Benitez sacked by Everton: The data behind a dismal managerial tenure

Former
Liverpool
boss
Benitez
was
a
divisive
appointment
at
Everton
when
he
was
drafted
in
to
replace
Carlo
Ancelotti
in
July
after
the
Italian
left
for
Real
Madrid.

Everton
started
the
season
well,
winning
three
of
their
first
four
league
matches,
yet
injuries
to
key
players
and
a
dreadful
loss
of
form
has
seen
them
slide
down
the
table.

A
win
over
Hull
City
in
the
FA
Cup
third
round
offered
Benitez
a
reprieve,
but
defeat
to
lowly
Norwich
City
on
Saturday
marked
a
new
nadir,
and
Everton
have
decided
to
make
a
change.

Here,
Stats
Perform
looks
at
the
data
behind
Benitez’s
miserable
spell
at
Goodison
Park.

A
torrid
tenure
cut
short

Despite
not
being
a
popular
appointment,
Benitez’s
success
at
the
likes
of
Valencia
and
Liverpool
at
least
gave
sceptical
fans
hope
that
he
might
be
able
to
reverse
the
recent
fortunes
of
the
club.

To
say
it
did
not
turn
out
that
way
would
be
something
of
an
understatement.

He
left
the
club
after
a
mere
200
days,
giving
him
the
third-shortest
reign
of
any
Toffees
manager
in
the
Premier
League
with
40
or
more
days
in
charge.
Only
Sam
Allardyce
(167)
and
Dave
Watson
(60)
were
at
the
helm
for
fewer
days.

Top
of
the
pile
by
a
comfortable
distance
is
David
Moyes,
who
oversaw
the
team
for
a
whopping
4101
days
between
2002
and
2013.

Wins
hard
to
come
by

Everton
was
Benitez’s
fourth
time
at
the
helm
of
a
Premier
League
club
and
he
departed
with
comfortably
the
worst
win
percentage
ratio
during
his
time
in
England.

He
won
just
seven
of
his
22
games
in
charge,
leaving
him
with
a
win
ratio
of
31.8
per
cent
–
significantly
behind
his
records
at
Liverpool
(55.4
per
cent),
Chelsea
(58.3)
and
Newcastle
United
(42.5).

Surprisingly,
it
is
only
the
fourth-lowest
win
ratio
in
his
managerial
career,
with
his
spells
at
Real
Valladolid
(17.2),
Osasuna
(27.3)
and
Dalian
(31.6)
all
bringing
about
worse
records
in
that
department.

The
best
win
ratio
in
his
career?
That
came
during
a
25-game
stint
as
Real
Madrid
boss
when
he
won
68
per
cent
of
his
games
in
charge.