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

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

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
ArsenalLondon (Holloway)Emirates Stadium59,867
BournemouthBournemouthVitality Stadium11,360
Brighton & Hove AlbionBrightonAmerican Express Community Stadium30,666
BurnleyBurnleyTurf Moor21,944
Cardiff CityCardiffCardiff City Stadium33,300
ChelseaLondon (Fulham)Stamford Bridge41,631
Crystal PalaceLondon (Selhurst)Selhurst Park25,456[4]
EvertonLiverpoolGoodison Park39,572
FulhamLondon (Fulham)Craven Cottage

25,700

Huddersfield TownHuddersfieldJohn Smith's Stadium24,169
Leicester CityLeicesterKing Power Stadium32,312
LiverpoolLiverpoolAnfield53,394
Manchester CityGreater Manchester (Manchester)Etihad Stadium55,017
Manchester UnitedGreater Manchester (Trafford)Old Trafford74,994
Newcastle UnitedNewcastle upon TyneSt. James' Park52,354
SouthamptonSouthamptonSt. Mary's Stadium

32,384

Tottenham HotspurLondon (Tottenham)Tottenham Hotspur Stadium62,062
WatfordWatfordVicarage Road23,700
West Ham UnitedLondon (Stratford)London Stadium60,000
Wolverhampton WanderersWolverhamptonMolineux31,700

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Manchester City (C)3832249523+7298Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Liverpool3830718922+6797
3Chelsea3821986339+2472
4Tottenham Hotspur38232136739+2871
5Arsenal38217107351+2270Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6Manchester United38199106554+1166
7Wolverhampton Wanderers38169134746+157Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
8Everton38159145446+854
9Leicester City38157165148+352
10West Ham United38157165255−352
11Watford38148165259−750
12Crystal Palace38147175153−249
13Newcastle United38129174248−645
14Bournemouth38136195670−1445
15Burnley38117204568−2340
16Southampton38912174565−2039
17Brighton & Hove Albion3899203560−2536
18Cardiff City (R)38104243469−3534Relegation to the EFL Championship
19Fulham (R)3875263481−4726
20Huddersfield Town (R)3837282276−5416
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:

Results

Home \ AwayARSBOUBHABURCARCHECRYEVEFULHUDLEILIVMCIMUNNEWSOUTOTWATWHUWOL
Arsenal5–11–13–12–12–02–32–04–11–03–11–10–22–02–02–04–22–03–11–1
Bournemouth1–22–01–32–04–02–12–20–12–14–20–40–11–22–20–01–03–32–01–1
Brighton & Hove Albion1–10–51–30–21–23–11–02–21–01–10–11–43–21–10–11–20–01–01–0
Burnley1–34–01–02–00–41–31–52–11–11–21–30–10–21–21–12–11–32–02–0
Cardiff City2–32–02–11–21–22–30–34–20–00–10–20–51–50–01–00–31–52–02–1
Chelsea3–22–03–02–24–13–10–02–05–00–11–12–02–22–10–02–03–02–01–1
Crystal Palace2–25–31–22–00–00–10–02–02–01–00–21–31–30–00–20–11–21–10–1
Everton1–02–03–12–01–02–02–03–01–10–10–00–24–01–12–12–62–21–31–3
Fulham1–50–34–24–21–01–20–22–01–01–11–20–20–30–43–21–21–10–21–1
Huddersfield Town1–20–21–21–20–00–30–10–11–01–40–10–31–10–11–30–21–21–11–0
Leicester City3–02–02–10–00–10–01–41–23–13–11–22–10–10–11–20–22–01–12–0
Liverpool5–13–01–04–24–12–04–31–02–05–01–10–03–14–03–02–15–04–02–0
Manchester City3–13–12–05–02–06–02–33–13–06–11–02–13–12–16–11–03–11–03–0
Manchester United2–24–12–12–20–21–10–02–14–13–12–10–00–23–23–20–32–12–11–1
Newcastle United1–22–10–12–03–01–20–13–20–02–00–22–32–10–23–11–21–00–31–2
Southampton3–23–32–20–01–20–31–12–12–01–11–21–31–32–20–02–11–11–23–1
Tottenham Hotspur1–15–01–01–01–03–12–02–23–14–03–11–20–10–11–03–12–10–11–3
Watford0–10–42–00–03–21–22–11–04–13–02–10–31–21–21–11–12–11–41–2
West Ham United1–01–22–24–23–10–03–20–23–14–32–21–10–43–12–03–00–10–20–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers3–12–00–01–02–02–10–22–21–00–24–30–21–12–11–12–02–30–23–0
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.
RankPlayerClubGoals[5]
1 Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal22
Sadio ManéLiverpool
Mohamed SalahLiverpool
4 Sergio AgüeroManchester City21
5 Jamie VardyLeicester City18
6 Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur17
Raheem SterlingManchester City
8 Eden HazardChelsea16
9 Callum WilsonBournemouth14
10 Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers13
Alexandre LacazetteArsenal
Glenn MurrayBrighton & Hove Albion
Paul PogbaManchester United
RicharlisonEverton
Gylfi SigurðssonEverton

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Sergio AgüeroManchester CityHuddersfield Town6–1 (H)19 August 2018[6]
Eden HazardChelseaCardiff City4–1 (H)15 September 2018[7]
Mohamed SalahLiverpoolBournemouth4–0 (A)8 December 2018[8]
Roberto FirminoLiverpoolArsenal5–1 (H)29 December 2018[9]
Diogo JotaWolverhampton WanderersLeicester City4–3 (H)19 January 2019[10]
Sergio AgüeroManchester CityArsenal3–1 (H)3 February 2019[11]
Sergio AgüeroManchester CityChelsea6–0 (H)10 February 2019[12]
Gerard DeulofeuWatfordCardiff City5–1 (A)22 February 2019[13]
Raheem SterlingManchester CityWatford3–1 (H)9 March 2019[14]
Lucas MouraTottenham HotspurHuddersfield Town4–0 (H)13 April 2019[15]
Ayoze PérezNewcastle UnitedSouthampton3–1 (H)20 April 2019[16]

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists[17]
1 Eden HazardChelsea15
2 Ryan FraserBournemouth14
3 Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur12
4 Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool11
Andrew RobertsonLiverpool
6 Leroy SanéManchester City10
Raheem SterlingManchester City
8 Paul PogbaManchester United9
Callum WilsonBournemouth
10 Sergio AgüeroManchester City8
Alexandre LacazetteArsenal
João MoutinhoWolverhampton Wanderers
Mohamed SalahLiverpool

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets[18][19]
1 AlissonLiverpool20
EdersonManchester City
3 Kepa ArrizabalagaChelsea14
Jordan PickfordEverton
5 Hugo LlorisTottenham Hotspur12
6 Martin DúbravkaNewcastle United10
7 Neil EtheridgeCardiff City9
Kasper SchmeichelLeicester City
8 Rui PatrícioWolverhampton Wanderers8
9 David de GeaManchester United7
Łukasz FabiańskiWest Ham United
Ben FosterWatford
Vicente GuaitaCrystal 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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