cards.

11 Defender: Jose Holebas (Watford) – 14 yellow cards.

11 Defender: Danny Simpson (Leicester City) – 11 yellow cards.

11 Midfield: Harry Arter (Bournemouth) – One red card and 11 yellow cards.

11 Midfield: Idrissa Gueye (Everton) – 11 yellow cards.

11 Midfield: Oriol Romeu (Southampton) – 11 yellow cards.

11 Midfield: Gareth Barry (Everton) – 11 yellow cards.

11 Striker: Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace) – 10 yellow cards.