April's Premier League monthly awards shortlists

The shortlists for April 2024's EA SPORTS Player, Barclays Manager, Budweiser Goal and Castrol Save of the Month awards have been revealed.

You, the fans, had until 12:00 BST on Monday 6 May to cast your votes and help decide who wins each award.

The public votes are combined with those of a panel of football experts, while the EA SPORTS award also factors in the votes of captains of each Premier League club. 

The winners will be announced the week after the shortlists are revealed. 

EA SPORTS Player of the Month

Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd)
P5 W1 D3 L1 G6 A1

The Manchester United midfielder was directly involved in seven goals in only five appearances, with two of his goals being great long-range efforts. Only in one match did he fail to score or assist. 

Josko Gvardiol (Man City)
P5 W5 D0 L0 G2 A1 CS2

The centre-back made his mark at both ends of the pitch as Manchester City won all five matches in the title race. He scored and assisted against Luton Town, got the opening goal at Nottingham Forest, and contributed to two clean sheets.

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Kai Havertz (Arsenal)
P6 W5 D0 L1 G4 A3

The Arsenal star had a hand in seven goals as his team won five of their six April matches. Only in two of six appearances did Havertz not score or set up a goal.

Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace)
P6 W3 D1 L2 G5 A0

Crystal Palace's striker scored five goals in six outings, netting against Man City before getting braces in back-to-back wins over West Ham United and Newcastle United.

Cole Palmer (Chelsea)
P4 W2 D2 L0 G7 A1

Palmer led the league for goals (seven) and goal involvements (eight) despite making only four appearances.
He scored a hat-trick in a 4-3 win over Man Utd that included equalising and winning goals in second-half stoppage time, before netting four times in a 6-0 victory over Everton that moved him level with Erling Haaland in the race for the Castrol Golden Boot.

Jordan Pickford (Everton)
P6 W4 D1 L1 CS4 S23

Everton's goalkeeper kept four clean sheets in six matches to help his team secure safety. He was made to work for his shutouts, too, making 23 saves, the third-most in April, with seven of them coming in the victory over Liverpool, Everton's first home Merseyside derby win since 2010.

2023/24 Player award winners

August: James Maddison (Spurs)
September: Son Heung-min (Spurs)
October: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
November: Harry Maguire (Man Utd)
December: Dominic Solanke (Bournemouth)
January: Diogo Jota (Liverpool)
February: Rasmus Hojlund (Man Utd)
March: Rodrigo Muniz (Fulham)

Barclays Manager of the Month

Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
P6 W5 D0 L1 GD+11

Arsenal maintained their position as Premier League leaders with five wins from six April matches, including back-to-back London derby wins over Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur. The 3-2 win at Spurs made 42-year-old Arteta the youngest manager in Premier League history to reach 100 victories. 

Arsenal

Sun 14 Apr
(H)

0 - 2 L

Sat 20 Apr
(A)

0 - 2 W

Tue 23 Apr
(H)

5 - 0 W

Sun 28 Apr
(A)

2 - 3 W

Sat 04 May
(H)

3 - 0 W

Sun 12 May
(A)

0 - 1 W

Arsenal

Sun 14 Apr
(H)

0 - 2 L

Sat 20 Apr
(A)

0 - 2 W

Tue 23 Apr
(H)

5 - 0 W

Sun 28 Apr
(A)

2 - 3 W

Sat 04 May
(H)

3 - 0 W

Sun 12 May
(A)

0 - 1 W

Sean Dyche (Everton)
P6 W4 D1 L1 GD0

Dyche's Everton secured Premier League safety with four wins in April. They kept four clean sheets including one against title-chasing Liverpool, whom they beat at Goodison Park for the first time in 14 years. 

Everton

Mon 15 Apr
(A)

6 - 0 L

Sun 21 Apr
(H)

2 - 0 W

Wed 24 Apr
(H)

2 - 0 W

Sat 27 Apr
(H)

1 - 0 W

Fri 03 May
(A)

1 - 1 D

Sat 11 May
(H)

1 - 0 W

Everton

Mon 15 Apr
(A)

6 - 0 L

Sun 21 Apr
(H)

2 - 0 W

Wed 24 Apr
(H)

2 - 0 W

Sat 27 Apr
(H)

1 - 0 W

Fri 03 May
(A)

1 - 1 D

Sat 11 May
(H)

1 - 0 W

Pep Guardiola (Man City)
P5 W5 D0 L0 GD+15

Manchester City were the only team with a 100 per cent winning record in April as they kept the title race in their own hands with five crucial victories, scoring 19 goals in the process.

Manchester City

Thu 25 Apr
(A)

0 - 4 W

Sun 28 Apr
(A)

0 - 2 W

Sat 04 May
(H)

5 - 1 W

Sat 11 May
(A)

0 - 4 W

Tue 14 May
(A)

0 - 2 W

Manchester City

Thu 25 Apr
(A)

0 - 4 W

Sun 28 Apr
(A)

0 - 2 W

Sat 04 May
(H)

5 - 1 W

Sat 11 May
(A)

0 - 4 W

Tue 14 May
(A)

0 - 2 W

2023/24 Barclays Manager winners

August: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
September: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
October: Ange Postecoglou (Spurs)
November: Erik ten Hag (Man Utd)
December: Unai Emery (Aston Villa)
January: Jurgen Klopp (Liverpool)
February: Mikel Arteta (Arsenal)
March: Andoni Iraola (Bournemouth)

Budweiser Goal of the Month

Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool 3-1 Sheff Utd)
Kevin De Bruyne* (Crystal Palace 2-4 Man City) 
Kobbie Mainoo (Man Utd 2-2 Liverpool)
Matheus Cunha* (Nott’m Forest 2-2 Wolves)
Mateo Kovacic (Man City 5-1 Luton)
Cole Palmer* (Chelsea 6-0 Everton)
Kevin De Bruyne (Brighton 0-4 Man City)
Jeffrey Schlupp (Fulham 1-1 Crystal Palace)
*1st goal of match

2023/24 Budweiser Goal winners

August: Kaoru Mitoma (Brighton)
September: Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd)
October: Saman Ghoddos (Brentford)
November: Alejandro Garnacho (Man Utd)
December: Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool)
January: Oscar Bobb (Man City)
February: Kobbie Mainoo (Man Utd)
March: Marcus Rashford (Man Utd)

Castrol Save of the Month

Matz Sels (Nott’m Forest 3-1 Fulham)
Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace 2-4 Man City)
Lukasz Fabianski (West Ham 0-2 Fulham)
Alisson (Liverpool 0-1 Crystal Palace)
Arijanet Muric (Sheff Utd 1-4 Burnley)
Andre Onana (Man Utd 1-1 Burnley)

2023/24 Castrol Save winners

August: Alisson (Liverpool)
September: Robert Sanchez (Chelsea)
October: Alphonse Areola (West Ham)
November: Thomas Kaminski (Luton)
December: Wes Foderingham (Sheff Utd)
January: Jordan Pickford (Everton)
February: Mark Flekken (Brentford)
March: Matz Sels (Nott'm Forest)