26th season of the Premier League

The 2017–18 Premier League was the 26th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its constitution in 1992. The season started on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018. Fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 14 June 2017. [ 3 ] Chelsea were the defend champions, while Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town entered as the promote teams from the 2016–17 EFL Championship. Manchester City won their third Premier League deed, and fifth English top-flight championship overall, with five games to spare. [ 4 ] The team broke numerous Premier League records over the class of the season, including : most points ( 100 ), most wins ( 32 ), most away wins ( 16 ), most goals ( 106 ), most consecutive league wins ( 18 ), highest goal remainder ( +79 ), fewest minutes behind in matches ( 153 minutes ) and biggest winning points gross profit ( 19 ). [ 5 ] [ 6 ] All three promoted clubs avoided delegating for the first prison term since the 2011–12 crusade, and for only the third time in Premier League history.

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From this season on, club strips could feature sleeve sponsorship, whereby sponsors ‘ logos would appear on the left sleeve of the strip in stead of the Premier League spot. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ]

deception by model [edit ]

From this season on, a three-man panel consist of a former player, a former director and a erstwhile equal official would independently review video attest on the Monday after games. Any player whom the three-man panel unanimously decided had caused an adversary to be sent off or had won a penalty as a result of deceiving the referee by model would be charged by the Football Association with “ successful deception of a Match official ” which carried a penalty of suspension for two matches. Everton striker Oumar Niasse became the first Premier League player to be punished under the raw rule. [ 10 ]

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Manchester City were confirmed as Premier League champions following Manchester United ‘s 0–1 frustration at home to West Bromwich Albion in the 33rd orotund. Manchester City had started the Premier League season with an away succeed over Brighton & Hove Albion in August. After a draw against Everton, Manchester City won eighteen games in a row. During this time they secured beginning situation and held it for the remainder of the season. On 7 April, Manchester City hosted Manchester United in the local bowler hat, in which a gain would have secured their position as champions. United came back from 2-0 down at half-time to win 3-2 and deny their rivals the style ; however, the following week they lost to bottom clubhouse West Bromwich Albion, a solution which, coupled with Manchester City ‘s victory over Tottenham Hotspur, ensured an impregnable go with five games left. [ 11 ] During the campaign Manchester City broke and set several new club and English football records. They established home records in straight away ( 11 ) and overall ( 20 ) victories in all competitions ; set a new English record for consecutive league wins ( 18 ) ; equalled the Premier League record for straight away league wins ( 11 ) and set club records by achieving 28 back-to-back games unbeaten in all competitions ; 30 back-to-back games unbeaten in the league ; 20 back-to-back home wins in all competitions ; and winning 14 away games in a season. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] They won their fifth English league claim, and completed their second league and League Cup double in four years. Defending champions Chelsea started the temper badly, losing their open game to Burnley 2–3 ; the first time the holders were defeated at home in their beginning equal. A winnings at one of the title favourites, Tottenham, in their moment game seemed to get their defensive structure back on track, but results in September, including losing 0–1 to Manchester City, left them six points behind the leaders in fourth place. They failed to show the consistency of the previous temper, and finished in fifth place, leading to Antonio Conte ‘s dismissal as coach a year after leading them to the title. Manchester United started the season powerfully winning their first three games without conceding a goal and led the table until mid-September. They finished in 2nd, their highest finish and points sum ( 81 ) since the passing of Sir Alex Ferguson. Liverpool finished fourth for a moment straight temper, buoyed by the sign language of Mohamed Salah ; his 32 goals broke a Premier League record for most goals scored in a 38-game season, beating the 31 achieved by Cristiano Ronaldo, Alan Shearer and Luis Suarez. Arsenal had a poor season, finishing one-sixth overall. Long-serving coach Arsène Wenger announced his passing from the baseball club on 20 April 2018. [ 16 ] Their final home game was an emphatic 5–0 kill of Burnley which guaranteed qualification to the group stage of the Europa League. [ 17 ] Despite the kill, Burnley finished in seventh position, their best stopping point in English football since 1973–74. This entail they would be entered into the irregular passing round of golf of the Europa League, their first competitive european football campaign in 50 years. [ 18 ] Their firm complete led to director Sean Dyche and defender James Tarkowski being nominated for the Premier League Manager of the Season and Premier League Player of the Season awards respectively. [ 19 ] Stoke City were the first team to be relegated to the EFL Championship when they lost 1–2 to Crystal Palace in their penultimate bet on. Although Stoke were alone three points from safety with one game remaining, colleague strugglers Swansea and Southampton still had to play each other, meaning that Stoke would be ineffective to catch both of those teams and ending fourthly from bottom. [ 20 ] The game between Swansea and Southampton ended in a 1–0 away win for Southampton, which besides meant that despite a five-game unbeaten run, West Bromwich Albion became the second team to be relegated to the Championship on 8 May 2018. [ 21 ] Following their 1–2 defeat at the hands of Stoke on the final matchday, Swansea City were besides relegated. [ 22 ] This think of that all three promoted teams, Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town, survived relegation for the first fourth dimension since the 2011-12 crusade .

Teams [edit ]

Twenty teams competed in the league – the top seventeen teams from the former season and the three teams promoted from the Championship. The advertise teams were Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town, returning to the top flight after an absence of one, thirty-four and forty-five years respectively. This was besides both Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town ‘s first gear season in the Premier League. They replaced Hull City, Middlesbrough ( both teams relegated after a temper ‘s presence ) and Sunderland ( relegated after ten years in the top flight ) .

Stadiums and locations [edit ]

Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
  1. ^ Tottenham Hotspur played at Wembley due to the rebuild of their own stadium at White Hart Lane

Personnel and kits [edit ]

  • Additionally, referee kits were made by Nike, sponsored by EA Sports, and Nike had a new match ball, the Ordem V Premier League.

managerial changes [edit ]

League table [edit ]

Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored. 4) Play-offs (only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions).[120]
( C ) Champion; ( roentgen ) Relegated
Notes: informant : Premier League Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Goal remainder ; 3 ) Goals scored. 4 ) Play-offs ( only if needed to decide champion, teams for relegation or teams for UEFA competitions ) .Champion ; RelegatedNotes :

  1. a b Since the winners of the 2017–18 FA Cup ( Chelsea ) and the winners of the 2017–18 EFL Cup ( Manchester City ) both qualified for european competition based on their league positions, the berths awarded to the 5th-placed team ( Europa League group phase ) and the League Cup winners ( Europa League second qualifying beat ) were passed down the league .

Results [edit ]

Season statistics [edit ]

Scoring [edit ]

top scorers [edit ]

Player For Against Result Date Ref
Argentina Manchester City Watford 6–0 (A) 16 September 2017 [121]
Spain

Chelsea Stoke City 4–0 (A) 23 September 2017 [122]
England Bournemouth Huddersfield Town 4–0 (H) 18 November 2017 [123]
England Everton West Ham United 4–0 (H) 29 November 2017 [124]
England Tottenham Hotspur Burnley 3–0 (A) 23 December 2017 [125]
Southampton 5–2 (H) 26 December 2017 [126]
Argentina Manchester City Newcastle United 3–1 (H) 20 January 2018 [127]
Wales Arsenal Everton 5–1 (H) 3 February 2018 [128]
Argentina4 Manchester City Leicester City 5–1 (H) 10 February 2018 [129]
Egypt4 Liverpool Watford 5–0 (H) 17 March 2018 [130]
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
( H ) – Home team
( A ) – Away team

Most assists [edit ]

clean sheets [edit ]

discipline [edit ]

musician [edit ]

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  • Most yellow cards: 73[135]
    • West Bromwich Albion
    • West Ham United
  • Most red cards: 5[136]
    • Leicester City

Awards [edit ]

monthly awards [edit ]

annual awards [edit ]

Attendances [edit ]

reservoir : World Football
Notes:
1 : team played concluding season in the championship

References [edit ]