<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2017--18 2019--20 → All statistics correct as of 12 August 2018 . </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018--19 Premier League is the 27th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992 . The season started on 10 August 2018 and is scheduled to finish on 12 May 2019 . Fixtures for the 2018--19 season were announced on 14 June 2018 . </P> <P> Manchester City are the defending champions . Wolverhampton Wanderers, Cardiff City and Fulham joined as the promoted clubs from the 2017--18 EFL Championship . They replaced West Bromwich Albion, Swansea City and Stoke City who were relegated to the 2018--19 EFL Championship . </P> <P> Twenty teams compete in the league--the top seventeen teams from the previous season, and three teams promoted from the EFL Championship . The new teams this season are Wolverhampton Wanderers (returning to the top flight after six years), Cardiff City and Fulham (both clubs returning after a four - year absence), who replace Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion and Swansea City, ending spells in the top flight of ten years, eight years and seven years respectively . </P>

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