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Mauricio Pellegrino sacked: How does he compare to other Southampton managers in the Premier League?

The Argentine manager was a car crash in slow motion at Saints, but was he Southampton’s worst ever Premier League manager?

Southampton v Stoke City - Premier League Photo by Steve Bardens/Getty Images

It’s finally happened. With Saints sleepwalking its way to relegation, manager Mauricio Pellegrino has been relieved of his duties at Southampton and the Argentine - as well as Saints fans - were belatedly put out of their miseries.

Watching Pellegrino slowly undo all of the great work Southampton had done to once again become an established Premier League club was painful to watch.

Dull, languid football and a squad of players who don’t look anywhere near the standard Southampton fans have become accustomed to over recent years (we’ve been spoiled). Both Pellegrino and the board themselves - including those who put in said great work such as Les Reed - are fully to blame for this sh*t show of a season.

But was Pellegrino Southampton’s worst ever manager to oversee the team in the Premier League?

It’s obviously not definitive with multiple factors in play (transfer budgets, time, existing squads, etc.), but on the basis of points per game, here’s how he fares against his competition:

Southampton manager average points per game in Premier League

Manager Games Wins Draws Losses Win % Points Points per game
Manager Games Wins Draws Losses Win % Points Points per game
Ronald Koeman 76 36 15 25 47.4 123 1.62
Glenn Hoddle 45 18 11 16 40 65 1.44
Mauricio Pochettino 54 19 18 17 35.2 75 1.39
Paul Sturrock 13 5 2 6 38.5 17 1.31
Gordon Strachan 93 31 29 33 33.3 122 1.31
Alan Ball 59 18 22 19 30.5 76 1.29
Claude Puel 38 12 10 16 31.6 46 1.21
Dave Jones 98 31 19 48 31.6 112 1.14
Graeme Souness 38 10 11 17 26.3 41 1.08
Ian Branfoot 66 18 14 34 27.3 68 1.03
Nigel Adkins 22 5 7 10 22.7 22 1
David Merrington 38 9 11 18 23.7 38 1
Mauricio Pellegrino 30 5 13 12 16.7 28 0.93
Harry Redknapp 22 4 8 10 18.2 20 0.91
Steve Wigley 14 1 6 7 7.1 9 0.64