2021–22 Premier League: 30th season of the Premier League

Premier League
Season	2021–22
Dates	13 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches played	176
Goals scored	500 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mohamed Salah; (15 goals)
Biggest home win	Chelsea 7–0 Norwich City; (23 October 2021); Manchester City 7–0 Leeds United; (14 December 2021)
Biggest away win	Watford 0–5 Liverpool; (16 October 2021); Manchester United 0–5 Liverpool; (24 October 2021); Norwich City 0–5 Arsenal; (26 December 2021)
Highest scoring	Manchester City 6–3 Leicester City; (26 December 2021)
Longest winning run	9 matches; Manchester City
Longest unbeaten run	10 matches; Liverpool
Longest winless run	14 matches; Newcastle United
Longest losing run	6 matches; Norwich City
Highest attendance	73,172; Manchester United 1–0 Crystal Palace; (5 December 2021)
Lowest attendance	16,479; Brentford 2–0 Arsenal; (13 August 2021)
Total attendance	4,189,660
Average attendance	39,525
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 27 December 2021.

Manchester City were the defending champions, having won their fifth Premier League title in the previous season. The season started on 13 August 2021. Stadium sound only.

Teams

There were 20 teams in this season and 17 returned from the previous season. The teams that came up from the Championship were Norwich City, Watford (who both return to the Premier League after being away for a year) and Brentford (who return to the top division for the first time in seventy-four years).

Stadiums and locations

London

Aston Villa

Brighton & Hove Albion

Wolverhampton
Wanderers

London teams:
Arsenal
Brentford
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United

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Locations of the 2021–22 Premier League teams

Arsenal

Brentford

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

Tottenham Hotspur

West Ham
United

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Greater London Premier League football clubs

Note Table lists in alphabetical order.

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	London (Holloway)	Emirates Stadium	60,704
Aston Villa	Birmingham	Villa Park	42,682
Brentford	London (Brentford)	Brentford Community Stadium	17,250
Brighton & Hove Albion	Brighton	Falmer Stadium	31,800
Burnley	Burnley	Turf Moor	21,944
Chelsea	London (Fulham)	Stamford Bridge	40,834
Crystal Palace	London (Selhurst)	Selhurst Park	25,486
Everton	Liverpool (Walton)	Goodison Park	39,414
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	37,792
Leicester City	Leicester	King Power Stadium	32,312
Liverpool	Liverpool (Anfield)	Anfield	53,394
Manchester City	Manchester (Bradford)	City of Manchester Stadium	55,017
Manchester United	Manchester (Old Trafford)	Old Trafford	74,140
Newcastle United	Newcastle upon Tyne	St James' Park	52,305
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	27,244
Southampton	Southampton	St Mary's Stadium	32,384
Tottenham Hotspur	London (Tottenham)	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	62,303
Watford	Watford	Vicarage Road	22,200
West Ham United	London (Stratford)	London Stadium	60,000
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Wolverhampton	Molineux Stadium	32,050

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (chest)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Arsenal	Mikel Arteta	Alexandre Lacazette	Adidas	Emirates	Visit Rwanda
Aston Villa	Steven Gerrard	Tyrone Mings	Kappa	Cazoo	OB Sports
Brentford	Thomas Frank	Pontus Jansson	Umbro	Hollywoodbets	Safetyculture
Brighton & Hove Albion	Graham Potter	Lewis Dunk	Nike	American Express	SnickersUK.com
Burnley	Sean Dyche	Ben Mee	Umbro	Spreadex Sports	AstroPay
Chelsea	Thomas Tuchel	César Azpilicueta	Nike	Three	Hyundai
Crystal Palace	Patrick Vieira	Luka Milivojević	Puma	W88	Iqoniq
Everton	Frank Lampard	Séamus Coleman	Hummel	Cazoo	TBA
Leeds United	Jesse Marsch	Liam Cooper	Adidas	SBOTOP	BOXT
Leicester City	Brendan Rodgers	Kasper Schmeichel	Adidas	FBS	Bia Saigon
Liverpool	Jürgen Klopp	Jordan Henderson	Nike	Standard Chartered	Expedia
Manchester City	Pep Guardiola	Fernandinho	Puma	Etihad Airways	Nexen Tire
Manchester United	Ralf Rangnick	Harry Maguire	Adidas	TeamViewer	Kohler
Newcastle United	Eddie Howe	Jamaal Lascelles	Castore	FUN88	Kayak
Norwich City	Dean Smith	Grant Hanley	Joma	Lotus Cars	JD Sports
Southampton	Ralph Hasenhüttl	James Ward-Prowse	Hummel	Sportsbet.io	Virgin Media
Tottenham Hotspur	Antonio Conte	Hugo Lloris	Nike	AIA	Cinch
Watford	Roy Hodgson	Moussa Sissoko	Kelme	Stake.com	TBA
West Ham United	David Moyes	Mark Noble	Umbro	Betway	Scope Markets
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bruno Lage	Conor Coady	Castore	ManBetX	Bitci.com

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in the table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Crystal Palace	Roy Hodgson	End of contract	24 May 2021	Pre-season	Patrick Vieira	4 July 2021
Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nuno Espírito Santo	Mutual consent	24 May 2021		Bruno Lage	9 June 2021
Everton	Carlo Ancelotti	Signed by Real Madrid	1 June 2021		Rafael Benítez	30 June 2021
Tottenham Hotspur	Ryan Mason	End of caretaker spell	30 June 2021		Nuno Espírito Santo	30 June 2021
Watford	Xisco Muñoz	Sacked	3 October 2021	14th	Claudio Ranieri	4 October 2021
Newcastle United	Steve Bruce	Mutual consent	20 October 2021	19th	Graeme Jones (interim)	20 October 2021
Tottenham Hotspur	Nuno Espírito Santo	Sacked	1 November 2021	8th	Antonio Conte	2 November 2021
Norwich City	Daniel Farke		6 November 2021	20th	Dean Smith	15 November 2021
Aston Villa	Dean Smith		7 November 2021	15th	Steven Gerrard	11 November 2021
Newcastle United	Graeme Jones	End of interim spell	8 November 2021	19th	Eddie Howe	8 November 2021
Manchester United	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	Mutual consent	21 November 2021	7th	Michael Carrick (caretaker)	21 November 2021
Manchester United	Michael Carrick	End of caretaker spell	2 December 2021	7th	Ralf Rangnick (interim)	3 December 2021
Everton	Rafael Benítez	Sacked	16 January 2022	15th	Duncan Ferguson (caretaker)	18 January 2022
Watford	Claudio Ranieri	Sacked	24 January 2022	19th	Roy Hodgson	25 January 2022
Everton	Duncan Ferguson	End of caretaker spell	31 January 2022	16th	Frank Lampard	31 January 2022
Leeds United	Marcelo Bielsa	Sacked	27 February 2022	16th	Jesse Marsch	28 February 2022
Burnley	Sean Dyche	Sacked	15 April 2022	18th	Mike Jackson Connor King Ben Mee (joint-caretakers)	15 April 2022

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester City (Q)	31	23	5	3	72	20	+52	74	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Liverpool (X)	31	22	7	2	79	22	+57	73
3	Chelsea	30	18	8	4	64	23	+41	62
4	Tottenham Hotspur	32	18	3	11	56	38	+18	57
5	Manchester United	32	15	9	8	52	44	+8	54	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Arsenal	31	17	3	11	45	37	+8	54	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7	West Ham United	33	15	7	11	52	43	+9	52	Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	32	15	4	13	33	28	+5	49
9	Leicester City	30	11	7	12	46	50	−4	40
10	Brighton & Hove Albion	32	9	13	10	29	37	−8	40
11	Brentford	33	11	6	16	41	49	−8	39
12	Southampton	32	9	12	11	38	52	−14	39
13	Crystal Palace	31	8	13	10	43	40	+3	37
14	Newcastle United	32	9	10	13	36	55	−19	37
15	Aston Villa	31	11	3	17	42	46	−4	36
16	Leeds United	32	8	9	15	38	68	−30	33
17	Everton	30	8	4	18	33	52	−19	28
18	Burnley	31	4	13	14	26	45	−19	25	Relegation to the EFL Championship
19	Watford	32	6	4	22	30	62	−32	22
20	Norwich City	32	5	6	21	22	66	−44	21

Updated to match(es) played on 17 April 2022. 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
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (X) Assured of at least Europa League but can still qualify for the Champions League.
Notes:

Home \ Away	ARS	AVL	BRE	BHA	BUR	CHE	CRY	EVE	LEE	LEI	LIV	MCI	MUN	NEW	NOR	SOU	TOT	WAT	WHU	WOL
Arsenal	—	3–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	0–2	2–2			2–0	0–2	1–2	a	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	2–1
Aston Villa	0–1	—	1–1	2–0		1–3		3–0	3–3	2–1		1–2	2–2	2–0		4–0	0–4	0–1	1–4	2–3
Brentford	2–0	2–1	—	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–0	1–0		1–2	3–3	0–1	1–3	0–2	1–2			2–1	2–0	1–2
Brighton & Hove Albion	0–0	0–2	2–0	—	0–3	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–4		1–1	0–0		0–2	2–0		0–1
Burnley	0–1		3–1	1–2	—	0–4	3–3	3–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–2	1–1		0–0		1–0	0–0	0–0
Chelsea	a	3–0	1–4	1–1	1–1	—	3–0	1–1	3–2		2–2	0–1	1–1	1–0	7–0	3–1	2–0
Crystal Palace	3–0	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–1	—	3–1		2–2	1–3	0–0		1–1	3–0	2–2	3–0		2–3	2–0
Everton	2–1	0–1		2–3	3–1			—	3–0		1–4	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	3–1	0–0	2–5	0–1	0–1
Leeds United	1–4	0–3	2–2		3–1	a	1–0	2–2	—	1–1	0–3		2–4	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–4	1–0	1–2	1–1
Leicester City	0–2		2–1	1–1	2–2	0–3	2–1		1–0	—	1–0	0–1	4–2	4–0			2–3	4–2	2–2	1–0
Liverpool	4–0	1–0	3–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	a	6–0	2–0	—	2–2	a	3–1	3–1	4–0		2–0	1–0
Manchester City	5–0		2–0		2–0	1–0	0–2	3–0	7–0	6–3	2–2	—	4–1		5–0	0–0	2–3		2–1	1–0
Manchester United	3–2	0–1		2–0	3–1		1–0	1–1	5–1	1–1	0–5	0–2	—	4–1	3–2	1–1	3–2	0–0	1–0	0–1
Newcastle United		1–0	3–3	2–1	1–0	0–3		3–1	1–1	2–1		0–4	1–1	—	1–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	2–4	1–0
Norwich City	0–5	0–2	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	0–4	0–1		—	2–1		1–3		0–0
Southampton	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	2–2	0–6		2–0	1–0	2–2		1–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	—	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1
Tottenham Hotspur	a	2–1	2–0	0–1		0–3	3–0	5–0	2–1		2–2	1–0	0–3	5–1	3–0	2–3	—	1–0	3–1	0–2
Watford	2–3	3–2	1–2	0–2		1–2	1–4		0–3		0–5	1–3	4–1	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–1	—	1–4	0–2
West Ham United		2–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–2	2–2	2–1	2–3	4–1	3–2		1–2	1–1	2–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	—	1–0
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	2–1	0–2		0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–3	2–1	0–1		0–1	2–1		3–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	—

Rank	Player	Club	Assists
1	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	9
2	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	8
3	Jarrod Bowen	West Ham United	7
	Gabriel Jesus	Manchester City
	Paul Pogba	Manchester United
6	Michail Antonio	West Ham United	5
	Emmanuel Dennis	Watford
	Reece James	Chelsea
	Mateo Kovačić	Chelsea
	Andrew Robertson	Liverpool

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Ederson	Manchester City	10
2	Alisson	Liverpool	9
2	Aaron Ramsdale	Arsenal	9
4	Édouard Mendy	Chelsea	8
5	Hugo Lloris	Tottenham Hotspur	7
5	José Sá	Wolverhampton Wanderers	7
7	Robert Sánchez	Brighton & Hove Albion	6
8	Vicente Guaita	Crystal Palace	5
	Emiliano Martínez	Aston Villa
	Alex McCarthy	Southampton

2021–22 Premier League: 30th season of the Premier League

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Top assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Awards

Monthly awards

References

Other websites

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	15
2	Diogo Jota	Liverpool	10
2	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City	10
3	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	9
	Emile Smith Rowe	Arsenal
	Son Heung-min	Tottenham Hotspur
	Jamie Vardy	Leicester City
4	Emmanuel Dennis	Watford	8
4	Raphinha	Leeds United	8
8	Michail Antonio	West Ham United	7
	Sadio Mané	Liverpool
	Neal Maupay	Brighton & Hove Albion
	Mason Mount	Chelsea
	Bernardo Silva	Manchester City
	Harry Kane	Manchester City and Tottenham

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Bruno Fernandes	Manchester United	Leeds United	5–1 (H)	14 August 2021
Roberto Firmino	Liverpool	Watford	5–0 (A)	16 October 2021
Mason Mount	Chelsea	Norwich City	7–0 (H)	23 October 2021
Joshua King	Watford	Everton	5–2 (A)	23 October 2021
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Manchester United	5–0 (A)	24 October 2021
Jack Harrison	Leeds United	West Hamm	3-2 away	17 January 2022

Month	Manager of the Month		Player of the Month		Goal of the Month		References
Month	Manager	Club	Player	Club	Player	Club	References
August	Nuno Espírito Santo	Tottenham Hotspur	Michail Antonio	West Ham United	Danny Ings	Aston Villa
September	Mikel Arteta	Arsenal	Cristiano Ronaldo	Manchester United	Andros Townsend	Everton
October	Thomas Tuchel	Chelsea	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool
November	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Trent Alexander-Arnold	Liverpool	Rodri	Manchester City
December	Pep Guardiola	Manchester City	Raheem Sterling	Manchester City