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Premier League
Season 2018–19
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 1072 (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
Manchester City
Longest unbeaten run 20 matches
Liverpool
Longest winless run 14 matches
Huddersfield Town
Longest losing run 9 matches
Fulham
Highest attendance 81,332
Tottenham Hotspur 1–1 Arsenal
(2 March 2019)
Lowest attendance 9,980
Bournemouth 2–1 Huddersfield Town
(4 December 2018)
Total attendance 14,508,981
Average attendance 38,182

The 2018–19 Premier League was the 27th season of the Premier League. This is England's top football league. The season started on 11 August 2018 and ended on 19 May 2019.

Manchester City won the title, becoming the champions. Liverpool finished in second place. Three new teams joined the league this season. They were Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City, and Fulham. These teams were promoted from the 2017–18 EFL Championship. They took the places of West Bromwich Albion, Swansea City, and Stoke City. These three teams were relegated to the lower league.

On 30 March 2019, Huddersfield Town was the first team to be relegated. This happened after they lost 2–0 to Crystal Palace. They were sent down with six games left to play. Soon after, on 2 April 2019, Fulham was also relegated. This happened after their 4-1 loss to Watford. Fulham had five games remaining in the season.

Teams in the League

Twenty teams played in the Premier League this season. Seventeen teams were already in the league from the year before. Three new teams joined after being promoted from the 2017–18 EFL Championship.

The teams that played in the 2018–19 Premier League were:

Wolverhampton Wanderers returned to the Premier League for the first time since 2012.

Teams That Joined the Premier League

These teams were promoted to the Premier League:

Teams That Left the Premier League

These teams were relegated to the EFL Championship:

Stadiums Where Teams Play

Each team in the Premier League has its own stadium. Here are the stadiums for the 2018–19 season, listed in alphabetical order by team name.

Team City Stadium Name Seating Capacity
Arsenal London 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 Stamford Bridge 41,631
Crystal Palace London Selhurst Park 25,456
Everton Liverpool Goodison Park 39,572
Fulham London 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 Etihad Stadium 55,017
Manchester United Greater Manchester 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 Hotspur Stadium 62,062
Watford Watford Vicarage Road 23,700
West Ham United London London Stadium 60,000
Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Molineux 31,700

Final League Standings

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
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
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:

Match Results

This section shows the results of all the matches played during the 2018–19 Premier League season. You can see which team won or if the game was a draw.

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

Season Highlights

Top Goal Scorers

These players scored the most goals during the season.

(L–R) Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Sadio Mané, and Mohamed Salah all scored 22 goals.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Arsenal 22
Senegal Sadio Mané Liverpool
Egypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool
4 Argentina Sergio Agüero Manchester City 21
5 England Jamie Vardy Leicester City 18
6 England Harry Kane Tottenham Hotspur 17
England Raheem Sterling Manchester City
8 Belgium Eden Hazard Chelsea 16
9 England Callum Wilson Bournemouth 14
10 Mexico Raúl Jiménez Wolverhampton Wanderers 13
France Alexandre Lacazette Arsenal
England Glenn Murray Brighton & Hove Albion
France Paul Pogba Manchester United
Brazil Richarlison Everton
Iceland Gylfi Sigurðsson Everton

Players Who Scored Three Goals (Hat-tricks)

A hat-trick is when one player scores three goals in a single match.

Player For Team Against Team Result Date
Argentina Sergio Agüero Manchester City Huddersfield Town 6–1 (Home) 19 August 2018
Belgium Eden Hazard Chelsea Cardiff City 4–1 (Home) 15 September 2018
Egypt Mohamed Salah Liverpool Bournemouth 4–0 (Away) 8 December 2018
Brazil Roberto Firmino Liverpool Arsenal 5–1 (Home) 29 December 2018
Portugal Diogo Jota Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester City 4–3 (Home) 19 January 2019
Argentina Sergio Agüero Manchester City Arsenal 3–1 (Home) 3 February 2019
Argentina Sergio Agüero Manchester City Chelsea 6–0 (Home) 10 February 2019
Spain Gerard Deulofeu Watford Cardiff City 5–1 (Away) 22 February 2019
England Raheem Sterling Manchester City Watford 3–1 (Home) 9 March 2019
Brazil Lucas Moura Tottenham Hotspur Huddersfield Town 4–0 (Home) 13 April 2019
Spain Ayoze Pérez Newcastle United Southampton 3–1 (Home) 20 April 2019

Top Assists

These players made the most assists, meaning they helped their teammates score goals.

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

Goalkeepers with Most Clean Sheets

A clean sheet means a goalkeeper did not let the other team score any goals in a match.

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

Player Discipline

This section shows which players received the most yellow or red cards.

  • Most yellow cards: 13
    • France Étienne Capoue (Watford)
  • Most red cards: 2
    • Denmark Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton)
    • Jamaica Wes Morgan (Leicester City)

Team Discipline

This section shows which teams received the most yellow or red cards.

  • Most yellow cards: 75
    • Watford
  • Most red cards: 5
    • Leicester City

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See also

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