Guardiola's incredible Man City reign in numbers
Following confirmation Pep Guardiola has signed a new deal at Manchester City, here's a looks at the incredible numbers behind his tenure in Manchester.
Pep Guardiola arrived at Manchester City in July 2016 with the aim of "winning games to make the fans happy and proud".
Six and a half years on from his appointment, it is fair to say the Catalan has achieved what he set out to do in that regard.
While a lack of Champions League success continues to blight his CV, Guardiola has otherwise conquered English football.
With four Premier League titles, four Carabao Cups and one FA Cup, Guardiola has won at least five major trophies more than any other City manager.
After signing a new deal on Thursday that will keep him at the club until the end of the 2024-2025 campaign, here's a look at the numbers behind Pep's reign.
DOMESTIC DOMINANCE
Guardiola has managed 374 matches as City manager, winning 271 of those, drawing 49 and losing 54 for a win rate of 72.5 per cent.
Most of those games (242) have come in the Premier League, followed by the Champions League (70, inc. qualifying), FA Cup (30), EFL Cup (28) and Community Shield (4).
The 605 Premier League goals scored by City under Guardiola averages out at 2.5 per game, with less than one a game conceded over the same period.
It is in the Carabao Cup that Guardiola boasts his highest win percentage (75 per cent), having won 21 of the 28 matches he has managed in that competition, losing just twice.
PEP OUTDOING FERGIE
Unsurprisingly given City has won the title in four of his six seasons, no manager – not even Manchester United great Alex Ferguson – can better Guardiola's win rate.
The former Barcelona and Bayern Munich boss has won 74 per cent of his games in the competition, with Ferguson, who managed 810 matches, next best on 65.2 per cent.
Among those to have taken charge of at least 20 games, Antonio Conte (65.7 per cent), Jurgen Klopp (63.2) and ex-City boss Roberto Mancini (61.7) make up the top five.
With four English top-flight titles, Guardiola needs one more to overtake Kenny Dalglish, though he has a long way to go to catch up with Ferguson, who won 13-such crowns.
PREM'S TOP DOGS
Guardiola is one of 119 managers to have taken charge of at least 50 Premier League matches, and he leads the way in a number of the top metrics.
He boasts the most points per game on average (2.4), the highest win percentage (74), most goals per game (2.5) and the fewest goals conceded (0.8).
That is reflected in an accumulated Premier League table across his six and a half seasons at the helm, which has City on 568 points – 38 more than next-best Liverpool.
Chelsea and their various managers have accrued the next highest number of points since the start of the 2016-2017 season with 463, followed by Tottenham on 455.
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE NEXT?
For all of Guardiola's undoubted success on the domestic stage, though, he has been unable to add to the two Champions League trophies lifted while managing Barcelona.
Guardiola has won 44 of his 68 games in the competition for a win rate of 65 per cent, a return only Hansi Flick can better (89 per cent) from his short spell at Bayern.
However, his side has repeatedly fallen short on the continent, with its run to the final in the 2020-2021 season – when defeated by Chelsea – the best it has managed.
"I still have the feeling there is more we can achieve together and that is why I want to stay and continue fighting for trophies," Guardiola said upon signing his new contract.
On course for yet another Premier League triumph, albeit with a five-point gap to make up on Arsenal, conquering Europe again is now the undoubted main aim for Guardiola.
