The Premier League fixtures 2018/19 have been announced and the adrenaline is starting to kick in. Not long to go and the new season starts with new hopes, new dreams – and new players. We are going to look at the games coming up in August and September along with the odds for each of the matches.
There are some great opening games, with Man United starting off in style as they face previous League winners, Leicester City on Friday August 10. These are the perfect games to start doing your homework and checking out how the new players are fitting in in their new teams.
19.45: Bournemouth: 2-1: Huddersfield: 19.45: West Ham: 3-1: Cardiff City: 19.45: Brighton: 3-1: Crystal Palace: 19.45: Watford: 1-0: Man City. FiveThirtyEight's Premier League predictions. Club Soccer Predictions Forecasts and Soccer Power Index (SPI) ratings for 39 leagues, updated after each match. This promises to be an exciting competition with predictions difficult to make. Bayern Munich likely to win their sixth Bundesliga in a row. Borussia Dortmund to be nearest challengers. Remaining 2017/2018 Champions League spots are wide open. VfB Stuttgart most likely to survive after promotion. Little to choose between 16 of the Bundesliga clubs. Odds to Win the 2018-19 England Premier League according to Bovada Sportsbook. England Premier League Outright Winner Manchester City -130 Liverpool +110. England Premier League PFA Player Of The Year Virgil van Dijk -250 Raheem Sterling +200 Sergio Aguero +2800 Mohamed Salah +2800 Sadio Mane +4000 Fernandinho +5000. Read about West Ham v Liverpool in the Premier League 2018/19 season, including lineups, stats and live blogs, on the official website of the Premier League.
Manchester United had a difficult time with the friendlies in the summer, so it will be interesting to see the change once there are points at stake. Even Man City had a few struggles – losing games they expected to win. So, start watching those games, working on your football betting strategies and sit back as the new season unfolds before us
All kick-offs are 15:00 on Saturdays and Bank Holidays unless otherwise stated. Remember, all fixtures are still subject to alteration.
Results:
Saturday December 01
Man City | 3-1 | Bournemouth |
Leicester City | 2-0 | Watford |
Crystal Palace | 2-0 | Burnley FC |
Newcastle | 0-3 | West Ham |
Huddersfield | 1-2 | Brighton |
17.30 | Southampton | 2-2 | Man United |
Sunday December 02
12.00 | Chelsea | 2-0 | Fulham |
14.05 | Arsenal | 4-2 | Tottenham |
17.15 | Liverpool | 1-0 | Everton |
Tuesday December 04
19.45 | Bournemouth | 2-1 | Huddersfield |
19.45 | West Ham | 3-1 | Cardiff City |
19.45 | Brighton | 3-1 | Crystal Palace |
19.45 | Watford | 1-0 | Man City |
Wednesday December 05
19.45 | Fulham | 1-1 | Leicester City |
19.45 | Wolves | 2-1 | Chelsea |
19.45 | Burnley FC | 3-1 | Liverpool |
19.45 | Everton | 1-1 | Newcastle |
20.00 | Man United | 2-2 | Arsenal |
20.00 | Tottenham | 3-1 | Southampton |
Saturday December 08
12.30 | Bournemouth | 0-4 | Liverpool |
Burnley | 1-0 | Brighton |
Man United | 4-1 | Fulham |
Arsenal | 1-0 | Huddersfield |
Cardiff | 1-0 | Southampton |
West Ham | 3-2 | Crystal Palace |
Chelsea | 2-0 | Man City |
Leicester City | 0-2 | Tottenham |
Sunday December 09
Monday December 10
Saturday December 15
12.30 | Man City | 3-1 | Everton |
Crystal Palace | 1-0 | Leicester City |
Wolves | 2-0 | Bournemouth |
Huddersfield | 0-1 | Newcastle |
Tottenham | 1-0 | Burnley FC |
Watford | 3-2 | Cardiff City |
17.30 | Fulham | 0-2 | West Ham |
Sunday December 16
13.30 | Southampton | 3-2 | Arsenal |
Brighton | 1-2 | Chelsea |
Liverpool | 3-1 | Man United |
Friday December 21
Saturday December 22
12.30 | Arsenal | 3-1 | Burnley |
Huddersfield | 1-3 | Southampton |
Bournemouth | 2-0 | Brighton |
Man City | 2-3 | Crystal Palace |
Newcastle | 0-0 | Fulham |
Chelsea | 0-1 | Leicester City |
West Ham | 0-2 | Watford |
Cardiff | 1-5 | Man United |
Sunday December 23
Wednesday December 26
Fulham | 1-1 | Wolves |
Burnley | 1-5 | Everton |
Liverpool | 4-0 | Newcastle |
Crystal Palace | 0-0 | Cardiff City |
Leicester City | 2-1 | Man City |
Tottenham | 5-0 | Bournemouth |
Man United | 3-1 | Huddersfield |
Brighton | 1-1 | Arsenal |
Watford | 1-2 | Chelsea |
Thursday December 27
19.45 | Southampton | 1-2 | West Ham |
Saturday December 29
Brighton | 1-0 | Everton |
Fulham | 1-0 | Huddersfield |
Leicester | 0-1 | Cardiff |
Spurs | 1-3 | Wolves |
Watford | 1-1 | Newcastle |
Liverpool | 5-1 | Arsenal |
Sunday December 30
Crystal Palace | 0-1 | Chelsea |
Burnley | 2-0 | West Ham |
Southampton | 1-3 | Man City |
Man Utd | 4-1 | Bournemouth |
January
Tuesday January 01
Everton | 0-1 | Leicester |
Arsenal | 4-1 | Fulham |
Cardiff | 0-3 | Spurs |
Wednesday January 02
Bournemouth | 3-3 | Watford |
Chelsea | 0-0 | Southampton |
Huddersfield | 1-2 | Burnley |
West Ham | 2-2 | Brighton |
Wolves | 0-2 | Crystal Palace |
Newcastle | 0-2 | Man Utd |
Thursday January 03
Saturday January 12
West Ham | 1-0 | Arsenal |
Brighton | 0-1 | Liverpool |
Burnley | 2-1 | Fulham |
Cardiff | 0-0 | Huddersfield |
Crystal Palace | 1-2 | Watford |
Leicester | 1-2 | Southampton |
Chelsea | 2-1 | Newcastle |
Sunday January 13
Everton | 2-0 | Bournemouth |
Spurs | 0-1 | Man Utd |
Monday January 14
Saturday January 19
Wolves | 4-3 | Leicester |
Bournemouth | 2-0 | West Ham |
Liverpool | 4-3 | Crystal Palace |
Man Utd | 2-1 | Brighton |
Newcastle | 3-0 | Cardiff |
Southampton | 2-1 | Everton |
Watford | 0-0 | Burnley |
Arsenal | 2-0 | Chelsea |
Sunday January 20
Huddersfield | 0-3 | Man City |
Fulham | 1-2 | Spurs |
Tuesday January 29
19.45 | Arsenal | 2-1 | Cardiff |
19.45 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 3-0 | West Ham United |
19.45 | Fulham | 4-2 | Brighton |
19.45 | Huddersfield | 0-1 | Everton |
20.00 | Manchester United | 2-2 | Burnley |
20.00 | Newcastle United | 2-1 | Manchester City |
Wednesday January 30
19.45 | Bournemouth | 4-0 | Chelsea |
19.45 | Southampton | 1-1 | Crystal Palace |
20.00 | Liverpool | 1-1 | Leicester City |
20.00 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2-1 | Watford |
February
Saturday February 2
12.30 | Spurs | 1-0 | Newcastle |
Brighton | 0-0 | Watford |
Burnley | 1-1 | Southampton |
Chelsea | 5-0 | Huddersfield |
Crystal Palace | 2-0 | Fulham |
Everton | 1-3 | Wolves |
17.30 | Cardiff | 2-0 | Bournemouth |
Sunday February 3
14.05 | Leicester | 0-1 | Man Utd |
16.30 | Man City | 3-1 | Arsenal |
Monday February 4
20.00 | West Ham | 1-1 | Liverpool |
Wednesday February 6
Saturday February 9
12.30 | Fulham | 0-3 | Manchester Utd |
Crystal Palace | 1-0 | West Ham |
Huddersfield | 1-2 | Arsenal |
Liverpool | 3-0 | Bournemouth |
Southampton | 1-2 | Cardiff |
Watford | 1-0 | Everton |
17.30 | Brighton | 1-3 | Burnley |
Sunday February 10
13.30 | Tottenham Hotspur | 3-1 | Leicester City |
16.00 | Manchester City | 6-0 | Chelsea |
Monday February 11
Friday February 22
19.45 | Cardiff | 1-5 | Watford |
19.45 | West Ham | 3-1 | Fulham |
Saturday February 23
12.30 | Burnley | 2-1 | Tottenham Hotspurs |
Bournemouth | 1-1 | Wolves |
Leicester | 1-4 | Crystal Palace |
Newcastle | 2-0 | Huddersfield |
Sunday February 24
Man Utd | 0-0 | Liverpool |
Arsenal | 2-0 | Southampton |
Tuesday February 26
19.45 | Cardiff | 0-3 | Everton |
19.45 | Huddersfield | 1-0 | Wolves |
19.45 | Leicester | 2-1 | Brighton & Hove Albion |
20.00 | Newcastle | 2-0 | Burnley |
Wednesday February 27
19.45 | Arsenal | 5-1 | Bournemouth |
19.45 | Man City | 1-0 | West Ham United |
19.45 | Southampton | 2-0 | Fulham |
20.00 | Chelsea | 2-0 | Tottenham Hotspurs |
20.00 | Crystal Palace | 1-3 | Man Utd |
20.00 | Liverpool | 5-0 | Watford |
March
Saturday March 2
Spurs | 1-1 | Arsenal |
Bournemouth | 0-1 | Man City |
Brighton | 1-0 | Huddersfield |
Burnley | 1-3 | Crystal Palace |
Man Utd | 3-2 | Southampton |
Wolves | 2-0 | Cardiff |
West Ham | 2-0 | Newcastle |
Sunday March 3
Watford | 2-1 | Leicester |
Fulham | 1-2 | Chelsea |
Everton | 0-0 | Liverpool |
Saturday March 9
Crystal Palace | 1-2 | Brighton |
Cardiff | 2-0 | West Ham |
Huddersfield | 0-2 | Bournemouth |
Leicester | 3-1 | Fulham |
Newcastle | 3-2 | Everton |
Southampton | 2-1 | Spurs |
Man City | 3-1 | Watford |
Sunday March 10
Liverpool | 4-2 | Burnley |
Chelsea | 1-1 | Wolves |
Arsenal | 2-0 | Man Utd |
Saturday March 16
Bournemouth | 2-2 | Newcastle |
Burnley | 1-2 | Leicester |
West Ham | 4-3 | Huddersfield |
Sunday March 17
Fulham | 1-2 | Liverpool |
Everton | 2-0 | Chelsea |
Saturday March 30
Fulham | 0-2 | Man City |
Brighton | 0-1 | Southampton |
Burnley | 2-0 | Wolves |
Crystal Palace | 2-0 | Huddersield |
Leicester | 2-0 | Bournemouth |
Man Utd | 2-1 | Watford |
West Ham | 0-2 | Everton |
Sunday March 31
Cardiff | 1-2 | Chelsea |
Liverpool | 2-1 | Spurs |
April
Monday April 1
Tuesday April 2
Watford | 4-1 | Fulham |
Wolves | 2-1 | Man Utd |
Wednesday April 3
Chelsea | 3-0 | Brighton |
Man City | 2-0 | Cardiff |
Spurs | 2-0 | Crystal Palace |
Friday April 5
Saturday April 6
Bournemouth | 1-3 | Burnley |
Huddersfield | 1-4 | Leicester |
Newcastle | 0-1 | Crystal Palace |
Sunday April 7
Monday April 8
Friday April 12
Saturday April 13
Spurs | 4-0 | Huddersfield |
Brighton | 0-5 | Bournemouth |
Burnley | 2-0 | Cardiff |
Fulham | 2-0 | Everton |
Southampton | 3-1 | Wolves |
Man Utd | 2-1 | West Ham |
Sunday April 14
Crystal Palace | 1-3 | Man City |
Liverpool | 2-0 | Chelsea |
Monday April 15
Tuesday April 16
Saturday April 20
Man City | 1-0 | Spurs |
Bournemouth | 0-1 | Fulham |
Huddersfield | 1-2 | Watford |
West Ham | 2-2 | Leicester |
Wolves | 0-0 | Brighton |
Newcastle | 3-1 | Southampton |
Sunday April 21
Everton | 4-0 | Man Utd |
Arsenal | 2-3 | Crystal Palace |
Cardiff | 0-2 | Liverpool |
Monday April 22
Tuesday April 23
Spurs | 1-0 | Brighton |
Watford | 1-1 | Southampton |
Wednesday April 24
Wolves | 3-1 | Arsenal |
Manchester United | 0-2 | Manchester City |
Friday April 26
Saturday April 27
Spurs | 0-1 | West Ham |
Crystal Palace | 0-0 | Everton |
Fulham | 1-0 | Cardiff |
Southampton | 3-3 | Bournemouth |
Watford | 1-2 | Wolves |
Brighton | 1-1 | Newcastle |
Sunday April 28
Burnley | 0-1 | Man City |
Man Utd | 1-1 | Chelsea |
Saturday May 4
Arsenal | 1-1 | Brighton |
Bournemouth | 1-0 | Spurs |
Cardiff | 2-3 | Crystal Palace |
Chelsea | 3-0 | Watford |
Everton | 2-0 | Burnley |
Huddersfield | 1-1 | Man Utd |
Man City | tbc | Leicester |
Newcastle | 2-3 | Liverpool |
West Ham | 3-0 | Southampton |
Wolves | 1-0 | Fulham |
Monday May 6
Man City | 1-0 | Leicester City |
Sunday May 12
Brighton | 1-4 | Man City |
Burnley | 1-3 | Arsenal |
Crystal Palace | 5-3 | Bournemouth |
Fulham | 0-4 | Newcastle |
Leicester | 0-0 | Chelsea |
Liverpool | 2-0 | Wolves |
Man Utd | 0-2 | Cardiff |
Southampton | 1-1 | Huddersfield |
Spurs | 2-2 | Everton |
Watford | 1-4 | West Ham |
It's always fun to predict how the 2018-19 Premier League season will go. OK, maybe it's a bit premature ... but here's our 'way too early' table.
1. Manchester City
City are simply too far ahead of the rest for anyone to launch a serious challenge next season, although their 19-point winning margin from 2017-18 will be halved. Pep Guardiola will freshen things up with a couple of tweaks, particularly up front in midfield, while Vincent Kompany's entreaty to his teammates to maintain their level of desire will be well heeded.
2. Liverpool
Their Champions League final defeat was a bitter pill to swallow, but Liverpool are on an upward trajectory at the moment. It will not be enough to bother City as the season goes on, but Jurgen Klopp will surely add depth to key positions -- a quality backup to the likes of Mohamed Salah in attack is an obvious need.
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3. Tottenham
Question marks over Tottenham's capacity to compete with the financial millstone of their new stadium hanging over them were reduced slightly by Mauricio Pochettino's signing of a five-year contract. It suggests he has heard the right things from Daniel Levy and Spurs. So buoyed by their homecoming and with added squad depth, Spurs will sit comfortably in the Champions League positions once again.
4. Manchester United
United and Jose Mourinho have enough quality to see off most opponents, but any progress they made in his first two seasons risks grinding to a halt now. While their rivals play fresh, exciting football, the positive feeling around United's approach is minimal. This will see them slide two places, perhaps paving the way for a change in the dugout next summer.
5. Arsenal
It will be a transitional season for Arsenal under Unai Emery and one of slight improvement, although they will miss out on the Champions League places again. Emery will instill an organisation and diligence that the Gunners had been missing, and he will hope fans and the board hold their nerve. Though a return to Europe's top table is not on the cards just yet.
6. Chelsea
It feels like a crossroads for Chelsea, whose method of hiring and firing every couple of years will surely stop bearing fruit one day. Assuming Antonio Conte departs, there will be a huge task for his successor to reshape the squad, and not much time. The Stamford Bridge club could receive a huge reality check.
7. Newcastle
If Rafa Benitez remains in charge at St James's Park next season, presumably he will have been promised the kind of resources he requires to push Newcastle up a level. Given two or three quality signings, there is no reason why, in a league that lacks an obvious challenger to the established order, he cannot nestle them in beneath the leading pack. As Benitez showed last season with a middling squad, there are few better managers around.
8. Crystal Palace
Palace's turnaround under Roy Hodgson in 2017-18 was stunning, and in a Premier League that lacks the kind of calm, considered heads the veteran manager brings, they are a good bet to thrive next time around. That might change if Wilfried Zaha leaves the club where he is so clearly at home, and there is always the riddle of Christian Benteke's toils up front to solve, but Palace look set to be just fine.
9. Fulham
Fulham play the kind of football most Premier League clubs beyond the top six have given up trying. They will take anyone on, and that approach will pay dividends with a top-half finish and plenty of acclaim for Slavisa Jokanovic's free-flowing side. Keeping Aleksandar Mitrovic, seemingly unwanted at Newcastle and prolific at Craven Cottage, could be the key.
10. Everton
As with so many of their peers, this feels like a year of change and adaptation for Everton. If Marco Silva is confirmed as their new manager, there will be cause for optimism, although nobody has yet seen him work in the top flight over a full season. New signings are needed, and Ademola Lookman should be integrated quickly after his superb loan spell at RB Leipzig, but most around the club would be happy just to see a better brand of football than under Sam Allardyce for now.
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11. West Ham
The Manuel Pellegrini revolution begins, although it will take something drastic to turn West Ham -- beset by anger and anxiety both on and off the pitch -- into European contenders straightaway. He should make them easier on the eye, though, and will relish getting the best out of Marko Arnautovic and Manuel Lanzini.
12. Wolves
Wolves mean business and are equipped to consolidate themselves in their first season back in the big time. Ruben Neves can be one of the Premier League's best midfielders and they had an early pre-season boost when Willy Boly, their towering centre-back, turned his loan from Porto permanent. They could still do with a top-quality striker, but it is hard to see Nuno Espirito Santo -- with the help of Cristiano Ronaldo's super-agent, Jorge Mendes -- being denied the funds to acquire one.
13. Southampton
It will be a season of consolidation for Southampton under Mark Hughes, who will not allow a repeat of last season's near miss but will find rapid progress tough to achieve. Saints need to retain their few stars this summer, in contrast with previous transfer windows, and add some potency in the final third.
14. Leicester
Despite frustrations with Claude Puel's relatively conservative approach, there were suggestions in the last two games of 2017-18 that Leicester still pack a punch and cut loose. However, they look sure to lose Riyad Mahrez, and these days, they simply appear to be another member of the mid-table pack.
15. Burnley
A tougher year for Burnley and Sean Dyche, who performed to their limit last season and will have the Thursday-Sunday regimen of Europa League fixtures to enjoy if they come through the qualifying rounds. The squad will need bolstering, and it will be a delicate balancing act; Burnley will not be drawn seriously into the relegation battle but will have to be content with treading water for a year.
16. Brighton
Chris Hughton thoroughly deserved the plaudits that came his way last season, avoiding relegation with a compact, methodical team that increasingly showed it could cut loose and play a bit. Some added pace at centre-back might be useful, and the time will come when 34-year-old Glenn Murray's goal scoring touch evades him -- but they will be safe again next season.
17. Bournemouth
Bournemouth keep bobbing along, and it was a testament to Eddie Howe, given their early-season struggles in 2017-18, that he steered them as high as 12th. The concern is that Howe's efforts to add to a tight-knit squad have not always been successful; a lack of quality may show through next season, but they will avoid the drop.
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18. Watford
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Watford's model eschews continuity and it remains to be seen whether Javi Gracia remains at the helm next season. The squad will doubtless be refreshed once more, but it is hard to discern exactly what its style and personality are. This could be a difficult campaign, and Watford are in line to be surprise strugglers towards the bottom.
19. Huddersfield
Huddersfield's against-all-odds survival was heartwarming, but it will take a tremendous effort to achieve the same again. Much will depend on whether hugely sought-after manager David Wagner, who did not exactly nail his colours to the mast after their final game of 2017-18, remains in position, but either way, it is difficult not to see them struggling again.
20. Cardiff
Guts and belligerence were the raw materials behind Cardiff's outstanding Championship campaign. They have plenty of experience, but there is a dearth of quality and not even the wise old head of Neil Warnock will be able to bridge the gap between the Bluebirds and their competitors.