2019–20 Premier League

The 2019–20 Premier League was the 28th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The 2019-20 season started on 10 August 2019 and ended on 26 July 2020.^[4] It is the first Premier League season to have a mid-season break and also the first season to use VAR.^[5][6][7] Liverpool won the league (their first Premier League title and 19th English top flight title).

English Premier League

Season	2019–20
Dates	9 August 2019 – 26 July 2020[1][2]
Champions	Liverpool 1st Premier League title 19th English title
Relegated	Bournemouth Watford Norwich City
Champions League	Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Chelsea
Europa League	Leicester City Tottenham Hotspur
Matches played	370
Goals scored	1,034 (2.79 per match)
Top goalscorer	Jamie Vardy (23 goals)
Best goalkeeper	Ederson Moraes (16 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Manchester City 8–0 Watford (21 September 2019)
Biggest away win	Southampton 0–9 Leicester City (25 October 2019)
Highest scoring	Southampton 0–9 Leicester City (25 October 2019)
Longest winning run	Liverpool (18 matches)[3]
Longest unbeaten run	Liverpool (27 matches)[3]
Longest winless run	Watford (11 matches)[3]
Longest losing run	Norwich City (9 matches)[3]
Highest attendance	73,737[3] Manchester United 1–1 Liverpool (20 October 2019)
Lowest attendance	10,020[3] Bournemouth 0–1 Burnley (21 December 2019)
Total attendance	11,322,096[3]
Average attendance	39,312[3]
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

League table

1. Liverpool 99 points
2. Manchester City 81 points
3. Manchester United 66 points
4. Chelsea 66 points
5. Leicester City 62 points
6. Tottenham Hotspur 59 points
7. Wolverhampton Wanderers 59 points
8. Arsenal 56 points
9. Sheffield United 54 points
10. Burnley 54 points
11. Southampton 52 points
12. Everton 49 points
13. Newcastle United 44 points
14. Crystal Palace 43 points
15. Brighton & Hove Albion 41 points
16. West Ham United 39 points
17. Aston Villa 35 points
18. Bournemouth 34 points
19. Watford 34 points
20. Norwich City 21 points

1 to 4 qualifies to the Champions League group stage meanwhile,^[8]

5 and 6 qualify to the Europa League but 5 qualifies to the group stage

and 6 goes to the Europa League second qualifying round.

18 - 20 are relegated to the EFL Championship.

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liverpool (C, Q)	38	32	3	3	85	33	+52	99	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Manchester City[a] (Q)	38	26	3	9	102	35	+67	81
3	Manchester United (Q)	38	18	12	8	66	36	+30	66
4	Chelsea (Q)	38	20	6	12	69	54	+15	66
5	Leicester City (Q)	38	18	8	12	67	41	+26	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Tottenham Hotspur (Q)	38	16	11	11	61	47	+14	59	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[b]
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	15	14	9	51	40	+11	59
8	Arsenal	38	14	14	10	56	48	+8	56
9	Sheffield United	38	14	12	12	39	39	0	54
10	Burnley	38	15	9	14	43	50	−7	54
11	Southampton	38	15	7	16	51	60	−9	52
12	Everton	38	13	10	15	44	56	−12	49
13	Newcastle United	38	11	11	16	38	58	−20	44
14	Crystal Palace	38	11	10	17	31	50	−19	43
15	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	9	14	15	39	54	−15	41
16	West Ham United	38	10	9	19	49	62	−13	39
17	Aston Villa	38	9	8	21	41	67	−26	35
18	Bournemouth (R)	38	9	7	22	40	65	−25	34	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Watford (R)	38	8	10	20	36	64	−28	34
20	Norwich City (R)	38	5	6	27	26	75	−49	21

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) If the champions, relegated teams or qualified teams for UEFA competitions cannot be determined by rules 1 to 3, rules 4.1 to 4.3 are applied – 4.1) Points gained in head to head record between such teams; 4.2) Away goals scored in head to head record between such teams; 4.3) Play-offs^[13]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Manchester City were initially banned from all UEFA club competitions for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body on 14 February 2020 due to alleged breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.^[9] The decision was appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on 26 February 2020.^[10] That appeal was heard on 8 June 2020.^[11] The appeal was upheld on 13 July 2020, and the ban was overturned.^[12]
2. Since the winners of the 2019–20 EFL Cup, Manchester City, have qualified for the Champions League group stage by league position, the spot given to the EFL Cup winners (Europa League second qualifying round) is passed down to the sixth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BOU	BHA	BUR	CHE	CRY	EVE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOR	SHU	SOU	TOT	WAT	WHU	WOL
Arsenal	—	3–2	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	0–3	2–0	4–0	4–0	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–2	1–0	1–1
Aston Villa	1–0	—	1–2	2–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–4	1–2	1–6	0–3	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	2–3	2–1	0–0	0–1
Bournemouth	1–1	2–1	—	3–1	0–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	4–1	0–3	1–3	1–0	1–4	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	2–2	1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–2	1–3	0–5	0–3	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2
Burnley	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	—	2–4	0–2	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–4	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–1
Chelsea	2–2	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–0	—	2–0	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–1	0–2	1–0	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–1	3–0	0–1	2–0
Crystal Palace	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–3	—	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–1
Everton	0–0	1–1	1–3	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–1	—	2–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	3–2
Leicester City	2–0	4–0	3–1	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	—	0–4	0–1	0–2	5–0	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–0	4–1	0–0
Liverpool	3–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	5–3	4–0	5–2	2–1	—	3–1	2–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	1–0
Manchester City	3–0	3–0	2–1	4–0	5–0	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	4–0	—	1–2	5–0	5–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	8–0	2–0	0–2
Manchester United	1–1	2–2	5–2	3–1	0–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	—	4–1	4–0	3–0	2–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–0
Newcastle United	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	0–3	1–3	2–2	1–0	—	0–0	3–0	2–1	1–3	1–1	2–2	1–1
Norwich City	2–2	1–5	1–0	0–1	0–2	2–3	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–2	1–3	3–1	—	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–2	0–4	1–2
Sheffield United	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	3–3	0–2	1–0	—	0–1	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Southampton	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–4	1–1	1–2	0–9	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–3
Tottenham Hotspur	2–1	3–1	3–2	2–1	5–0	0–2	4–0	1–0	3–0	0–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	—	1–1	2–0	2–3
Watford	2–2	3–0	0–0	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	0–4	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–0	—	1–3	2–1
West Ham United	1–3	1–1	4–0	3–3	0–1	3–2	1–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–5	2–0	2–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–3	3–1	—	0–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–5	2–0	3–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 26 July 2020. Source: Premier League
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.