5 Premier League managers with the best managerial start record

After a comfortable 4-1 win over Cardiff City today, Chelsea have been able to maintain their 100 % record so far. This recent streak of wins is also the best start for the Blues in the league since 2010.

Maurizio Sarri has had a brilliant start to his Premier League career, with a team that came fifth last season. Having just won his first five league games, Sarri has joined an elite club of managers who have managed to achieve this feat so far. But he is not the first Chelsea boss to do so.

To win five back to back fixtures in the English top flight is no easy task. But to win back to back games in the first season as a manager is even more special. So far only four managers have been able to achieve this feat. Interestingly, among the managers who have had the best start to their PL career, we find that three Chelsea managers find themselves in the top five.

So, here we will be looking at the 5 managers who have had the best start to their Premier League careers.

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#5 Maurizio Sarri

Chelsea FC v Cardiff City - Premier League

With the recent win over Cardiff City, Maurizio Sarri has managed to extend his unbeaten run and 100% record to five matches.

The former Napoli manager has had one of the best starts as a Premier League manager to date. As a matter of fact, only three managers before him were able to win their first five league games so far.

Now, he has the all-time record for most back to back wins as a new manager in the league in sight. If he manages to lead Chelsea to a victory over West Ham next week, he will have six back to back wins, which is the highest number of games won by any Premier League manager at the start of their career.

#4 Jose Mourinho

Mourinho was appointed Chelsea manager after a successful season with Porto in 2004

The 'Special One' came to the Premier League in 2004, as the manager of Chelsea. His achievements in his first stint as the Blues manager, include winning the league in his first season in charge.

But another interesting record that he made in his first season was winning the first four games of the season back to back. This was also the best start for Chelsea in the league at that time. To this day only handful managers have had better starts to their Premier League managerial career than the Portuguese.

#3 Craig Shakespeare

Craig Shakespeare was appointed the manager of Leicester City, after the sacking of Claudio Ranieri

The Englishman was appointed as the manager of the Leicester City who were the reigning league champions that time. He had huge boots to fill in, as the previous manager Ranieri had won the league with a modest Foxes squad in the previous season.

But soon after his appointment, he managed to become the record holder for being the English manager to win the most back to back games immediately after taking over a club in the history of the league. He was victorious in the first five games as a Premier League manager, which is the second best in PL history.

#2 Carlo Ancelotti

Ancelotti was appointed as the manager of SSC Napoli this summer

Another Chelsea manager on our list, Carlo Ancelotti is arguably the best managers of the present era. He, also like Mourinho managed to win the league title in his first season in-charge.

He set a new record, by winning his first six Premier League games in the 2009-10 season. And interestingly his record is still intact, with only one other manager able to match his record of six consecutive wins.

#1 Pep Guardiola

Guardiola led Manchester City to the PL glory last season

The Spaniard, who has won the league title for all the clubs he has managed so far, joined Manchester City in the 2016-17 season. Though he was not able to win the league title in his first season, he did manage to equal the record for the best managerial start in the Premier League that season.

Having won his first six league matches back to back in 2016-17 season, Guardiola jointly holds the record for the maximum number of wins Carlo Ancelotti.