2018-19 Premier League 2

The 2018-19 Premier League 2 is the third 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 Blackburn Rovers and Brighton & Hove Albion promoted to the top division, Rovers as Division 2 champions and the Seagulls as playoff winners. They replace Sunderland and Manchester United, who were relegated from Division 1. Arsenal are the defending Division 1 champions.

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

2018-19 Teams
Division One Team Training Ground Manager Arsenal Meadow Park, Boreham Wood Freddie Ljungberg Blackburn Rovers Leyland County Ground, Lancashire FA Damien Johnson Brighton & Hove Albion Broadfield Stadium, Crawley Simon Rusk Chelsea EBB Stadium, Aldershot Joe Edwards 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 Terry Westley			Division Two Team Training Ground Manager Aston Villa Bescot Stadium, Walsall Mark Delaney & Kevin MacDonald Fulham Motspur Park Peter Grant Manchester United Leigh Sports Village Ricky Sbragia Middlesbrough Heritage Park, Bishop Auckland Paul Stephenson Newcastle United Northumberland FA Ben Dawson Norwich City Carrow Road Matt Gill Reading Adams Park, Wycombe Scott Marshall Southampton Staplewood Radhi Jaidi Stoke City St George's Park 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	Everton	6	3	2	1	11	2	+9	11
2	Arsenal	6	3	2	1	15	10	+5	11
3	Chelsea	6	3	2	1	8	4	+4	11
4	Leicester City	5	3	1	1	8	3	+5	10
5	Manchester City	6	3	1	2	16	19	-3	10
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	5	2	3	0	9	3	+6	9
7	Derby County	6	2	2	2	7	8	-1	8
8	West Ham	6	2	0	4	13	15	-2	6
9	Liverpool	6	1	3	2	6	8	-2	6
10	Tottenham	6	1	2	3	6	13	-7	5
11	Swansea City	6	0	3	3	2	7	-5	3
12	Blackburn Rovers	6	0	3	3	4	13	-9	3

(Updated: 23rd September)

Upcoming Fixtures

Monday 24 September	Leicester City	vs	Brighton
Friday 28 September	Blackburn Rovers	vs	Tottenham
Saturday 29 September	Chelsea	vs	Liverpool
Saturday 29 September	Swansea City	vs	Manchester City
Monday 1 October	Derby County	vs	Brighton
Monday 1 October	Everton	vs	West Ham
Monday 1 October	Leicester City	vs	Arsenal

Results

September

Sunday 23 September	Everton	6-0	Tottenham
Saturday 22 September	Manchester City	3-2	Derby County
Saturday 22 September	Swansea City	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 22 September	West Ham	1-2	Chelsea
Friday 21 September	Arsenal	4-0	Liverpool

Monday 17 September	Blackburn Rovers	0-0	Arsenal
Monday 17 September	Derby County	1-0	Everton
Sunday 16 September	Chelsea	1-1	Leicester City
Saturday 15 September	Liverpool	3-0	Swansea City
Friday 14 September	Brighton	2-1	West Ham
Friday 14 September	Tottenham	2-0	Manchester City

Monday 3 September	Derby County	0-2	Leicester City
Sunday 2 September	Liverpool	1-2	West Ham
Sunday 2 September	Swansea City	0-1	Chelsea

August

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Friday 31 August	Arsenal	2-1	Tottenham
Friday 31 August	Blackburn Rovers	0-3	Everton
Friday 31 August	Brighton	5-0	Manchester City

Monday 27 August	Leicester	4-1	Blackburn
Saturday 25 August	Everton	0-0	Swansea
Friday 24 August	Chelsea	0-1	Derby
Friday 24 August	Man City	1-1	Liverpool
Friday 24 August	Tottenham	1-1	Brighton
Friday 24 August	West Ham	2-3	Arsenal

Monday 20 August	Arsenal	1-1	Brighton
Monday 20 August	Blackburn Rovers	0-3	Chelsea
Monday 20 August	Everton	1-0	Leicester City
Monday 20 August	Swansea City	1-1	Derby County
Sunday 19 August	West Ham	4-6	Manchester City
Friday 17 August	Liverpool	1-1	Tottenham

Monday 13 August	Derby County	2-2	Blackburn Rovers
Monday 13 August	Leicester City	1-0	Swansea City
Monday 13 August	Tottenham	1-3	West Ham
Sunday 12 August	Chelsea	1-1	Everton
Saturday 11 August	Manchester City	6-5	Arsenal
Friday 10 August	Brighton	0-0	Liverpool

Division 2

League Table

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

(Updated: 23rd September)

Upcoming Fixtures

Monday 24 September	Stoke City	vs	Fulham
Monday 24 September	Wolves	vs	Sunderland
Friday 28 September	Norwich City	vs	Manchester United
Friday 28 September	Wolves	vs	Middlesbrough
Saturday 29 September	Reading	vs	Southampton
Monday 1 October	Newcastle United	vs	Fulham
Monday 1 October	Sunderland	vs	Aston Villa
Monday 1 October	West Brom	vs	Stoke City

Results

September

Sunday 23 September	Middlesbrough	0-2	Manchester United
Friday 21 September	Norwich City	2-1	Newcastle United
Friday 21 September	Reading	0-0	West Brom
Friday 21 September	Southampton	0-1	Aston Villa

Monday 17 September	West Brom	2-3	Middlesbrough
Sunday 16 September	Sunderland	1-1	Norwich City
Friday 14 September	Aston Villa	0-3	Stoke City
Friday 14 September	Fulham	1-0	Wolves
Friday 14 September	Manchester United	1-1	Reading
Friday 14 September	Newcastle United	0-1	Southampton

Monday 3 September	Sunderland	2-1	West Brom
Sunday 2 September	Middlesbrough	1-2	Aston Villa
Saturday 1 September	Newcastle United	2-4	Reading
Saturday 1 September	Fulham	1-1	Southampton

August

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Friday 31 August	Manchester United	1-0	Stoke City
Friday 31 August	Norwich City	1-3	Wolves

Monday 27 August	Stoke	1-1	Middlesbrough
Monday 27 August	Wolves	2-0	Newcastle United
Monday 27 August	Aston Villa	2-1	Fulham
Monday 27 August	West Brom	0-4	Norwich City
Saturday 25 August	Reading	4-1	Sunderland
Friday 24 August	Southampton	1-1	Manchester United

Monday 20 August	Norwich City	3-2	Reading
Monday 20 August	Newcastle United	5-0	Sunderland
Monday 20 August	Stoke City	1-4	Southampton
Friday 17 August	Middlesbrough	4-3	Fulham
Friday 17 August	Manchester United	3-1	Aston Villa
Friday 17 August	Wolves	4-1	West Brom

Monday 13 August	Aston Villa	2-0	Norwich City
Monday 13 August	Sunderland	1-2	Stoke City
Monday 13 August	West Brom	1-1	Newcastle United
Saturday 11 August	Reading	2-2	Wolves
Friday 10 August	Fulham	2-2	Manchester United
Friday 10 August	Southampton	2-0	Middlesbrough

Top Goalscorers

(Updated 8th September)

DIVISION 1

Player	Club	Goals
Nabil Touaizi	Manchester City	6
Xande Silva	West Ham	5
Aaron Connolly	Brighton	3
Rabbi Matondo	Manchester City	3

DIVISION 2

Player	Club	Goals
Benny Ashley-Seal	Wolves	7
Danny Loader	Reading	5
Adam Idah	Norwich City	4