2018–19 Premier League

Premier League

Season	2018–19
Dates	10 August 2018 – 12 May 2019
Champions	Manchester City 4th Premier League title
Relegated	Cardiff City Fulham Huddersfield Town
Champions League	Manchester City Liverpool Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur
Europa League	Arsenal Manchester United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,072 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorer	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Sadio Mané Mohamed Salah (22 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Alisson (21 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Manchester City 6–0 Chelsea (10 February 2019)
Biggest away win	Cardiff City 0–5 Manchester City (22 September 2018) Brighton & Hove Albion 0–5 Bournemouth (13 April 2019)
Highest scoring	Everton 2–6 Tottenham Hotspur (23 December 2018) Crystal Palace 5–3 Bournemouth (12 May 2019)
Longest winning run	14 matches[1] Manchester City
Longest unbeaten run	20 matches[1] Liverpool
Longest winless run	14 matches[1] Huddersfield Town
Longest losing run	9 matches[1] Fulham
Highest attendance	81,332 Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Arsenal (2 March 2019)[1]
Lowest attendance	9,980 Bournemouth 2–1 Huddersfield Town (4 December 2018)[1]
Total attendance	14,508,981[1]
Average attendance	38,182[1]
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

The 2018–19 Premier League was the 27th Premier League season. Manchester City won the title while Liverpool was runner-up. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Fulham joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017–18 EFL Championship. They replaced West Bromwich Albion, Swansea City and Stoke City who were relegated to the 2018–19 EFL Championship. The season started on 11 August 2018 and finished on 19 May 2019.^[2]

This season had two aviation accidents that involved people from the Premier League. On 27 October 2018, Leicester City owner Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha was killed in a helicopter crash outside the King Power Stadium, shortly after a 1–1 home draw against West Ham United and then almost three months later, on 21 January 2019, Cardiff City player Emiliano Sala, who had already agreed a deal with Cardiff City following his record signing from Nantes, died on board a Piper PA-46 Malibu aircraft that crashed off Alderney while he was going to England for completing the medical formalities.^[3]

On 30 March 2019, Huddersfield Town were the first team to be relegated, after a 2–0 defeat at Crystal Palace. They were relegated with six games remaining. This made them the only second team to be relegated before the end of March in the history of premier league, the other one being Derby County who were relegated in 2007–08. On 2 April 2019, Fulham followed Huddersfield after a 4-1 defeat at Watford with five games remaining.

Teams

London

Bournemouth

Brighton &
Hove Albion

Burnley

Cardiff City

Everton

Huddersfield Town

Leicester City

Liverpool

Manchester City
Manchester United

Newcastle United

Southampton

Watford

Wolverhampton Wanderers

London teams:
Arsenal
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Fulham
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United

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Locations of the 2018–19 Premier League teams

Twenty teams will compete in the league this season, out of which, seventeen teams will be from the previous season of premier league, and three new teams which get promoted from the EFL Championship. The teams who will play in premier league for this season are :

• Arsenal
• Bournemouth
• Brighton and Hove Albion
• Burnley
• Cardiff
• Chelsea
• Crystal Palace
• Everton
• Fulham
• Huddersfield
• Leicester City
• Liverpool
• Manchester City
• Manchester United
• Newcastle United
• Southampton
• Tottenham Hotspur
• Watford
• West Ham
• Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton played in the Premier League for the first time since 2012.

Teams promoted to the Premier League

• Wolverhampton Wanderers
• Cardiff City
• Fulham

Teams relegated to the EFL Championship

• West Brom
• Stoke City
• Swansea City

Venues

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium	59,867
Bournemouth	Bournemouth	Vitality Stadium	11,360
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	American Express Community Stadium	30,666
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,944
Cardiff City	Cardiff	Cardiff City Stadium	33,300
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge	41,631
Crystal Palace	London (Selhurst)	Selhurst Park	25,456[4]
Everton	Liverpool	Goodison Park	39,572
Fulham	London (Fulham)	Craven Cottage	25,700
Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	John Smith's Stadium	24,169
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,312
Liverpool	Liverpool	Anfield	53,394
Manchester City	Greater Manchester (Manchester)	Etihad Stadium	55,017
Manchester United	Greater Manchester (Trafford)	Old Trafford	74,994
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St. James' Park	52,354
Southampton	Southampton	St. Mary's Stadium	32,384
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	62,062
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	23,700
West Ham United	London (Stratford)	London Stadium	60,000
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux	31,700

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (C)	38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98	Qualification for the Champions League group stage^[broken anchor]
2	Liverpool	38	30	7	1	89	22	+67	97
3	Chelsea	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	23	2	13	67	39	+28	71
5	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	73	51	+22	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6	Manchester United	38	19	9	10	65	54	+11	66
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8	Everton	38	15	9	14	54	46	+8	54
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52
10	West Ham United	38	15	7	16	52	55	−3	52
11	Watford	38	14	8	16	52	59	−7	50
12	Crystal Palace	38	14	7	17	51	53	−2	49
13	Newcastle United	38	12	9	17	42	48	−6	45
14	Bournemouth	38	13	6	19	56	70	−14	45
15	Burnley	38	11	7	20	45	68	−23	40
16	Southampton	38	9	12	17	45	65	−20	39
17	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	9	20	35	60	−25	36
18	Cardiff City (R)	38	10	4	24	34	69	−35	34	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Fulham (R)	38	7	5	26	34	81	−47	26
20	Huddersfield Town (R)	38	3	7	28	22	76	−54	16

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).
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the EFL Cup and the FA Cup, Manchester City, qualified for the Champions League, the spot given to the FA Cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot given to the League Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	BOU	BHA	BUR	CAR	CHE	CRY	EVE	FUL	HUD	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	SOU	TOT	WAT	WHU	WOL
Arsenal	—	5–1	1–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	2–3	2–0	4–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	3–1	1–1
Bournemouth	1–2	—	2–0	1–3	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	4–2	0–4	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	0–5	—	1–3	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–0	1–0
Burnley	1–3	4–0	1–0	—	2–0	0–4	1–3	1–5	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–3	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–0
Cardiff City	2–3	2–0	2–1	1–2	—	1–2	2–3	0–3	4–2	0–0	0–1	0–2	0–5	1–5	0–0	1–0	0–3	1–5	2–0	2–1
Chelsea	3–2	2–0	3–0	2–2	4–1	—	3–1	0–0	2–0	5–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	1–1
Crystal Palace	2–2	5–3	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–1	—	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–1	0–1
Everton	1–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–0	—	3–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	4–0	1–1	2–1	2–6	2–2	1–3	1–3
Fulham	1–5	0–3	4–2	4–2	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	—	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–3	0–4	3–2	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–1
Huddersfield Town	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–4	0–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–0
Leicester City	3–0	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–4	1–2	3–1	3–1	—	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	2–0
Liverpool	5–1	3–0	1–0	4–2	4–1	2–0	4–3	1–0	2–0	5–0	1–1	—	0–0	3–1	4–0	3–0	2–1	5–0	4–0	2–0
Manchester City	3–1	3–1	2–0	5–0	2–0	6–0	2–3	3–1	3–0	6–1	1–0	2–1	—	3–1	2–1	6–1	1–0	3–1	1–0	3–0
Manchester United	2–2	4–1	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	0–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	—	3–2	3–2	0–3	2–1	2–1	1–1
Newcastle United	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–0	2–0	0–2	2–3	2–1	0–2	—	3–1	1–2	1–0	0–3	1–2
Southampton	3–2	3–3	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–3	2–2	0–0	—	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–1
Tottenham Hotspur	1–1	5–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	3–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	—	2–1	0–1	1–3
Watford	0–1	0–4	2–0	0–0	3–2	1–2	2–1	1–0	4–1	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	1–4	1–2
West Ham United	1–0	1–2	2–2	4–2	3–1	0–0	3–2	0–2	3–1	4–3	2–2	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–0	3–0	0–1	0–2	—	0–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	2–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–2	1–0	0–2	4–3	0–2	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	2–3	0–2	3–0	—

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 statistics

As of 6 May 2019

Scoring

Top Scorers

Top scorers

(L–R) Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah shared the award, scoring 22 goals each.

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[5]
1	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Arsenal	22
	Sadio Mané	Liverpool
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
4	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	21
5	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	18
6	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur	17
	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City
8	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	16
9	Callum Wilson	Bournemouth	14
10	Raúl Jiménez	Wolverhampton Wanderers	13
	Alexandre Lacazette	Arsenal
	Glenn Murray	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Paul Pogba	Manchester United
	Richarlison	Everton
	Gylfi Sigurðsson	Everton

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date	Ref
Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	Huddersfield Town	6–1 (H)	19 August 2018	[6]
Eden Hazard	Chelsea	Cardiff City	4–1 (H)	15 September 2018	[7]
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Bournemouth	4–0 (A)	8 December 2018	[8]
Roberto Firmino	Liverpool	Arsenal	5–1 (H)	29 December 2018	[9]
Diogo Jota	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester City	4–3 (H)	19 January 2019	[10]
Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	Arsenal	3–1 (H)	3 February 2019	[11]
Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	Chelsea	6–0 (H)	10 February 2019	[12]
Gerard Deulofeu	Watford	Cardiff City	5–1 (A)	22 February 2019	[13]
Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	Watford	3–1 (H)	9 March 2019	[14]
Lucas Moura	Tottenham Hotspur	Huddersfield Town	4–0 (H)	13 April 2019	[15]
Ayoze Pérez	Newcastle United	Southampton	3–1 (H)	20 April 2019	[16]

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[17]
1	Eden Hazard	Chelsea	15
2	Ryan Fraser	Bournemouth	14
3	Christian Eriksen	Tottenham Hotspur	12
4	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	11
	Andrew Robertson	Liverpool
6	Leroy Sané	Manchester City	10
	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City
8	Paul Pogba	Manchester United	9
	Callum Wilson	Bournemouth
10	Sergio Agüero	Manchester City	8
	Alexandre Lacazette	Arsenal
	João Moutinho	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[18][19]
1	Alisson	Liverpool	20
	Ederson	Manchester City
3	Kepa Arrizabalaga	Chelsea	14
	Jordan Pickford	Everton
5	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	12
6	Martin Dúbravka	Newcastle United	10
7	Neil Etheridge	Cardiff City	9
	Kasper Schmeichel	Leicester City
8	Rui Patrício	Wolverhampton Wanderers	8
9	David de Gea	Manchester United	7
	Łukasz Fabiański	West Ham United
	Ben Foster	Watford
	Vicente Guaita	Crystal Palace

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 13^[20]
  • Étienne Capoue (Watford)

• Most red cards: 2^[21]
  • Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton)
  • Wes Morgan (Leicester City)

Club

• Most yellow cards: 75^[22]
  • Watford

• Most red cards: 5^[23]
  • Leicester City

References

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Other websites

• Official website Archived 2014-07-16 at the Wayback Machine