No manager in the history of the Premier League has arrived with as big a reputation as Pep Guardiola, and it’s safe to say during his time at Manchester City he’s lived up to the hype.
When Guardiola was appointed as Manuel Pellegrini’s successor at The Etihad back in 2016, he’d already won three La Liga titles and two Champions Leagues in his four years in charge of boyhood club Barcelona, and developed his managerial style with three successive Bundesliga titles during his three years at Bayern Munich.
But how does he compare to the great managers of the Premier League? Here’s how his managerial statistics in the English top-flight compare with the three other multiple title-winning managers Sir Alex Ferguson, Arsene Wenger and Jose Mourinho.
Pep Guardiola
Played: 228
Won: 169
Drawn: 29
Lost: 30
Goals for: 565
Goals against: 182
Points per game: 2.35
Win rate: 74.1%
Loss rate: 13.1%
Goals per game: 2.47
Goals against per game: 0.79
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Sir Alex Ferguson
Played: 810
Won: 528
Drawn: 168
Lost: 114
Goals for: 1627
Goals against: 703
Points per game: 2.16
Win rate: 65.1%
Loss rate: 14%
Goals per game: 2.0
Goals against per game: 0.86
Jose Mourinho
Played: 362
Won: 217
Drawn: 84
Lost: 61
Goals for: 625
Goals against: 303
Points per game: 2.03
Win rate: 59.9%
Loss rate: 16.8%
Goals per game: 1.72
Goals against per game: 0.83
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Arsene Wenger
Played: 828
Won: 476
Drawn: 199
Lost: 153
Goals for: 1561
Goals against: 807
Points per game: 1.96
Win rate: 57.4%
Loss rate: 18.4%
Goals per game: 1.88
Goals against per game: 0.97
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