2017–18 Premier League

Premier League

Season	2017–18
Dates	11 August 2017 – 13 May 2018
Champions	Manchester City 3rd Premier League title 5th English title
Champions League	Manchester City Manchester United
Matches played	365
Goals scored	976 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohamed Salah (32 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Manchester City 5–0 Liverpool (9 September 2017) Manchester City 5–0 Crystal Palace (23 September 2017) Manchester City 7–2 Stoke City (14 October 2017) Arsenal 5–0 Huddersfield Town (29 November 2017) Liverpool 5–0 Swansea City (26 December 2017) Chelsea 5–0 Stoke City (30 December 2017) Liverpool 5–0 Watford (17 March 2018) Manchester City 5–0 Swansea City (22 April 2018) Crystal Palace 5–0 Leicester City (28 April 2018)
Biggest away win	Watford 0–6 Manchester City (16 September 2017)
Highest scoring	Manchester City 7–2 Stoke City (14 October 2017)
Longest winning run	18 matches Manchester City
Longest unbeaten run	22 matches Manchester City
Longest winless run	20 matches West Bromwich Albion
Longest losing run	8 matches West Bromwich Albion
Highest attendance	83,222[2] Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Arsenal (10 February 2018)
Lowest attendance	10,242[2] Bournemouth 2–1 West Bromwich Albion (17 March 2018)
Total attendance	13,526,412[2]
Average attendance	38,210[2]
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2018.

The 2017-18 Premier League is the 26th Premier League as Chelsea are the defending Champions. The season started on 11 August 2017 and finished on 13 May 2018. Newcastle United F.C. Brighton and Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town got promoted to the Premier League from the English Football League. Brighton are playing in the Premier League for the first time in their history.

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C)	38	32	4	2	106	27	+79	100	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester United	38	25	6	7	68	28	+40	81
3	Tottenham Hotspur	38	23	8	7	74	36	+38	77
4	Liverpool	38	21	12	5	84	38	+46	75
5	Chelsea	38	21	7	10	62	38	+24	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Arsenal	38	19	6	13	74	51	+23	63
7	Burnley	38	14	12	12	36	39	−3	54	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	58	−14	49
9	Leicester City	38	12	11	15	56	60	−4	47
10	Newcastle United	38	12	8	18	39	47	−8	44
11	Crystal Palace	38	11	11	16	45	55	−10	44
12	Bournemouth	38	11	11	16	45	61	−16	44
13	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	48	68	−20	42
14	Watford	38	11	8	19	44	64	−20	41
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	13	16	34	54	−20	40
16	Huddersfield Town	38	9	10	19	28	58	−30	37
17	Southampton	38	7	15	16	37	56	−19	36
18	Swansea City (R)	38	8	9	21	28	56	−28	33	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Stoke City (R)	38	7	12	19	35	68	−33	33
20	West Bromwich Albion (R)	38	6	13	19	31	56	−25	31

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).^[3]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup (Chelsea or Manchester United) and the winners of the 2017–18 EFL Cup (Manchester City) qualified for European competition based on league position, the berths awarded to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) and the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) were passed down the league.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BOU	BHA	BUR	CHE	CRY	EVE	HUD	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	SOU	STK	SWA	TOT	WAT	WBA	WHU
Arsenal	—	3–0	2–0	5–0	2–2	4–1	5–1	5–0	4–3	3–3	0–3	1–3	1–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–1
Bournemouth	2–1	—	2–1	1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–4	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–4	0–2	2–1	3–3
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	2–2	—	0–0	0–4	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–5	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–1
Burnley	0–1	1–2	0–0	—	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–3	1–0	0–1	1–1
Chelsea	0–0	0–3	2–0	2–3	—	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	5–0	1–0	1–3	4–2	3–0	1–1
Crystal Palace	2–3	2–2	3–2	1–0	2–1	—	2–2	0–3	5–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–2
Everton	2–5	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	—	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–0	3–1	0–3	3–2	1–1	4–0
Huddersfield Town	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–2	—	1–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–4	1–0	1–0	1–4
Leicester City	3–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	2–0	3–0	—	2–3	0–2	2–2	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	0–2
Liverpool	4–0	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	2–1	—	4–3	0–0	2–0	3–0	0–0	5–0	2–2	5–0	0–0	4–1
Manchester City	3–1	4–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	5–0	1–1	0–0	5–1	5–0	—	2–3	3–1	2–1	7–2	5–0	4–1	3–1	3–0	2–1
Manchester United	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–2	—	4–1	0–0	3–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	4–0
Newcastle United	2–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	3–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	0–1	3–0
Southampton	1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–3	1–2	4–1	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–2	—	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–0	3–2
Stoke City	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	1–2	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–2	0–1	2–1	—	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–1	0–3
Swansea City	3–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–4	0–4	0–1	0–1	1–2	—	0–2	1–2	1–0	4–1
Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	4–0	2–0	5–4	4–1	1–3	2–0	1–0	5–2	5–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–1	1–1
Watford	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	4–1	0–0	1–0	1–4	2–1	3–3	0–6	2–4	2–1	2–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–0	2–0
West Bromwich Albion	1–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	0–4	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–4	2–2	2–3	1–2	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	—	0–0
West Ham United	0–0	1–1	0–3	0–3	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	1–1	1–4	1–4	0–0	2–3	3–0	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–0	2–1	—

Source: Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season record

As of 23 April 2018

Scoring

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[1]
1	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	32
2	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	30
3	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	21
4	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	20
5	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	18
6	Romelu Lukaku	Manchester United	16
7	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool	15
8	Alexandre Lacazette	Arsenal	14
9	Gabriel Jesus	Manchester City	13
10	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	12
	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City
	Glenn Murray	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	Watford	6–0 (A)	16 September 2017	[4]
Álvaro Morata	Chelsea	Stoke City	4–0 (A)	23 September 2017	[5]
Callum Wilson	Bournemouth	Huddersfield Town	4–0 (H)	18 November 2017	[6]
Wayne Rooney	Everton	West Ham United	4–0 (H)	29 November 2017	[7]
Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	Burnley	3–0 (A)	23 December 2017	[8]
		Southampton	5–2 (H)	26 December 2017	[9]
Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	Newcastle United	3–1 (H)	20 January 2018	[10]
Aaron Ramsey	Arsenal	Everton	5–1 (H)	3 February 2018	[11]
Sergio Agüero^4	Manchester City	Leicester City	5–1 (H)	10 February 2018	[12]
Mohamed Salah^4	Liverpool	Watford	5–0 (H)	17 March 2018	[13]

Note

⁴ Player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home ; (A) – Away

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[14]
1	Kevin De Bruyne	Manchester City	16
2	Leroy Sané	Manchester City	15
3	David Silva	Manchester City	11
	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City
5	Dele Alli	Tottenham Hotspur	10
	Christian Eriksen	Tottenham Hotspur
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
	Paul Pogba	Manchester United
	Riyad Mahrez	Leicester City
10	Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Manchester United/Arsenal	9

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[15]
1	David de Gea	Manchester United	18
2	Ederson	Manchester City	16
3	Thibaut Courtois	Chelsea	15
	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur
5	Petr Čech	Arsenal	11
	Nick Pope	Burnley
7	Ben Foster	West Bromwich Albion	10
	Loris Karius	Liverpool
	Jonas Lössl	Huddersfield Town
	Jordan Pickford	Everton
	Mathew Ryan	Brighton & Hove Albion

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 11^[16]
  • Oriol Romeu (Southampton)
• Most red cards: 2^[17]
  • Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City)
  • Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle United)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 73^[18]
  • West Bromwich Albion
  • West Ham United

• Most red cards: 5^[19]
  • Leicester City

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		References
	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club
August	David Wagner	Huddersfield Town	Sadio Mané	Liverpool	Charlie Daniels	Bournemouth	[20][21][22]
September	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	Antonio Valencia	Manchester United	[23][24][25]
October			Leroy Sané	Manchester City	Sofiane Boufal	Southampton	[26][27][28]
November			Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Wayne Rooney	Everton	[29][30][31]
December			Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	Jermain Defoe	Bournemouth	[32][33][34]
January	Eddie Howe	Bournemouth	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	Willian	Chelsea	[35][36][37]
February	Chris Hughton	Brighton & Hove Albion	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Victor Wanyama	Tottenham Hotspur	[38][39][40]
March	Sean Dyche	Burnley			Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	[41][42][43]
April	Darren Moore	West Bromwich Albion	Wilfried Zaha	Crystal Palace	Christian Eriksen	Tottenham Hotspur	[44][45][46]

PFA Team of the Year

The PFA Team of the Year was:

• Goalkeeper: David de Gea (Manchester United)
• Defence: Kyle Walker (Manchester City), Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham Hotspur), Marcos Alonso (Chelsea)
• Midfield: David Silva (Manchester City), Christian Eriksen (Tottenham Hotspur), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City)
• Attack: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), Sergio Agüero (Manchester City)

PFA Player of the Year

The PFA Players' Player of the Year was awarded to Mohamed Salah.^[47]

PFA Young Player of the Year

The PFA Young Player of the Year was awarded to Leroy Sané.^[48]

FWA Footballer of the Year

The FWA Footballer of the Year was awarded to Mohamed Salah.ref>"Daniels strike voted Carling Goal of the Month". Premier League. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.ref>"Daniels strike voted Carling Goal of the Month". Premier League. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 8 September 2017.^[49]

Other websites

• Official website

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