2018–19 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City 2018–19
Club information
Manager	Pep Guardiola
Stadium	City of Manchester Stadium
League Season information
Final League position	Winners
Highest position	1st
lowest position	5th
Points	98
Goals for	95
Goals against	23
Goals difference	+72
Cup placements
FA Cup	Winners
EFL Cup	Winners
UEFA Champions League	Quarter-finals
FA Community Shield	Winners
Season statistics
Top goalscorer	Sergio Agüero (21)
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The 2018–19 season is Manchester City's 117th season of competitive football, 90th in the top division of English football and 22nd season in the Premier League since the league was first created with City as one of the original 22 founder-members. As well as the Premier League the club will also compete in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and UEFA Champions League.

The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

Season summary

City maintained their free scoring form under manager Pep Guardiola in the 2018-19 season, and became the first club in Europe's top leagues to pass 100 goals scored on 20 January 2019 when Danilo scored the first goal in City's 3–0 victory over Huddersfield Town.

City went on to break their own record for a top flight English club for goals scored in all competitions in a season. Leroy Sane's goal in City's 2-0 win over Manchester United on 24 April overtook the previous record tally of 156 which was established by Manuel Pellegrini’s City side back in their title-winning 2013/14 campaign.

On 24 February, City won their sixth League Cup title when they beat Chelsea 4–3 on penalties after a goalless draw over 120 minutes at Wembley Stadium.

The 2018-19 League title race was one of the closest contests of the Premier League era. City and Liverpool exchanged their lead 32 times over the season, in part due to fixture rearrangements for FA Cup matches and television demands. In the end their achievement of jointly winning 195 points was at the time the highest combined total in English top flight history.

On 12 May 2019, City won their final league game of the season 4-1 away at Brighton to retain the Premier League title. In doing so they matched their own record for 32 wins over a single season.

Pre-season and friendlies

      Win       Draw       Loss

Manchester City began their 2018–19 campaign with a tour of the United States in the 2018 International Champions Cup. City played against Borussia Dortmund at Soldier Field in Chicago, Liverpool at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey and Bayern Munich at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida.

International Champions Cup

Main article: 2018 International Champions Cup

2018 ICC 20 July 2018 (2018-07-20)	Manchester City	0–1	Borussia Dortmund	Chicago, United States
20:00 CDT		Report	Götze  28' (pen.) Burnic 31' Dahoud 52'	Stadium: Soldier Field Attendance: 34,629 Referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

2018 ICC 25 July 2018 (2018-07-25)	Manchester City	1–2	Liverpool	East Rutherford, United States
20:00 EDT	Sané  57' Gomes 85'	Report	Van Dijk 30' Salah  63' Mané  90+4' (pen.)	Stadium: MetLife Stadium Attendance: 52,635 Referee: Sorin Stoica (United States)

2018 ICC 28 July 2018 (2018-07-28)	Bayern Munich	2–3	Manchester City	Miami Gardens, United States
19:00 EDT	Shabani  15' Robben  24'	Report	B. Silva 40',  45+1', 70' Nmecha  51'	Stadium: Hard Rock Stadium Attendance: 29,195 Referee: Ted Unkel (United States)

FA Community Shield

Main article: 2018 FA Community Shield

As champions of the 2017–18 Premier League, Manchester City took on the 2017–18 FA Cup winners, Chelsea, for the season-opening FA Community Shield.

Final 5 August 2018 (2018-08-05)	Chelsea	0–2	Manchester City	London
15:00 BST		Report	Agüero  13', 58'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 72,724 Referee: Jonathan Moss

Premier League

Main article: 2018–19 Premier League

Manchester City entered the competition as the defending champions.

League table

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	38	30	7	1	89	22	+67	97
3	Chelsea	38	21	9	8	63	39	+24	72
4	Tottenham	38	23	2	13	67	39	+28	71
5	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	73	51	+22	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Manchester Utd	38	19	9	10	67	52	+15	66
7	Wolves	38	16	9	13	47	46	+1	57	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Everton	38	15	9	14	54	46	+8	54
9	Leicester City	38	15	7	16	51	48	+3	52
10	West Ham Utd	38	15	7	16	52	55	−3	52
11	Watford	38	14	8	16	52	59	−7	50
12	Crystal Palace	38	14	7	17	51	53	−2	49
13	Newcastle Utd	38	12	9	17	42	48	−6	45
14	Bournemouth	38	13	6	19	56	70	−14	45
15	Burnley	38	11	7	20	45	68	−23	40
16	Southampton	38	9	12	17	45	65	−20	39
17	Brighton	38	9	9	20	35	60	−25	36
18	Cardiff City  (R)	38	10	4	24	34	69	−35	34	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Fulham  (R)	38	7	5	26	34	81	−47	26
20	Huddersfield Town  (R)	38	3	7	28	22	76	−54	16

Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	32	2	4	95	23	+72	98	18	0	1	57	12	+45	14	2	3	38	11	+27

Last updated: 12 May 2019
Source: Premier League

Fixtures

The Premier League fixtures for the 2018–19 season were announced on 14 June 2018.