2018–19 Premier League
Also known as 2018-19 Premier League, 2018-2019 Premier League, 2018–19 FA Premier League, 2018-19 FA Premier League, Premier League 2018-19, Premier League 2018-2019
27th season of the Premier League
Key facts
- Season
- 2018–19
- Dates
- 10 August 2018 – 12 May 2019
- Champions
- Manchester City , 4th Premier League title, 6th English title
- Relegated
- Cardiff City , Fulham , Huddersfield Town
- Champions league
- Manchester City, Liverpool , Chelsea , Tottenham Hotspur
- Europa league
- Arsenal , Manchester United , Wolverhampton Wanderers
- Goals
- 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)
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The 2018–19 Premier League was the 27th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 120th season of top-flight English football overall. The season started on 10 August 2018 and concluded on 12 May 2019. Fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 14 June 2018. The league was contested by the top 17 teams from the 2017–18 season as well as Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Fulham, who 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.
Manchester City were the defending champions, and they won their fourth Premier League title, and sixth English top-flight title overall, retaining the title on the last day of the season with 98 points after winning their last 14 league games. Liverpool finished second with 97 points – the highest total in English top-flight history for a second-placed team.