2018-19 Premier League: Match day 38

Premier League 2018-19
Day	Sunday
Date	12 May 2019
Total matches	10
Total goals	36
League leaders start	Manchester City
League leaders end	Manchester City
Highest scoring	Crystal Palace 5–3 Bournemouth
Bottom start	Huddersfield Town
Bottom end	Huddersfield Town
Current league	2018-19
Prev match day	Next match day
Match day 37	Match day 1

Manchester City retained their Premier League title and finally ended Liverpool's magnificent challenge after surviving a scare to come from behind and outclass Brighton at the Amex.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored twice as Arsenal beat Burnley at Turf Moor, but the Gunners failed to finish in the top four for the third successive season.

Manager Roy Hodgson says Crystal Palace's win over Bournemouth was an "attacking party" after his side ended the season with an eight-goal thriller at Selhurst Park.

Rafael Benitez once again remained coy over his future at Newcastle after his side signed off their Premier League campaign with an impressive victory at relegated Fulham.

Leicester and Chelsea played out a low-key end-of-season affair which ended goalless at the King Power Stadium.

Liverpool's bid for a first Premier League title and a first top-flight triumph in 29 years ended in failure despite a final-day victory over Wolves.

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing scored twice as relegated Cardiff City won on their final Premier League appearance to heap more misery on Manchester United.

Alex Pritchard capitalised on Southampton keeper Angus Gunn's mistake to rescue a draw for Huddersfield in their final Premier League game before dropping into the Championship.

Champions League finalists Tottenham sealed a fourth-place finish in the Premier League as they ended their campaign with an entertaining draw with Everton.

West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini feels his team has "grown a step" as they clinched a top-10 finish for the first time since 2016 with an emphatic win over FA Cup finalists Watford at Vicarage Road.

Sunday 12 May 2019

Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Brighton	1–4	Manchester City	Falmer Stadium, Brighton Attendance: 30,662 Referee: Michael Oliver
	Murray  27'	Report	Agüero  28' Laporte  38' Mahrez  63' Gündoğan  72'

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Burnley	1–3	Arsenal	Turf Moor, Burnley Attendance: 21,461 Referee: Mike Dean
	Barnes  65'	Report	Aubameyang  52', 63' Nketiah  90+4'

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Crystal Palace	5–3	Bournemouth	Selhurst Park, London Attendance: 25,433 Referee: Roger East
	Batshuayi  24', 32' Simpson  37' (o.g.) van Aanholt  65' Townsend  80'	Report	Lerma  45' Ibe  56' King  73'

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Fulham	0–4	Newcastle United	Craven Cottage, London Attendance: 24,979 Referee: Kevin Friend
		Report	Shelvey  9' Pérez  11' Schär  61' Rondón  90'

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Leicester City	0–0	Chelsea	King Power Stadium, Leicester City Attendance: 32,140 Referee: Anthony Taylor
		Report

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Liverpool	2–0	Wolves	Anfield, Liverpool Attendance: 53,331 Referee: Martin Atkinson
	Mané  17', 81'	Report

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Manchester United	0–2	Cardiff City	Old Trafford, Manchester Attendance: 74,457 Referee: Jonathan Moss
		Report	Mendez-Laing  23' (pen.), 54'

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Southampton	1–1	Huddersfield Town	St Mary's Stadium, Southampton Attendance: 30,367 Referee: Lee Probert
	Redmond  41'	Report	Pritchard  55'

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Tottenham	2–2	Everton	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London Attendance: 60,124 Referee: Andre Marriner
	Dier  3' Eriksen  75'	Report	Walcott  69' Tosun  72'

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Sunday 12 May 2019 15:00	Watford	1–4	West Ham United	Vicarage Road, London Attendance: 20,067 Referee: Chris Kavanagh
	Deulofeu  46' Holebas  48'	Report	Noble  15', 78' (pen.) Lanzini  39' Arnautović  71'

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League table after Match day 38

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
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

See also

• Premier League
• Premier League - 2018-19 Season

External links

• BBC Sport