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Comparing Arteta’s record at Arsenal to Mourinho’s record at Tottenham

While Tottenham appointed serial winner Jose Mourinho in 2019, Arsenal gave former player Mikel Arteta his first senior managerial role. 

Mourinho has enjoyed a promising first year in north London while Arteta has won the FA Cup and Community Shield, earning plenty of plaudits in the process. 

We’ve taken a closer look at their stats in all competitions to see which manager has done the most impressive job so far.

Mikel Arteta

Games: 35
Won: 20
Drawn: 8
Lost: 7

Goals for: 56
Goals against: 32
Clean sheets: 14

Points per game: 1.94
Win rate: 57.1%
Loss rate: 20%

Goals per game: 1.6
Goals against per game: 0.91

READ: What 11 ex-players and pundits have said about Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal

Jose Mourinho

Games: 43
Won: 21
Drawn: 11
Lost: 11

Goals for: 81
Goals against: 55
Clean sheets: 7

Points per game: 1.72
Win rate: 48.8%
Loss rate: 25.6%

Goals per game: 1.8
Goals against per game: 1.27

These stats don’t take into account the quality of the opposition or a number of other factors, but Arteta averages more points per game and has a better win rate.

Despite being perceived as a defensive manager, Mourinho’s side actually average more goals per game than Arteta’s side.

But the Spaniard has helped fix Arsenal’s leaky defence and they concede less than a goal a game since he took charge in December 2019.


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