2018-19 Premier League: Match day 2

Premier League 2018-19
Day	Saturday/Sunday/Monday
Date	18/19/20 August 2018
Total matches	10
Total goals	35
League leaders start	Liverpool
League leaders end	Manchester City
Highest scoring	Manchester City 6–1 Huddersfield Town
Bottom start	West Ham United
Bottom end	Huddersfield Town
Current league	2018-19
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Match day 1	Match day 3

Cardiff City goalkeeper Neil Etheridge saved an injury-time penalty from 10-man Newcastle United's Kenedy, as the newly promoted hosts earned a first point of the Premier League season in dramatic fashion.

Everton held off a resurgent Southampton side to mark Marco Silva's first competitive home match as Toffees boss with victory at Goodison Park.

Leicester City held on with 10 men to beat Wolves after striker Jamie Vardy was sent off - and manager Claude Puel said they were "lucky" to win.

Harry Kane finally scored his first Premier League goal in August as Tottenham maintained their 100% start to the season with victory over newly promoted Fulham.

West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini urged fans to "trust" the team after the Hammers threw away a lead and lost at home to Bournemouth - their second loss in two games this season.

Marcos Alonso's late strike settled a chaotic Premier League classic in Chelsea's favour after Arsenal fought back from two goals down and threatened to earn a point at Stamford Bridge.

Andre Gray struck on his return to Burnley as Watford scored an away goal for the first time since January to continue their winning start to the Premier League season.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola said Sergio Aguero is in the best condition he has seen him in, after the striker scored a superb hat-trick in a thumping win over Huddersfield.

Manchester United did not show the right attitude in their surprise Premier League defeat at Brighton, says captain Paul Pogba.

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp said he was "not interested in sending a statement" to his side's title rivals after victory over Crystal Palace gave them a second successive Premier League win.

Saturday 18 August 2018

Saturday 18 August 2018 12:30	Cardiff City	0–0	Newcastle United	Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 30,720 Referee: Craig Pawson
		Report	Hayden  66'

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Saturday 18 August 2018 15:00	Everton	2–0	Southampton	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 38,601 Referee: Lee Mason
	Walcott  15' Richarlison  31'	Report	Ings  54'

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Saturday 18 August 2018 15:00	Leicester City	2–0	Wolves	King Power Stadium, Leicester Attendance: 32,043 Referee: Mike Dean
	Doherty  29' (o.g.) Maddison  45' Vardy  66'	Report

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Saturday 18 August 2018 15:00	Tottenham	3–1	Fulham	Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 58,297 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Lucas Moura  43' Trippier  74' Kane  77'	Report	Mitrović  52'

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Saturday 18 August 2018 15:00	West Ham United	1–2	Bournemouth	London Stadium, London Attendance: 56,888 Referee: Stuart Attwell
	Arnautović  33' (pen.)	Report	Wilson  60' S. Cook  66'

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Saturday 18 August 2018 17:30	Chelsea	3–2	Arsenal	Stamford Bridge, London Attendance: 40,491 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Pedro  9' Morata  20' Alonso  81'	Report	Mkhitaryan  37' Iwobi  41'

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Sunday 19 August 2018

Sunday 19 August 2018 13:30	Burnley	1–3	Watford	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 18,822 Referee: Paul Tierney
	Tarkowski  6'	Report	Gray  3' Deeney  48' Hughes  51'

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Sunday 19 August 2018 13:30	Manchester City	6–1	Huddersfield Town	Etihad Stadium, Manchester Attendance: 54,021 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Agüero  25', 35', 75' Jesus  31' D. Silva  48' Kongolo  84' (o.g.)	Report	Stanković  43'

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Sunday 19 August 2018 16:00	Brighton & Hove Albion	3–2	Manchester United	AMEX Stadium, Brighton Attendance: 30,592 Referee: Kevin Friend
	Murray  25' Duffy  27' Groß  44' (pen.)	Report	Lukaku  34' Pogba  90+5' (pen.)

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Monday 20 August 2018

Monday 20 August 2018 20:00	Crystal Palace	0–2	Liverpool	Selhurst Park, London Attendance: 25,750 Referee: Michael Oliver
	Wan-Bissaka  75'	Report	Milner  45' (Pen) Mané  90+3'

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League table after Match day 2

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	6
3	Chelsea	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	6
4	Watford	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
5	Tottenham	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	6	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Bournemouth	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6
7	Everton	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4
8	Leicester City	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3
9	Manchester Utd	2	1	0	1	4	4	0	3
10	Crystal Palace	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
11	Brighton	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	3
12	Newcastle Utd	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
13	Southampton	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	1
14	Wolves	2	0	1	1	2	4	−2	1
15	Burnley	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
16	Cardiff City	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1
17	Arsenal	2	0	0	2	2	5	−3	0
18	Fulham	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	West Ham Utd	2	0	0	2	1	6	−5	0
20	Huddersfield Town	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Updated to games played on 20 August 2018
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

See also

• Premier League
• Premier League - 2018-19 Season

External links

• BBC Sport