2018–19 Premier League

27th season of the Premier League

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]

Premier League
Season2018–19
Dates10 August 2018 – 12 May 2019
ChampionsManchester City
4th Premier League title
RelegatedCardiff City
Fulham
Huddersfield Town
Champions LeagueManchester City
Liverpool
Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur
Europa LeagueArsenal
Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Matches played380
Goals scored1,072 (2.82 per match)
Top goalscorerPierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Sadio Mané
Mohamed Salah
(22 goals each)
Best goalkeeperAlisson (21 clean sheets)
Biggest home winManchester City 6–0 Chelsea
(10 February 2019)
Biggest away winCardiff City 0–5 Manchester City
(22 September 2018)
Brighton & Hove Albion 0–5 Bournemouth
(13 April 2019)
Highest scoringEverton 2–6 Tottenham Hotspur
(23 December 2018)
Crystal Palace 5–3 Bournemouth
(12 May 2019)
Longest winning run14 matches[1]
Manchester City
Longest unbeaten run20 matches[1]
Liverpool
Longest winless run14 matches[1]
Huddersfield Town
Longest losing run9 matches[1]
Fulham
Highest attendance81,332
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Arsenal
(2 March 2019)[1]
Lowest attendance9,980
Bournemouth 2–1 Huddersfield Town
(4 December 2018)[1]
Total attendance14,508,981[1]
Average attendance38,182[1]

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 change

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 :

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

Teams promoted to the Premier League

Teams relegated to the EFL Championship

Venues change

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 change

Pos Team 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
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. 1.0 1.1 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 change

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 change

As of 6 May 2019

Scoring change

Top Scorers change

Top scorers change

(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 change

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 change

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 change

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 change

Player change

Club change

  • Most yellow cards: 75[22]
    • Watford
  • Most red cards: 5[23]
    • Leicester City

References change

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