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.

This season had two aviation accidents<nowiki/> 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.

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**
- Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Cardiff City
- Fulham

**Teams relegated to the EFL Championship**
- West Brom
- Stoke City
- Swansea City

## Venues

- _Note: Table lists in alphabetical order._
|Team|Location|Stadium|Capacity||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Arsenal|London|Emirates Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Bournemouth|Bournemouth|Vitality Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Brighton & Hove Albion|Brighton|American Express Community Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Burnley|Burnley|Turf Moor|style="text-align:center"||
|Cardiff City|Cardiff|Cardiff City Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Chelsea|London|Stamford Bridge|style="text-align:center"||
|Crystal Palace|London|Selhurst Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Everton|Liverpool|Goodison Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Fulham|London|Craven Cottage|style="text-align:center"||
|Huddersfield Town|Huddersfield|John Smith's Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Leicester City|Leicester|King Power Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Liverpool|Liverpool|Anfield|style="text-align:center"||
|Manchester City|Greater Manchester|Etihad Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Manchester United|Greater Manchester|Old Trafford|style="text-align:center"||
|Newcastle United|Newcastle upon Tyne|St. James' Park|style="text-align:center"||
|Southampton|Southampton|St. Mary's Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Tottenham Hotspur|London|Tottenham Hotspur Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Watford|Watford|Vicarage Road|style="text-align:center"||
|West Ham United|London|London Stadium|style="text-align:center"||
|Wolverhampton Wanderers|Wolverhampton|Molineux|style="text-align:center"||

#### Top scorers

|Rank|Player|Club|Goals|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=3|1|align="left"|Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang|align="left"|Arsenal|rowspan=3|22|
|align="left"|Sadio Mané|align="left"|Liverpool|||||
|align="left"|Mohamed Salah|align="left"|Liverpool|||||
|4|align="left"|Sergio Agüero|align="left"|Manchester City|21|||
|5|align="left"|Jamie Vardy|align="left"|Leicester City|18|||
|rowspan=2|6|align="left"|Harry Kane|align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur|rowspan=2|17|
|align="left"|Raheem Sterling|align="left"|Manchester City|||||
|8|align="left"|Eden Hazard|align="left"|Chelsea|16|||
|9|align="left"|Callum Wilson|align="left"|Bournemouth|14|||
|rowspan=6|10|align="left"|Raúl Jiménez|align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers|rowspan=6|13|
|align="left"|Alexandre Lacazette|align="left"|Arsenal|||||
|align="left"|Glenn Murray|align="left"|Brighton & Hove Albion|||||
|align="left"|Paul Pogba|align="left"|Manchester United|||||
|align="left"|Richarlison|align="left"|Everton|||||
|align="left"|Gylfi Sigurðsson|align="left"|Everton|||||

#### Hat-tricks

|Player|For|Against|Result|Date|Ref|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Manchester City|Huddersfield Town|6–1 (H)|||
||Chelsea|Cardiff City|4–1 (H)|||
||Liverpool|Bournemouth|4–0 (A)|||
||Liverpool|Arsenal|5–1 (H)|||
||Wolverhampton Wanderers|Leicester City|4–3 (H)|||
||Manchester City|Arsenal|3–1 (H)|||
||Manchester City|Chelsea|6–0 (H)|||
||Watford|Cardiff City|5–1 (A)|||
||Manchester City|Watford|3–1 (H)|||
||Tottenham Hotspur|Huddersfield Town|4–0 (H)|||
||Newcastle United|Southampton|3–1 (H)|||

#### Top assists

|Rank|Player|Club|Assists|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=1|1|align="left"|Eden Hazard|align="left"|Chelsea|rowspan=1|15|
|2|align="left"|Ryan Fraser|align="left"|Bournemouth|14|||
|3|align="left"|Christian Eriksen|align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur|12|||
|rowspan=2|4|align="left"|Trent Alexander-Arnold|align="left"|Liverpool|rowspan=2|11|
|align="left"|Andrew Robertson|align="left"|Liverpool|||||
|rowspan=2|6|align="left"|Leroy Sané|align="left"|Manchester City|rowspan=2|10|
|align="left"|Raheem Sterling|align="left"|Manchester City|||||
|rowspan=2|8|align="left"|Paul Pogba|align="left"|Manchester United|rowspan=2|9|
|align="left"|Callum Wilson|align="left"|Bournemouth|||||
|rowspan=4|10|align="left"|Sergio Agüero|align="left"|Manchester City|rowspan=4|8|
|align="left"|Alexandre Lacazette|align="left"|Arsenal|||||
|align="left"|João Moutinho|align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers|||||
|align="left"|Mohamed Salah|align="left"|Liverpool|||||

### Clean sheets

|Rank|Player|Club|Clean sheets|||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan=2|1|align="left"|Alisson|align="left"|Liverpool|rowspan=2|20|
|align="left"|Ederson|align="left"|Manchester City|||||
|rowspan=2|3|align="left"|Kepa Arrizabalaga|align="left"|Chelsea|rowspan=2|14|
|align="left"|Jordan Pickford|align="left"|Everton|||||
|5|align="left"|Hugo Lloris|align="left"|Tottenham Hotspur|12|||
|6|align="left"|Martin Dúbravka|align="left"|Newcastle United|10|||
|rowspan=2|7|align="left"|Neil Etheridge|align="left"|Cardiff City|rowspan=2|9|
|align="left"|Kasper Schmeichel|align="left"|Leicester City|||||
|8|align="left"|Rui Patrício|align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers|8|||
|rowspan=4|9|align="left"|David de Gea|align="left"|Manchester United|rowspan=4|7|
|align="left"|Łukasz Fabiański|align="left"|West Ham United|||||
|align="left"|Ben Foster|align="left"|Watford|||||
|align="left"|Vicente Guaita|align="left"|Crystal Palace|||||

#### Player

- Most yellow cards: **13**
    - Étienne Capoue (Watford)

- Most red cards: **2**
    - Pierre-Emile Højbjerg (Southampton)
    - Wes Morgan (Leicester City)

#### Club

- Most yellow cards: **75**
    - Watford

- Most red cards: **5**
    - Leicester City

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (football league season)

- **image**: Premier league text logo.png
- **season**: 2018–19
- **dates**: 10 August 2018 – 12 May 2019
- **winners**: Manchester City F.C., Manchester City
 4th Premier League title
- **relegated**: Cardiff City F.C., Cardiff City
Fulham F.C., Fulham
Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town
- **best goalkeeper**: Alisson (footballer, born 1992), Alisson (21 clean sheets)
- **competition**: Premier League
- **continentalcup1**: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, Champions League
- **continentalcup1 qualifiers**: Manchester City
Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
Chelsea F.C., Chelsea
Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur
- **continentalcup2**: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League, Europa League
- **continentalcup2 qualifiers**: Arsenal F.C, Arsenal
Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C., Wolverhampton Wanderers
- **matches**: 380
- **total goals**: 1072
- **league topscorer**: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Sadio Mané
Mohamed Salah
(22 goals each)
- **biggest home win**:

- **longest wins**: 14 matches
Manchester City
- **longest unbeaten**: 20 matches
Liverpool
- **longest winless**: 14 matches
Huddersfield Town
- **longest losses**: 9 matches
Fulham
- **highest attendance**: 81,332

- **lowest attendance**: 9,980

- **attendance**: 14,508,981
- **average attendance**: 38,182
- **prevseason**: 2017–18 Premier League, 2017–18
- **nextseason**: 2019–20 Premier League, 2019–20