The Stats Behind Pep Guardiola’s Contract Extension at Man City

With a contract extension reportedly agreed at Manchester Metropolis, Pep Guardiola has the prospect to make much more historical past on the membership. We take a look at the stats behind his exceptionally profitable tenure thus far.

Pep Guardiola has reportedly signed a contract extension at Manchester Metropolis, which is able to see the Spaniard’s spell on the membership run to at the very least 10 seasons.

Guardiola has reworked Manchester Metropolis into arguably the world’s finest workforce throughout males’s soccer since his arrival on the membership in the summertime of 2016.

Not solely have Man Metropolis gained the Premier League in six of his eight seasons in cost, however final season additionally noticed the membership turn into the primary males’s aspect in English top-flight historical past to seal 4 consecutive titles. In truth, Metropolis have gained extra top-flight league titles in eight years below Guardiola (six) than they gained in 87 seasons as a top-flight membership earlier than his arrival in Manchester (4).

Their finest season thus far undoubtedly got here in 2022-23, when Guardiola guided Man Metropolis to a historic treble. In successful the Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup, they grew to become simply the second males’s workforce in English membership historical past to safe the treble, after Manchester United in 1998-99.

Whereas his first season within the Premier League ended with no trophy in any competitors and a third-place end within the league 15 factors behind champions Chelsea, Guardiola made up for it with a sensational record-breaking marketing campaign in 2017-18.

Their title success that season noticed them safe 100 factors, changing into the primary workforce in English top-flight historical past to achieve the century (even contemplating three factors for a win within the two-points-for-a-win period). They scored 106 objectives that season, too, making them the primary workforce to attain that many objectives in England’s high division in a single marketing campaign since Tottenham in 1962-63 (111).

In 2018-19, a 6-0 FA Cup last rout of Watford along with one other Premier League title and the EFL Cup noticed Manchester Metropolis turn into the primary males’s workforce in England to safe the home treble.

Total, throughout his time as a Premier League supervisor, Guardiola has secured 232 wins in 315 video games. That complete is already the fifth-most by a coach within the competitors, however on a points-per-game foundation, he’s probably the most profitable of all time amog managers to take cost of at the very least 20 matches.

Averaging 2.35 factors per recreation throughout his time as a Premier League supervisor, he sits forward of Sir Alex Ferguson (2.16), Jürgen Klopp (2.11) and former Metropolis boss Roberto Mancini (2.05) when contemplating these to have taken cost of at the very least 100 matches within the competitors. Equally, his win charge of 73.7% eclipses that of the subsequent within the rankings by over eight proportion factors (Ferguson: 65.2%).

Taking a look at Guardiola’s Metropolis document in comparison with single spells by different managers at Premier League golf equipment, his points-per-game common is even increased than José Mourinho’s throughout his first interval answerable for Chelsea between June 2004 and September 2007 (2.33), which introduced two Premier League titles to Stamford Bridge.

Guardiola’s tenure at Man Metropolis has seen them win probably the most video games (232), probably the most factors (739) and rating probably the most objectives (777) within the competitors, whereas in defence they’ve collected seven extra clear sheets than another aspect (135 – Liverpool on 128).

In truth, Man Metropolis have gained extra factors in 315 matches below Guardiola (739) than they gained within the 424 matches earlier than his appointment (738).

One sentence you won’t have anticipated to learn at the moment round Guardiola’s contract extension is that he’ll most likely be eager for Middlesbrough to win promotion again to the highest flight for subsequent season. He has confronted 33 totally different golf equipment throughout his Premier League managerial profession, and Boro are the one aspect that he’s did not win in opposition to.

A 1-1 residence attract November 2016 adopted by a 2-2 stalemate in Middlesbrough in April 2017 means the Teesside membership achieved a singular feat over Guardiola.

It’s West Ham who’ve suffered probably the most in opposition to Guardiola’s Man Metropolis, successful simply two factors and shedding 15 of their 17 Premier League conferences, greater than another membership. They’ve additionally conceded extra objectives in opposition to Metropolis below Guardiola than another workforce (46).

Nuno Espírito Santo will come up in opposition to Manchester Metropolis within the league on Wednesday 4 December seeking to equal a document. He’s presently gained three of his eight Premier League conferences with Guardiola – solely Klopp, Antonio Conte and Mourinho have gained as many as 4 video games in opposition to him within the competitors.

With it seemingly doubtless that Guardiola will probably be staying at Man Metropolis past this season, he’ll give himself much more of an opportunity to drag nearer to Ferguson’s document tally of 13 Premier League titles. His six are already the second most within the competitors’s historical past, however degree with Bob Paisley and George Ramsay throughout all English top-flight historical past.

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