premier league managers with most possession

Juanma Lillo has the best possession percentage by a manager in the Premier League, at 79.9 percent.

	COACH	POSS%	M	W	D	L	G	GC	xG	xGA	SH	SOT	PASS-ATT	PASS	FOUL	YC	RC
1	Juanma Lillo	79.9	1	1	0	0	2	1	3.61	0.67	30	9	734	678	2	0	0
2	Steve Holland	67.2	1	1	0	0	3	1			17	7	584	495	12	1	0
3	Pep Guardiola	65.7	379	268	58	53	902	327			6,506	2,388	249,878	223,506	3,395	553	19
4	Darren Fletcher	65.3	1	0	1	0	2	2	2.27	0.24	30	10	586	514	8	0	0
5	Maurizio Sarri	63.4	38	21	9	8	63	39			607	198	25,286	22,180	339	49	0
6	Rui Faria	63.2	1	0	0	1	0	1			19	4	494	406	10	1	0
7	Thomas Tuchel	62.3	63	35	17	11	109	55			957	343	38,490	33,569	668	101	5
8	Arbeloa	61.9	1	0	0	1	2	3	1.38	2.25	14	6	645	559	12	2	0
9	Jürgen Klopp	61.8	334	209	78	47	714	331			5,685	2,047	200,914	169,064	3,337	440	13
10	Roberto De Zerbi	60.4	79	29	21	29	124	122	132.22	112.93	1,208	445	45,870	40,305	914	167	3
11	Steve Bould	60.3	3	1	0	2	4	5			46	17	1,642	1,364	32	7	0
12	Louis van Gaal	59.8	76	39	19	18	111	72			942	324	41,613	34,892	926	135	6
13	Mauricio Pochettino	59.0	240	131	52	57	449	269			3,711	1,347	129,551	107,958	2,653	462	15
14	Arsène Wenger	58.8	149	83	32	34	283	162			2,295	856	85,281	71,708	1,475	233	12
15	Arne Slot	58.6	76	42	18	16	149	94	144.50	85.16	1,235	406	40,215	34,645	814	124	4
16	Liam Rosenior	58.6	13	5	2	6	19	21	25.90	16.54	173	50	7,569	6,757	126	33	2
17	Enzo Maresca	58.3	59	30	15	14	102	66	105.35	78.08	896	325	31,104	27,045	679	147	6
18	Ange Postecoglou	58.1	81	31	12	38	139	136	134.44	141.19	1,140	420	42,993	37,186	931	176	5
19	Marcelo Bielsa	56.4	64	23	13	28	91	114			876	310	29,774	23,854	734	136	2
20	Arteta	56.2	249	150	48	51	470	241			3,609	1,234	126,893	108,341	2,507	398	21
21	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	55.7	109	56	29	24	195	126			1,552	611	57,531	48,256	1,218	205	5
22	Guus Hiddink	54.8	21	7	11	3	38	26			283	100	11,200	9,318	206	32	2
23	Leon Britton	54.7	2	0	1	1	1	6			14	6	1,090	927	21	3	0
24	Freddie Ljungberg	54.6	5	1	2	2	6	8			50	18	2,548	2,165	46	8	0
25	Manuel Pellegrini	54.1	133	63	27	43	227	166			1,931	680	67,550	55,335	1,398	246	4

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	Premier League	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Man City	2	2	0	0	4	6
2	Hull City	2	2	0	0	3	6
3	Newcastle	2	1	1	0	2	4
4	Everton	2	1	1	0	2	4
5	Brighton	1	1	0	0	4	3
6	Arsenal	1	1	0	0	3	3
7	Brentford	1	1	0	0	3	3
8	Chelsea	1	1	0	0	1	3
9	Ipswich	1	1	0	0	1	3
10	Leeds	1	1	0	0	1	3
11	Liverpool	2	0	2	0	0	2
12	Nottm Forest	2	0	1	1	-1	1
13	Bournemouth	2	0	1	1	-1	1
14	Fulham	1	0	0	1	-1	0
15	Sunderland	1	0	0	1	-1	0
16	Man United	1	0	0	1	-2	0
17	Aston Villa	1	0	0	1	-4	0
18	Coventry	2	0	0	2	-4	0
19	Crystal Palace	2	0	0	2	-5	0
20	Tottenham	2	0	0	2	-5	0

	LaLiga	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Atlético Madrid	3	2	1	0	4	7
2	Alavés	3	2	1	0	4	7
3	Barcelona	2	2	0	0	7	6
4	Real Madrid	2	2	0	0	4	6
5	Sevilla	3	2	0	1	1	6
6	Real Betis	3	2	0	1	-1	6
7	Osasuna	2	1	1	0	1	4
8	Levante	3	1	1	1	0	4
9	Racing	3	1	1	1	0	4
10	Espanyol	3	1	0	2	1	3
11	Getafe	2	1	0	1	-2	3
12	Real Sociedad	3	1	0	2	-3	3
13	Deportivo	2	0	2	0	0	2
14	Villarreal	3	0	2	1	-1	2
15	Rayo	2	0	1	1	-1	1
16	Celta Vigo	2	0	1	1	-1	1
17	Valencia	2	0	1	1	-1	1
18	Málaga	2	0	1	1	-2	1
19	Elche	3	0	1	2	-6	1
20	Athletic Club	2	0	0	2	-4	0

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1	Bayern	1	1	0	0	4	3
2	Leipzig	1	1	0	0	3	3
3	Dortmund	1	1	0	0	2	3
4	Köln	1	1	0	0	1	3
5	Elversberg	1	1	0	0	1	3
6	Frankfurt	1	0	1	0	0	1
7	Union Berlin	1	0	1	0	0	1
8	Mainz	1	0	1	0	0	1
9	Paderborn	1	0	1	0	0	1
10	Schalke	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Werder	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	Freiburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	Augsburg	0	0	0	0	0	0
14	Leverkusen	1	0	0	1	-1	0
15	Hoffenheim	1	0	0	1	-1	0
16	Hamburg	1	0	0	1	-2	0
17	M'gladbach	1	0	0	1	-3	0
18	Stuttgart	1	0	0	1	-4	0

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1	Milan	2	2	0	0	3	6
2	Juventus	2	2	0	0	3	6
3	Udinese	2	1	1	0	1	4
4	Roma	1	1	0	0	4	3
5	Inter	1	1	0	0	3	3
6	Frosinone	2	1	0	1	2	3
7	Napoli	1	1	0	0	2	3
8	Lecce	1	1	0	0	2	3
9	Atalanta	1	1	0	0	1	3
10	Lazio	1	1	0	0	1	3
11	Cagliari	1	1	0	0	1	3
12	Sassuolo	2	1	0	1	0	3
13	Como	1	0	1	0	0	1
14	Bologna	1	0	0	1	-1	0
15	Torino	2	0	0	2	-2	0
16	Genoa	1	0	0	1	-2	0
17	Parma	2	0	0	2	-3	0
18	Monza	2	0	0	2	-4	0
19	Venezia	2	0	0	2	-4	0
20	Fiorentina	2	0	0	2	-7	0

	Ligue 1	M	W	D	L	GD	PTS
1	Lille	2	1	1	0	2	4
2	Lyon	2	1	1	0	2	4
3	Troyes	2	1	1	0	1	4
4	Marseille	1	1	0	0	4	3
5	Lens	2	1	0	1	2	3
6	Monaco	1	1	0	0	1	3
7	Angers	2	1	0	1	0	3
8	Strasbourg	2	1	0	1	-3	3
9	PSG	2	0	2	0	0	2
10	Brest	2	0	2	0	0	2
11	Nice	1	0	1	0	0	1
12	Rennes	1	0	1	0	0	1
13	Le Mans	1	0	1	0	0	1
14	Paris FC	1	0	1	0	0	1
15	Lorient	2	0	1	1	-1	1
16	Le Havre	2	0	1	1	-1	1
17	Toulouse	2	0	1	1	-2	1
18	Auxerre	2	0	0	2	-5	0