2019-20 Premier League 2

The 2019-20 Premier League 2 is the fourth year of the new top tier of the Professional Development League. It was rebranded from the previous Under-21 Premier League in 2016, with the age range changed from Under-21 to Under-23. Clubs are also still permitted to field three 'over-age' outfield players and one 'over-age' goalkeeper. The match calendar is set to be fixed at the start of the season with no movement to match rounds permitted; clubs will only be permitted flexibility regarding on which weekend day (Friday to Monday) the game will be played.

The league remains split into two, with both Wolverhampton Wanderers and Southampton promoted to the top division, Wolves as Division 2 champions and the Saints as playoff winners. They replace West Ham and Swansea City, who were relegated from Division 1. Everton are the defending Division 1 champions, winning their second title in three years.

Promotion and relegation of two teams will apply once again this season. The teams finishing 11th and 12th in Division 1 will be relegated, while the team finishing top of Division 2 will be automatically promoted. Those teams finishing second, third, fourth and fifth in Division 2 will compete in a promotion playoff.

Teams

2019-20 Teams
Division One Team Training Ground Manager Arsenal Meadow Park, Boreham Wood Steve Bould Blackburn Rovers Leyland County Ground, Lancashire FA Billy Barr Brighton & Hove Albion Broadfield Stadium, Crawley Simon Rusk Chelsea EBB Stadium, Aldershot Andy Myers Derby County St George's Park Darren Wassall Everton Haig Avenue, Southport David Unsworth Leicester City Holmes Park Steve Beaglehole Liverpool Prenton Park, Tranmere Neil Critchley Manchester City Man City Academy Stadium Paul Harsley Swansea City Landore Youth Academy Garry Richards and Cameron Toshack Tottenham Lamex Stadium, Stevenage Wayne Burnett West Ham Victoria Road, Dagenham Dmitri Halajko			Division Two Team Training Ground Manager Aston Villa Bescot Stadium, Walsall Mark Delaney Fulham Motspur Park Mark Pembridge Manchester United Leigh Sports Village Neil Wood Middlesbrough Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland Graeme Lee Newcastle United Northumberland FA Neil Redfearn Norwich City Carrow Road Matt Gill Reading Adams Park, Wycombe Scott Marshall Southampton Staplewood Radhi Jaidi Stoke City TBC Kevin Russell Sunderland Eppleton Colliery Ground Elliott Dickman West Brom Aggborough Stadium, Kidderminster Jamie Smith Wolves New Bucks Head, Telford Rob Edwards

Division 1

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Chelsea	6	4	2	0	12	5	+7	14
2	Everton	6	3	3	0	14	6	+6	12
3	Arsenal	6	3	3	0	13	9	+4	12
4	Derby County	6	3	2	1	10	7	+3	11
5	Tottenham	6	2	2	2	12	11	+1	8
5	Wolves	6	2	2	2	6	8	-2	8
7	Blackburn Rovers	6	2	1	3	13	11	+2	7
8	Brighton & Hove Albion	6	2	0	4	11	11	0	6
9	Leicester City	6	1	3	2	6	8	-2	6
10	Liverpool	6	1	2	3	10	18	-8	5
11	Manchester City	6	1	1	4	11	14	-3	4
11	Southampton	6	1	1	4	10	20	-10	4

(Updated: 26th September)

Upcoming Fixtures

Friday 27 September	Brighton & Hove Albion	vs	Tottenham
Friday 27 September	Everton	vs	Manchester City
Friday 27 September	Wolverhampton Wanderers	vs	Southampton
Saturday 28 September	Leicester City	vs	Chelsea
Saturday 28 September	Arsenal	vs	Liverpool
Sunday 29 September	Derby County	vs	Blackburn Rovers

Results

September

Monday 23 September	Blackburn Rovers	4-0	Tottenham
Sunday 22 September	Derby County	2-0	Manchester City
Saturday 21 September	Southampton	0-2	Chelsea
Friday 20 September	Brighton & Hove Albion	1-2	Everton
Friday 20 September	Leicester City	2-2	Liverpool
Friday 20 September	Wolves	2-2	Arsenal

Monday 16 September	Everton	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 14 September	Arsenal	2-1	Leicester City
Saturday 14 September	Manchester City	1-2	Wolves
Saturday 14 September	Liverpool	3-3	Derby County
Friday 13 September	Tottenham	2-2	Southampton
Friday 13 September	Chelsea	2-1	Brighton & Hove Albion

August

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Saturday 31 August	Liverpool	1-4	Manchester City
Friday 30 August	Brighton & Hove Albion	3-5	Blackburn Rovers
Friday 30 August	Chelsea	2-2	Tottenham
Friday 30 August	Derby County	2-2	Arsenal
Friday 30 August	Everton	8-2	Southampton
Friday 30 August	Wolves	0-2	Leicester City

Monday 26 August	Southampton	2-4	Liverpool
Friday 23 August	Tottenham	1-2	Derby County
Friday 23 August	Arsenal	2-2	Everton
Friday 23 August	Blackburn Rovers	1-2	Wolves
Friday 23 August	Leicester City	0-3	Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 23 August	Manchester City	2-2	Chelsea

Monday 19 August	Chelsea	3-0	Liverpool
Monday 19 August	Leicester City	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Monday 19 August	Southampton	0-1	Derby County
Sunday 18 August	Wolves	0-0	Everton
Friday 16 August	Arsenal	2-1	Brighton & Hove Albion
Friday 16 August	Tottenham	3-1	Manchester City

Monday 12 August	Blackburn Rovers	1-3	Arsenal
Monday 12 August	Brighton & Hove Albion	2-0	Wolves
Monday 12 August	Derby County	0-1	Chelsea
Monday 12 August	Everton	0-0	Leicester City
Sunday 11 August	Manchester City	3-4	Southampton
Saturday 10 August	Liverpool	0-4	Tottenham

Division 2

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Manchester United	5	4	1	0	14	2	+12	13
2	West Ham	4	3	1	0	10	3	+7	10
3	Stoke City	4	2	1	1	7	5	+2	7
4	Middlesbrough	4	2	1	1	6	6	0	7
5	West Brom	4	2	0	2	10	8	+2	6
6	Reading	4	2	0	2	8	6	+2	6
7	Norwich City	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
8	Aston Villa	4	1	2	1	4	4	0	5
9	Swansea City	4	1	1	2	7	8	-1	4
10	Fulham	5	1	0	4	3	9	-6	3
11	Newcastle United	4	1	0	3	3	13	-10	3
12	Sunderland	4	0	1	3	3	11	-8	1

(Updated: 15th September)

Upcoming Fixtures

Friday 20 September	Fulham	vs	Reading
Friday 20 September	Middlesbrough	vs	West Ham
Friday 20 September	Norwich City	vs	Stoke City
Sunday 22 September	Swansea City	vs	Sunderland
Monday 23 September	West Brom	vs	Newcastle United
Monday 23 September	Aston Villa	vs	Manchester United

Results

September

Monday 16 September	Newcastle United	3-2	Norwich City
Monday 16 September	Reading	5-0	Swansea City
Monday 16 September	Stoke City	2-0	Aston Villa
Monday 16 September	Sunderland	2-3	Middlesbrough
Monday 16 September	West Ham	1-0	West Brom
Friday 13 September	Manchester United	1-0	Fulham

Monday 2 September

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August

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Saturday 31 August	Swansea City	3-4	Stoke City
Friday 30 August	Fulham	1-2	Newcastle United
Friday 30 August	Manchester United	2-2	West Ham
Friday 30 August	Norwich City	2-2	Middlesbrough
Friday 30 August	Sunderland	1-2	Aston Villa

Monday 26 August	Stoke City	0-1	Fulham
Saturday 24 August	Aston Villa	1-1	Norwich City
Friday 23 August	Middlesbrough	3-2	Swansea City
Friday 23 August	Newcastle United	0-4	Manchester United
Friday 23 August	West Brom	6-0	Sunderland
Friday 23 August	West Ham	3-0	Reading

Monday 19 August	Fulham	1-3	West Brom
Monday 19 August	Swansea City	1-1	Aston Villa
Sunday 18 August	Sunderland	1-2	Norwich City
Saturday 17 August	Newcastle United	1-2	West Ham
Friday 16 August	Manchester United	2-0	Reading
Friday 16 August	Middlesbrough	0-2	Stoke City

Monday 12 August	Reading	6-0	Newcastle United
Monday 12 August	Stoke City	1-1	Sunderland
Friday 9 August	Norwich City	0-1	Swansea City
Friday 9 August	Middlesbrough	1-0	Aston Villa
Friday 9 August	West Brom	0-5	Manchester United
Friday 9 August	West Ham	3-0	Fulham

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 14th August)

DIVISION 1

Player	Club	Goals
Folarin Balogun	Arsenal	3
Aaron Connolly	Brighton	2
Dan N'Lundulu	Southampton	2
Kazaiah Sterling	Tottenham	2

DIVISION 2

Player	Club	Goals
Andrija Novakovich	Reading	3
James Garner	Manchester United	2

Hat-tricks

(Updated 14th August)

Player	Club	Date	Fixture
Andrija Novakovich	Reading	12th August 2019	Reading 6-0 Newcastle United
Folarin Balogun	Arsenal	12th August 2019	Blackburn Rovers 1-3 Arsenal