2018–19 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]
Season | 2018–19 |
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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 → |
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 :
- 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
Teams relegated to the EFL Championship
Venues
- Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
League table
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Results
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Season statistics
- As of 6 May 2019
Scoring
Top Scorers
Top scorers
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 "English Premier League Performance Stats – 2018–19". ESPN. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
- ↑ 2018-19 EPL Season start after transfer window standard.co.uk Retrieved 18 April 2018
- ↑ "Emiliano Sala: Body identified as footballer". BBC. 7 February 2019.
- ↑ "Premier League Handbook Season 2016/17" (PDF). Premier League. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
- ↑ "Premier League Player Stats – Goals". Premier League. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ↑ Rose, Gary (19 August 2018). "Manchester City 6–1 Huddersfield Town". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 19 August 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ↑ Freeman, Jay (15 September 2018). "Chelsea 4–1 Cardiff". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
- ↑ Johnston, Neil (8 December 2018). "Bournemouth 0–4 Liverpool". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 December 2018.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (29 December 2018). "Liverpool 5–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
- ↑ Reddy, Luke (19 January 2019). "Wolverhampton Wanderers 4–3 Leicester City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (3 February 2019). "Manchester City 3–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
- ↑ McNulty, Phil (10 February 2019). "Manchester City 6–0 Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ↑ Pearlman, Michael (22 February 2019). "Cardiff 1–5 Watford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ↑ Bevan, Chris (9 March 2019). "Manchester City 3–1 Watford". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
- ↑ Bullin, Matt (13 April 2019). "Tottenham Hotspur 4-0 Huddersfield Town". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ↑ Bradshaw, Joe (20 April 2019). "Newcastle United 3-1 Southampton". BBC Sport. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
- ↑ "Premier League Player Stats – Assists". Premier League. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "Premier League Player Stats – Clean Sheets". Premier League. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
- ↑ https://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/clean_sheets/et_1 Premier League – Fantasy – Most Clean Sheets
- ↑ "Premier League Player Stats – Yellow Cards". Premier League. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ "Premier League Player Stats – Red Cards". Premier League. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ "Premier League Club Stats – Yellow Cards". Premier League. Retrieved 27 April 2019.
- ↑ "Premier League Club Stats – Red Cards". Premier League. Retrieved 27 April 2019.