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 2019.2018-19 EPL Season start after transfer window standard.co.uk Retrieved 18 April 2018

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.

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 CapacityArsenalLondon  Emirates StadiumBournemouthBournemouthVitality StadiumBrighton & Hove AlbionBrightonAmerican Express Community StadiumBurnleyBurnleyTurf MoorCardiff CityCardiffCardiff City StadiumChelseaLondon Stamford BridgeCrystal PalaceLondon Selhurst ParkEvertonLiverpoolGoodison ParkFulhamLondon Craven CottageHuddersfield TownHuddersfieldJohn Smith's StadiumLeicester CityLeicesterKing Power StadiumLiverpoolLiverpoolAnfieldManchester CityGreater Manchester Etihad StadiumManchester UnitedGreater Manchester Old TraffordNewcastle UnitedNewcastle upon TyneSt. James' ParkSouthamptonSouthamptonSt. Mary's StadiumTottenham HotspurLondon Tottenham Hotspur StadiumWatfordWatfordVicarage RoadWest Ham UnitedLondon London StadiumWolverhampton WanderersWolverhamptonMolineux

 League table 

 Results 

 Season statistics 

 Scoring 
Top Scorers
Top scorers

 Rank Player Club Goals1 Pierre-Emerick AubameyangArsenal22 Sadio ManéLiverpool Mohamed SalahLiverpool 4 Sergio AgüeroManchester City215 Jamie VardyLeicester City186 Harry KaneTottenham Hotspur17 Raheem SterlingManchester City8 Eden HazardChelsea169 Callum WilsonBournemouth1410 Raúl JiménezWolverhampton Wanderers13 Alexandre Lacazette	Arsenal Glenn Murray	Brighton & Hove Albion Paul PogbaManchester United RicharlisonEverton Gylfi SigurðssonEverton

 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 Assists1 Eden HazardChelsea152 Ryan FraserBournemouth143 Christian EriksenTottenham Hotspur124 Trent Alexander-ArnoldLiverpool11 Andrew RobertsonLiverpool6 Leroy SanéManchester City10 Raheem SterlingManchester City8 Paul PogbaManchester United9 Callum WilsonBournemouth10 Sergio AgüeroManchester City8 Alexandre LacazetteArsenal João MoutinhoWolverhampton Wanderers Mohamed SalahLiverpool

 Clean sheets  
RankPlayerClubCleansheetshttps://fantasy.premierleague.com/a/statistics/clean_sheets/et_1 Premier League – Fantasy – Most Clean Sheets1 AlissonLiverpool20 EdersonManchester City3 Kepa ArrizabalagaChelsea14 Jordan PickfordEverton5 Hugo LlorisTottenham Hotspur126 Martin DúbravkaNewcastle United107 Neil EtheridgeCardiff City9 Kasper SchmeichelLeicester City8 Rui PatrícioWolverhampton Wanderers89 David de GeaManchester United7 Łukasz FabiańskiWest Ham United Ben FosterWatford Vicente GuaitaCrystal Palace

 Discipline 

 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

 References 

Other websites
Official website 

England
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