most possession by a premier league manager 2016/17

Pep Guardiola had the highest possession percentage by a manager in the Premier League in 2016-17, at 64.9 percent.

COACHPOSS%SEASONMWDLGGCxGxGASHSOTPASS-ATTPASSFOULYCRC
1
Pep Guardiola
64.9
2016-17
38
23
9
6
80
39
633
216
22,706
19,425
395
71
4
2
Jürgen Klopp
61.9
2016-17
38
22
10
6
78
42
640
236
22,283
18,366
397
54
0
3
Mauricio Pochettino
60.5
2016-17
38
26
8
4
86
26
669
257
20,150
16,623
432
62
0
4
Steve Bould
60.3
2016-17
3
1
0
2
4
5
46
17
1,642
1,364
32
7
0
5
Arsène Wenger
58.6
2016-17
35
22
6
7
73
39
520
184
19,752
16,554
366
62
3
6
José Mourinho
56.5
2016-17
38
18
15
5
54
29
591
210
20,245
17,048
496
80
2
7
Antonio Conte
55.0
2016-17
38
30
3
5
85
33
580
204
20,125
16,880
395
72
0
8
Claude Puel
54.5
2016-17
38
12
10
16
41
48
550
179
18,245
14,687
428
61
2
9
Ronald Koeman
52.0
2016-17
38
17
10
11
62
44
502
191
17,584
13,897
459
74
2
10
Eddie Howe
51.4
2016-17
38
12
10
16
55
67
452
160
17,152
13,940
368
56
3
11
Bob Bradley
51.4
2016-17
11
2
2
7
15
29
120
48
4,945
3,910
128
14
0
12
Alan Pardew
49.3
2016-17
17
4
3
10
28
32
219
71
6,724
5,060
219
40
0
13
Alan Curtis
49.0
2016-17
2
1
0
1
2
4
25
9
928
747
28
3
0
14
Aitor Karanka
48.9
2016-17
27
4
10
13
19
30
245
65
11,609
9,014
339
55
0
15
Francesco Guidolin
47.3
2016-17
7
1
1
5
6
12
85
28
2,907
2,273
83
12
0
16
Slaven Bilić
47.1
2016-17
38
12
9
17
47
64
499
138
15,127
11,834
408
86
5
17
Marco Silva
46.8
2016-17
18
6
3
9
20
36
188
55
7,112
5,392
202
37
3
18
Mark Hughes
46.3
2016-17
38
11
11
16
41
56
425
137
14,558
10,964
435
72
2
19
Walter Mazzarri
46.1
2016-17
38
11
7
20
40
68
422
144
14,049
10,397
517
90
5
20
Paul Clement
45.9
2016-17
18
8
2
8
22
25
175
60
7,351
5,793
162
27
0
21
Mike Phelan
45.0
2016-17
20
3
4
13
17
44
209
71
8,484
6,678
200
30
2
22
Steve Agnew
43.3
2016-17
11
1
3
7
8
23
106
35
4,127
3,152
143
24
1
23
Sam Allardyce
42.0
2016-17
21
8
2
11
22
31
220
67
6,818
4,884
251
39
0
24
Claudio Ranieri
41.9
2016-17
25
5
6
14
24
43
272
81
9,180
6,407
299
50
1
25
Craig Shakespeare
41.9
2016-17
13
7
2
4
24
20
161
64
4,496
3,181
152
23
0
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1
Arsenal Arsenal
31
21
7
3
39
70
2
Man City Man City
30
18
7
5
32
61
3
Man United Man United
29
14
9
6
11
51
4
Aston Villa Aston Villa
29
15
6
8
5
51
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Chelsea Chelsea
30
13
9
8
18
48
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Liverpool Liverpool
29
14
6
9
9
48
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Brentford Brentford
29
13
5
11
4
44
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Everton Everton
30
12
7
11
-1
43
9
Newcastle Newcastle
30
12
6
12
0
42
10
Bournemouth Bournemouth
30
9
14
7
-2
41
11
Brighton Brighton
30
10
10
10
3
40
12
Fulham Fulham
29
12
4
13
-3
40
13
Sunderland Sunderland
30
10
10
10
-5
40
14
Crystal Palace Crystal Palace
29
10
8
11
-2
38
15
Leeds Leeds
29
7
10
12
-11
31
16
Tottenham Tottenham
29
7
8
14
-7
29
17
West Ham West Ham
30
7
8
15
-19
29
18
Nottm Forest Nottm Forest
29
7
7
15
-15
28
19
Burnley Burnley
30
4
8
18
-26
20
20
Wolves Wolves
30
3
7
20
-30
16
LaLigaMWDLGDPTS
1
Barcelona Barcelona
27
22
1
4
46
67
2
Real Madrid Real Madrid
28
21
3
4
36
66
3
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
28
17
6
5
22
57
4
Villarreal Villarreal
28
17
4
7
18
55
5
Real Betis Real Betis
27
11
10
6
8
43
6
Celta Vigo Celta Vigo
27
10
10
7
7
40
7
Espanyol Espanyol
27
10
7
10
-6
37
8
Real Sociedad Real Sociedad
27
9
8
10
-1
35
9
Getafe Getafe
28
10
5
13
-7
35
10
Athletic Club Athletic Club
28
10
5
13
-10
35
11
Osasuna Osasuna
27
9
7
11
0
34
12
Girona Girona
28
8
10
10
-12
34
13
Valencia Valencia
28
8
8
12
-12
32
14
Sevilla Sevilla
27
8
7
12
-7
31
15
Rayo Rayo
27
7
10
10
-6
31
16
Alavés Alavés
28
7
7
14
-12
28
17
Elche Elche
28
5
11
12
-9
26
18
Mallorca Mallorca
27
6
7
14
-13
25
19
Levante Levante
27
5
7
15
-16
22
20
Oviedo Oviedo
28
4
9
15
-26
21
BundesligaMWDLGDPTS
1
Bayern Bayern
26
21
4
1
68
67
2
Dortmund Dortmund
26
17
7
2
29
58
3
Hoffenheim Hoffenheim
26
15
5
6
20
50
4
Stuttgart Stuttgart
25
14
5
6
16
47
5
Leipzig Leipzig
25
14
5
6
14
47
6
Leverkusen Leverkusen
26
13
6
7
16
45
7
Frankfurt Frankfurt
26
10
8
8
0
38
8
Freiburg Freiburg
25
9
7
9
-5
34
9
Augsburg Augsburg
26
9
4
13
-14
31
10
Hamburg Hamburg
26
7
9
10
-8
30
11
Union Berlin Union Berlin
25
7
7
11
-12
28
12
M'gladbach M'gladbach
26
7
7
12
-13
28
13
Köln Köln
26
6
7
13
-9
25
14
Werder Werder
25
6
7
12
-16
25
15
Mainz Mainz
25
5
9
11
-12
24
16
St. Pauli St. Pauli
26
6
6
14
-19
24
17
Wolfsburg Wolfsburg
26
5
6
15
-21
21
18
Heidenheim Heidenheim
26
3
5
18
-34
14
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1
Inter Inter
29
22
2
5
42
68
2
Milan Milan
28
17
9
2
24
60
3
Napoli Napoli
29
18
5
6
15
59
4
Juventus Juventus
29
15
8
6
23
53
5
Como Como
28
14
9
5
25
51
6
Roma Roma
28
16
3
9
17
51
7
Atalanta Atalanta
29
12
11
6
13
47
8
Bologna Bologna
28
11
6
11
3
39
9
Sassuolo Sassuolo
28
11
5
12
-3
38
10
Lazio Lazio
28
9
10
9
0
37
11
Udinese Udinese
29
10
6
13
-9
36
12
Parma Parma
29
8
10
11
-15
34
13
Torino Torino
29
9
6
14
-18
33
14
Genoa Genoa
28
7
9
12
-6
30
15
Cagliari Cagliari
28
7
9
12
-8
30
16
Lecce Lecce
29
7
6
16
-18
27
17
Fiorentina Fiorentina
28
5
10
13
-12
25
18
Cremonese Cremonese
28
5
9
14
-18
24
19
Verona Verona
28
3
9
16
-27
18
20
Pisa Pisa
28
1
12
15
-28
15
Ligue 1MWDLGDPTS
1
PSG PSG
25
18
3
4
32
57
2
Lens Lens
26
18
2
6
26
56
3
Marseille Marseille
26
15
4
7
20
49
4
Lyon Lyon
25
14
4
7
13
46
5
Monaco Monaco
26
13
4
9
8
43
6
Rennes Rennes
25
12
7
6
7
43
7
Lille Lille
25
12
5
8
6
41
8
Lorient Lorient
26
9
10
7
-3
37
9
Strasbourg Strasbourg
25
10
6
9
9
36
10
Brest Brest
26
10
6
10
-2
36
11
Angers Angers
26
9
5
12
-9
32
12
Toulouse Toulouse
25
8
7
10
4
31
13
Paris FC Paris FC
25
6
9
10
-12
27
14
Nice Nice
26
7
6
13
-16
27
15
Le Havre Le Havre
25
6
8
11
-12
26
16
Auxerre Auxerre
26
4
7
15
-17
19
17
Nantes Nantes
25
4
5
16
-20
17
18
Metz Metz
25
3
4
18
-34
13
Champions LeagueMWDLGDPTS
1
Arsenal Arsenal
8
8
0
0
19
24
2
Bayern Bayern
8
7
0
1
14
21
3
Liverpool Liverpool
8
6
0
2
12
18
4
Tottenham Tottenham
8
5
2
1
10
17
5
Barcelona Barcelona
8
5
1
2
8
16
6
Chelsea Chelsea
8
5
1
2
7
16
7
Sporting CP Sporting CP
8
5
1
2
6
16
8
Man City Man City
8
5
1
2
6
16
9
Real Madrid Real Madrid
8
5
0
3
9
15
10
Inter Inter
8
5
0
3
8
15
11
PSG PSG
8
4
2
2
10
14
12
Newcastle Newcastle
8
4
2
2
10
14
13
Juventus Juventus
8
3
4
1
4
13
14
Atlético Madrid Atlético Madrid
8
4
1
3
2
13
15
Atalanta Atalanta
8
4
1
3
0
13
16
Leverkusen Leverkusen
8
3
3
2
-1
12
17
Dortmund Dortmund
8
3
2
3
2
11
18
Olympiacos Olympiacos
8
3
2
3
-4
11
19
Club Brugge Club Brugge
8
3
1
4
-2
10
20
Galatasaray Galatasaray
8
3
1
4
-2
10
21
Monaco Monaco
8
2
4
2
-6
10
22
Qarabag Qarabag
8
3
1
4
-8
10
23
Bodø/Glimt Bodø/Glimt
8
2
3
3
-1
9
24
Benfica Benfica
8
3
0
5
-2
9
25
Marseille Marseille
8
3
0
5
-3
9
26
Páfos Páfos
8
2
3
3
-3
9
27
Union SG Union SG
8
3
0
5
-9
9
28
PSV PSV
8
2
2
4
0
8
29
Athletic Club Athletic Club
8
2
2
4
-5
8
30
Napoli Napoli
8
2
2
4
-6
8
31
København København
8
2
2
4
-9
8
32
Ajax Ajax
8
2
0
6
-13
6
33
Frankfurt Frankfurt
8
1
1
6
-11
4
34
Slavia Prague Slavia Prague
8
0
3
5
-14
3
35
Villarreal Villarreal
8
0
1
7
-13
1
36
Kairat Kairat
8
0
1
7
-15
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Europe Top Five 2025-26 Scores & Fixtures

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
2/13
CEL CEL
@
ESP ESP
2-2
Fri
2/13
FIO FIO
@
COM COM
2-1
Fri
2/13
BAY BAY
@
WER WER
3-0
Fri
2/13
PAU PAU
@
LEV LEV
0-4
Fri
2/13
FRE FRE
@
HOF HOF
0-3

Fixtures

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
3/14
NAN NAN
@
PSG PSG
8:00 PM
Sun
3/15
GEN GEN
@
VER VER
7:30 AM
Sun
3/15
ESP ESP
@
MAL MAL
9:00 AM
Sun
3/15
AVL AVL
@
MUN MUN
10:00 AM
Sun
3/15
FUL FUL
@
FOR FOR
10:00 AM