2018-19 Premier League: Match day 31

Premier League 2018-19
Day	Saturday/Sunday
Date	16/17 March 2019
Total matches	5
Total goals	19
League leaders start	Manchester City
League leaders end	Liverpool
Highest scoring	West Ham United 4–3 Huddersfield Town
Bottom start	Huddersfield Town
Bottom end	Huddersfield Town
Current league	2018-19
Prev match day	Next match day
Match day 30	Match day 32

Matt Ritchie struck with almost the last kick of the game to earn Newcastle a share of the spoils against Bournemouth at the Vitality Stadium.

Wes Morgan scored a dramatic late winner for Leicester City, who beat relegation-threatened Burnley despite playing much of the game with 10 men.

West Ham produced a thrilling late comeback to stop relegation-threatened Huddersfield Town moving off the bottom of the Premier League for the first time since December.

Liverpool returned to the top of the Premier League but needed James Milner's late penalty to avoid dropping points at Fulham.

Chelsea wasted a chance to move closer to their top-four rivals as they were made to pay by a resurgent second half display by Everton.

Saturday 16 March 2019

Saturday 16 March 2019 15:00	Bournemouth	2–2	Newcastle United	Dean Court, Bournemouth Attendance: 10,625 Referee: Mike Dean
	King  48' (Pen), 81'	Report	Rondón  45+5' Ritchie  90+4'

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Saturday 16 March 2019 15:00	Burnley	1–2	Leicester City	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 20,719 Referee: Michael Oliver
	McNeil  38'	Report	Maguire  4' Maddison  33' Morgan  90'

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Saturday 16 March 2019 15:00	West Ham United	4–3	Huddersfield Town	London Stadium, London Attendance: 59,931 Referee: Jonathan Moss
	Noble  15' (Pen) Ogbonna  75' Hernández  84', 90+1'	Report	Bacuna  17' Grant  30', 65'

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Sunday 17 March 2019

Sunday 17 March 2019 14:15	Fulham	1–2	Liverpool	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 25,043 Referee: Craig Pawson
	Babel  74'	Report	Mané  26' James Milner  81' (Pen)

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Sunday 17 March 2019 16:30	Everton	2–0	Chelsea	Goodison Park, Liverpool Attendance: 39,356 Referee: Anthony Taylor
	Richarlison  49' Sigurðsson  72'	Report

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League table after Match day 31

2018–19 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Liverpool	31	23	7	1	70	18	+52	76	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City	30	24	2	4	79	21	+58	74
3	Tottenham	30	20	1	9	57	32	+25	61
4	Arsenal	30	18	6	6	63	39	+24	60
5	Manchester Utd	30	17	7	6	58	40	+18	58	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Chelsea	30	17	6	7	50	33	+17	57
7	Wolves	30	12	8	10	38	36	+2	44
8	Watford	30	12	7	11	42	44	−2	43
9	West Ham Utd	31	12	6	13	41	46	−5	42
10	Leicester City	31	12	5	14	41	42	−1	41
11	Everton	30	11	7	12	43	40	+3	40
12	Bournemouth	31	11	5	15	43	56	−13	38
13	Newcastle Utd	31	9	8	14	31	40	−9	35
14	Crystal Palace	30	9	6	15	36	41	−5	33
15	Brighton	29	9	6	14	32	43	−11	33
16	Southampton	30	7	9	14	34	50	−16	30
17	Burnley	30	8	6	16	33	55	−22	30
18	Cardiff City	30	8	4	18	27	57	−30	28	Relegation to EFL Championship
19	Fulham	31	4	5	22	29	70	−41	17
20	Huddersfield Town	31	3	5	23	18	57	−39	14

Updated to games played on 17 March 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