The Analyst: Premier League sackings, the earliest latest, latest earliest and months with the most

The Analyst gives you the Premier League sackings by earliest earliest and months with the most.

Rafa Benitez and Claudio Ranieri are in trouble. Marcelo Bielsa is a double-figure price to leave next. Planet Sport looks at the earliest a No Manager to Leave bet has paid off. The Analyst picks the most popular month for sacking managers. The season is almost over and the bosses who left with the season all but done are highlighted.

Ian Porterfield left Chelsea in February 1992. Roy McFarland and Bolton Wanderers parted ways in January 1965. The 1994/95 campaign saw nine managers leave their posts.

November is the most popular month for Premier League managerial sacking. December is second on 30, with 20 managers having left in October, January and March. August is least popular, as only five managers left their jobs in the opening month of the season. Nigel Pearson was dismissed as Watford manager in July 2020.

Neil Warnock was sacked by Crystal Palace on December 27. Slaven Bilic was dismissed by West Brom on September 2.

When backing No Manager to Leave early has paid off, it has worked six times in the Premier League. Sam Allardyce was sacked on January 9, Kevin Keegan at Newcastle on February 9 and Porterfield on Feb 15.

Seven Premier League managers have been sacked as late as May. Roberto Mancini was sacked by Manchester City with one game left of the 2012/13 season. Roberto Martinez was fired by Everton in May 2015/16 with just Norwich City to play.