The unmatched numbers Arteta has hit in 300 video games | Statistics | Information

Saturday’s win towards West Ham United was an important day for Mikel Arteta, as he oversaw his three hundredth match as our supervisor – one thing solely six others in historical past have carried out.

It’s been almost six years for the reason that Spaniard first sat in our dugout as our boss, and the stats present that it’s been a massively profitable tenure up to now.

That’s as a result of no Arsenal supervisor has picked up extra wins of their first 300 matches in all competitions than Mikel, who has 177 up to now to his identify: 

 

That’s 13 greater than Arsene Wenger achieved firstly of his tenure, and 20* greater than George Graham managed:

Mikel additionally stands shoulder to shoulder with probably the most illustrious names in English soccer historical past. Only three managers have ever gained greater than 177 instances of their first 300 in command of a top-flight English membership – Pep Guardiola with Manchester City (219), Jose Mourinho with Chelsea (196 throughout two spells) and Kenny Dalglish with Liverpool (185).

Taking solely under consideration bosses who’ve been in command of 50 Gunners video games, Mikel’s present complete of 58.9% sees him simply forward of the earlier two incumbents of the position, Wenger and his fellow countryman Unai Emery:

The 44-year-old is the seventh Arsenal supervisor to supervise 300 matches, and is the second youngest to take action behind Terry Neill, who was simply 39 years and 176 days outdated on the event of his three hundredth match.

When it involves gamers chosen in that point, Mikel has picked 80 completely different Gunners since he first scribbled on a teamsheet at Bournemouth in December 2019. 15 gamers have been chosen over 100 instances, whereas 13 have been picked simply as soon as. 

One participant has remained with the membership since that day, so it is unsurprising to see Bukayo Saka manner out in entrance when it comes to video games performed and objectives scored throughout Mikel’s stint in cost:

All stats courtesy of Opta

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