Premier League 2018/19

Premier League 2018/19
master	Manchester City
Champions League	Manchester City Liverpool FC Chelsea Tottenham Hotspur FC
Europe League	Arsenal FC Manchester United
Europa League qualification	Wolverhampton Wanderers
Cup winners	Manchester City
Relegated	Cardiff City Fulham FC Huddersfield Town
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,072  (ø 2.82 per game)
spectator	14,503,954  (ø 38,168 per game)
← Premier League 2017/18 Premier League 2019/20 →
EFL Championship 2018/19 ↓

The Premier League 2018/19 was the 27th season of the Premier League and at the same time the 120th first division season in English football. The season began on August 10, 2018 with Manchester United's game against Leicester City and ended on May 12, 2019.

Defending champion was Manchester City . The Wolverhampton Wanderers played again in the Premier League after six seasons in the second and third division.

Season course

On the final day of the match, Manchester City won the championship again by one point after a season-long battle with Liverpool . Manchester United , stabilized under Ole Gunnar Solskjær , only remained in the Europa League. Newcomers Wolverhampton was able to achieve a surprising seventh place and by winning the FA Cup of champions Manchester City a place in the Europa League qualification.

After the 32nd game day, Huddersfield Town was the first to be relegated to the second-rate EFL Championship . This has not happened to a team this early since Derby County in the 2007/08 season . One game day later, Fulham was also confirmed as the future second division side, promoted Cardiff City followed on the penultimate game day.

Participants & stadiums

A total of 20 teams took part in the season.

Arsenal Chelsea Crystal Palace Fulham Tottenham West Ham Bournemouth Brighton Burnley Cardiff Huddersfield Leicester Liverpool Everton Man Utd Man City Newcastle Southampton Wolverhampton Watford

Clubs in the English Premier League 2018/19

arsenal Chelsea Crystal Palace Fulham Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Watford

Premier League clubs in London

coat of arms	society	city	Stadion	capacity
	Arsenal FC	Holloway , London	Emirates Stadium	60,260
	Bournemouth AFC	Bournemouth	Vitality stage	11,464
	Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Falmer Stadium	30,750
	Burnley FC	Burnley	Turf Moor	22,546
	Cardiff City	Cardiff , Wales	Cardiff City Stadium	33,280
	Chelsea FC	Fulham , London	Stamford Bridge	41,629
	Crystal Palace	Selhurst , London	Selhurst Park	25,073
	Everton FC	Liverpool	Goodison Park	39,571
	Fulham FC	Fulham , London	Craven Cottage	25,700
	Huddersfield Town	Huddersfield	John Smith's Stadium	24,500
	Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,312
	Liverpool FC	Liverpool	Anfield	54,074
	Manchester City	Manchester	Etihad Stadium	55.097
	Manchester United	Trafford , Greater Manchester	Old Trafford	75,653
	Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St. James' Park	52,338
	Southampton FC	Southampton	St. Mary's Stadium	32.505
	Tottenham Hotspur	Tottenham , London	Wembley Stadium Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	90,000 62,062
	Watford FC	Watford	Vicarage Road	21,438
	West Ham United	Stratford , London	London Stadium	60,000
	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux Stadium	31,700

statistics

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Manchester City (M, L)	38	32	2	4th	095:230	+72	98
2.	Liverpool FC	38	30th	7th	1	089:220	+67	97
3.	Chelsea FC (P)	38	21st	9	8th	063:390	+24	72
4th	Tottenham Hotspur	38	23	2	13	067:390	+28	71
5.	Arsenal FC	38	21st	7th	10	073:510	+22	70
6th	Manchester United	38	19th	9	10	065:540	+11	66
7th	Wolverhampton Wanderers (N)	38	16	9	13	047:460	+1	57
8th.	Everton FC	38	15th	9	14th	054:460	+8	54
9.	Leicester City	38	15th	7th	16	051:480	+3	52
10.	West Ham United	38	15th	7th	16	052:550	−3	52
11.	Watford FC	38	14th	8th	16	052:590	−7	50
12.	Crystal Palace	38	14th	7th	17th	051:530	−2	49
13.	Newcastle United	38	12	9	17th	042:480	−6	45
14th	Bournemouth AFC	38	13	6th	19th	056:700	−14	45
15th	Burnley FC	38	11	7th	20th	045:680	−23	40
16.	Southampton FC	38	9	12	17th	045:650	−20	39
17th	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	9	20th	035:600	−25	36
18th	Cardiff City (N)	38	10	4th	24	034:690	−35	34
19th	Fulham FC (N)	38	7th	5	26th	034:810	−47	26th
20th	Huddersfield Town	38	3	7th	28	022:760	−54	16
Stand: Final stand

after the 2018/19 season :

English champion and participation in the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the group stage of the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League group stage instead of the cup winner

Participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League

Relegation to the EFL Championship 2019/20

after the 2017/18 season :

(M)	English champion 2017/18
(P)	FA Cup winner 2017/18
(L)	EFL Cup winner 2017/18
(N)	Newcomers from the EFL Championship 2017/18

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2018/19		BOU		BUR	CAR			EVE		HUD
Arsenal FC		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 AFC	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 3	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 FC	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 FC	3: 2	2-0	3: 0 2	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 FC	1-0	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1-0	2-0	2-0		3-0	1: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 2 1	4-0	1: 1	2: 1	2: 6	2: 2	1: 3	1: 3
Fulham FC	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 FC	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		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 FC	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 3	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 FC	0: 1	0: 4	2-0	0-0	3: 2	1: 2	2: 1	1-0	4: 1 4	3-0	2: 1	0: 3	1: 2	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1 3	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 3	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 4	1: 1	2-0	2: 3	0: 2	3-0
Stand: Final stand

¹ The game of matchday 27 took place early on February 6, 2019 due to Manchester City's participation in the League Cup final.

² The game on matchday 27 had to be postponed to April 3, 2019 due to Chelsea's participation in the League Cup final.

³ The games on Matchday 31 had to be postponed to April 3, 23 and 24, 2019 due to the participation of Wolverhampton Wanderers, Brighton & Hove Albions, Manchester United and Watford FC in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup.

^4th The games of matchday 32 took place early on April 2, 2019 due to the participation of Wolverhampton Wanderers and Watford FC in the FA Cup semi-finals.

Table history

Postponed games are displayed according to the original scheduling so that the same number of games is taken into account for each team on all match days.

	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
	15th	17th	9	9	7th	6th	5	5	4th	4th	5	5	5	4th	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4th	6th	5	5	4th	6th	4th	4th	4th	5	4th	5	5	5	5
BOU	3	6th	6th	6th	5	8th	7th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	8th	9	7th	8th	11	8th	12	12	12	12	12	10	10	11	10	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	14th	14th	13	14th
	16	11	12	14th	14th	13	15th	13	12	11	12	12	12	11	10	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14th	16	16	15th	15th	15th	16	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th	17th
BUR	11	15th	18th	19th	20th	16	12	12	13	15th	15th	15th	17th	19th	19th	17th	18th	18th	18th	18th	16	15th	16	17th	17th	15th	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	17th	14th	14th	15th	15th	15th	15th
CAR	17th	16	15th	16	17th	19th	19th	20th	17th	17th	19th	18th	19th	16	16	14th	16	17th	17th	16	17th	17th	18th	18th	18th	17th	17th	18th	18th	18th	17th	18th	18th	18th	18th	18th	18th	18th
	2	3	3	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	2	3	4th	3	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5	4th	6th	4th	5	4th	5	5	5	4th	5	4th	4th	3	3
	4th	10	10	15th	12	11	13	14th	15th	14th	14th	16	16	14th	15th	16	15th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	14th	15th	14th	13	13	14th	13	14th	14th	13	12	13	12	12	12	12
EVE	9	7th	8th	7th	10	12	11	11	8th	9	9	9	6th	6th	6th	7th	8th	11	8th	10	11	10	11	8th	9	9	11	9	10	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8th	8th
	18th	18th	11	13	15th	15th	17th	17th	18th	18th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th	19th
HUD	19th	20th	19th	17th	18th	20th	20th	18th	19th	20th	18th	19th	15th	17th	17th	18th	19th	19th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th	20th
	13	8th	7th	8th	11	9	8th	10	11	12	10	10	10	8th	9	9	12	9	7th	8th	7th	8th	9	11	11	12	12	11	11	10	10	8th	8th	8th	10	8th	9	9
	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	5	1	5	4th	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
	7th	9	13	10	8th	7th	10	8th	10	8th	7th	8th	7th	7th	8th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	5	4th	6th	6th	5	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th	6th
	14th	12	16	18th	19th	18th	18th	19th	20th	19th	17th	14th	13	15th	14th	15th	14th	15th	15th	15th	15th	18th	17th	14th	15th	16	15th	13	14th	13	13	14th	15th	15th	13	13	14th	13
	12	13	17th	12	13	14th	16	16	16	16	16	17th	18th	18th	18th	19th	17th	16	16	17th	18th	16	15th	16	16	18th	18th	17th	17th	16	16	15th	16	16	16	16	16	16
	8th	5	2	5	6th	5	4th	5	5	5	4th	4th	3	5	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4th	4th
	20th	19th	20th	20th	16	17th	14th	15th	14th	13	13	13	14th	13	13	11	9	12	9	11	10	9	10	12	12	10	9	10	9	9	9	11	11	11	11	11	11	10
	6th	4th	4th	3	4th	4th	6th	9	7th	7th	8th	7th	9	10	11	12	10	7th	10	9	8th	7th	7th	9	8th	8th	7th	8th	8th	8th	8th	9	9	9	8th	10	10	11
	10	14th	14th	11	9	10	9	7th	9	10	11	11	11	12	12	10	7th	10	11	7th	9	11	8th	7th	7th	7th	8th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th	7th

List of goalscorers

With the same number of goals, the players are sorted according to the number of templates and then the lower required playing time as well as by surname or artist name.

• Stand: Final stand

Pl.	player	team	Gates	templates	Game minutes
01.	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool FC	22nd	08th	3256
	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Arsenal FC		05	2731
	Sadio Mané	Liverpool FC		01	3085
04th	Sergio Aguero	Manchester City	21st	08th	2479
05.	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City	18th	04th	2728
06th	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	17th	10	2776
	Harry Kane	Tottenham Hotspur		04th	2427
08th.	Eden Hazard	Chelsea FC	16	15th	2925
09.	Callum Wilson	Bournemouth AFC	14th	09	2534
10.	Paul Pogba	Manchester United	13	09	3009
	Alexandre Lacazette	Arsenal FC		08th	2505
	Raúl Jiménez	Wolverhampton Wanderers		07th	3122
	Gylfi Sigurðsson	Everton FC		05	3127
	Glenn Murray	Brighton & Hove Albion		1	2513
	Richarlison	Everton FC		01	2678

Peak values ​​of the season

All-time records

• Shane Long ( Southampton FC ) scored the fastest goal in Premier League history in 7.69 seconds against Watford FC on April 23, 2019.
• At 16 years and 30 days on Matchday 37, Harvey Elliott ( Fulham FC ) was the youngest player ever to appear in the Premiere League.

Season records

• The longest series of games without defeat (20) reached Liverpool FC .
• The biggest win was Manchester City's 6-0 win against Chelsea on February 10, 2019.
• The highest-scoring game was Everton's 6-2 win against Tottenham Hotspur on December 23, 2018.
• The best-attended game was Tottenham Hotspur's game against Arsenal on March 2, 2019 , with 81,332 spectators .
• The goalkeeper with the most clean sheets ( 21) was Alisson (Liverpool).
• The most yellow cards (77) were given to Watford FC players and the most red (5) to Leicester City .

The Manchester City championship team

According to the rules of the Premier League, a player receives an official winner's medal if he completes at least five Premier League games for the master club. With this in mind, only the following players count as English champions of the 2018/19 season. The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Manchester City

Goal: Ederson (38 / -) Defense: Aymeric Laporte (35/3), Kyle Walker (33/1), John Stones (24 / -), Nicolás Otamendi (18 / -), Vincent Kompany (17/1), Danilo (11/1), Fabian Delph (11 / -), Benjamin Mendy (10 / -) Midfield: Bernardo Silva (36/7), David Silva (33/6), Leroy Sané (31/10), İlkay Gündoğan (31/6), Fernandinho (29/1), Riyad Mahrez (27/7), Kevin De Bruyne (19/2), Oleksandr Sintschenko (14 / -), Phil Foden (13/1) Forward: Raheem Sterling (34/17), Sergio Agüero (33/21), Gabriel Jesus (29/7) Coach: Pep Guardiola

Head coach

Interim coaches are taken into account if they have completed a game. The clubs are sorted according to the final table.

society	Head coach I	until match day (place)	Head coach II	until match day (place)	Head Coach III
Manchester City	pep Guardiola
Liverpool FC	Jürgen Klopp
Chelsea FC	Maurizio Sarri
Tottenham Hotspur	Mauricio Pochettino
Arsenal FC	Unai Emery
Manchester United	José Mourinho	17 (6.)	Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nuno Espírito Santo
Everton FC	Marco Silva
Leicester City	Claude Puel	27 (12.)	Mike Stowell (interim)	28 (11.)	Brendan Rodgers
West Ham United	Manuel Pellegrini
Watford FC	Javi Gracia
Crystal Palace	Roy Hodgson
Newcastle United	Rafael Benítez
Bournemouth AFC	Eddie Howe
Burnley FC	Sean Dyche
Southampton FC	Mark Hughes	14 (18.)	Kelvin Davis (interim)	15 (18.)	Ralph Hasenhüttl
Brighton & Hove Albion	Chris Hughton
Cardiff City	Neil Warnock
Fulham FC	Slaviša Jokanović	12 (20.)	Claudio Ranieri	28 (19.)	Scott Parker
Huddersfield Town	David Wagner	22 (20.)	Mark Hudson (interim)	23 (20.)	Jan Siewert

Web links

• premierleague.com: The Official Website of the Premier League (English)

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9. ↑ Jose Mourinho leaves United. In: manutd.com. December 18, 2018, accessed December 18, 2018 . 
10. ↑ Ole Gunnar Solskjaer appointed caretaker manager , manutd.com, accessed December 19, 2018 (English)
11. ↑ Solskjaer announced as full-time manager , manutd.com, March 28, 2019, accessed on March 28, 2019.
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13. ↑ Introducing New City Manager Brendan Rodgers , lcfc.com, accessed February 27, 2019.
14. ^ Mark Hughes: Southampton sack manager after eight months in charge. In: bbc.com. December 3, 2018, accessed December 3, 2018 . 
15. ↑ Saints appoint Hasenhüttl. In: southamptonfc.com. December 5, 2018, accessed December 5, 2018 . 
16. ^ Fulham sack Slavisa Jokanovic and appoint Claudio Ranieri. In: bbc.com. November 14, 2018, accessed November 14, 2018 . 
17. ↑ Parker Appointed Caretaker Manager , fulhamfc.com, February 28, 2019, accessed February 28, 2019.
18. ↑ Fulham Appoints Scott Parker As Head Coach , fulhamfc.com, accessed May 10, 2019
19. ↑ David Wanger departs Huddersfield Town , htafc.com, January 14, 2019, accessed January 14, 2019.
20. ↑ Huddersfield Town appoint Jan Siewert from Borussia Dortmund as new manager , bbc.com, accessed on January 21, 2019 (English)