Jose Mourinho v Arsene Wenger – The tale of the tape
Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger face each other on Sunday for the 19th and probably the final time. Tensions may have eased between the Man Utd and Arsenal manager, but let’s look at the tale of the tape…
The head-to-head record
Meetings: 18
Mourinho wins: 9
Wenger wins: 2
Draws: 7
Mourinho goals: 27
Wenger goals: 11
Mourinho clean sheets: 9
Wenger clean sheets: 5
The trophies/finals
Mourinho trophies: 25
Wenger trophies: 13
Mourinho finals lost: 9
Wenger finals lost: 9
The random stats
* Wenger (15) has five times the number of Premier League Manager of the Month awards as Mourinho (3).
* Wenger has won more games as a manager (811) than Mourinho has managed (789).
* Mourinho has faced 248 managers throughout his career. He has failed to beat just 22 of them, including Jacques Santini, Neil Adams and Kevin Keegan.
* Mourinho has won most often against Mark Hughes and Mauricio Pochettino (11) and lost most often against Pep Guardiola (10).
* Arsene Wenger has faced 338 managers throughout his career. He has failed to beat 52 of them, including Roy Evans and Luis Enrique.
* Wenger has won most often against David Moyes and Sam Allardyce (20) and lost most often against Sir Alex Ferguson (23).
* Manchester United will become Wenger’s most faced opponent when he lines up against them for a 60th time on Sunday. The Red Devils are also the team to have beaten Wenger most often (27).
* Mourinho has faced Barcelona and Liverpool (both 27 times) more than any other opponent. Barcelona (10) are the side to have beaten Mourinho most often.
* Wenger has beaten Everton more times (32) than any other opponent.
* Mourinho has won most games against Tottenham (13).
The record results:
Wins:
Real Madrid 8-0 Levante (Mourinho)
Real Madrid 8-1 Almería (Mourinho)
Real Madrid 7-0 Malaga (Mourinho)
Arsenal 7-0 Slavia Prague (Wenger)
Arsenal 7-0 Everton (Wenger)
Arsenal 7-0 Middlesbrough (Wenger)
Defeats:
Manchester United 8-2 Arsenal (Wenger)
Chelsea 6-0 Arsenal (Wenger, inflicted by Mourinho)
Manchester United 6-1 Arsenal (Wenger)
Barcelona 5-0 Real Madrid (Mourinho)
Chelsea 4-0 Manchester United (Mourinho)
The players
Mourinho’s most-used player: John Terry (265 appearances)
Wenger’s most-used player: Theo Walcott (397 appearances)
Mourinho’s highest scorer: Cristiano Ronaldo (168 goals)
Wenger’s highest scorer: Thierry Henry (227 goals)
Players who have played at most different clubs under Mourinho: Ricardo Carvalho and Maniche (both 3)
Players who have played at most different clubs under Wenger: Emmanuel Petit, Gilles Grimandi, Gerald Passi, Christopher Wreh, Eric Di Meco (all 2)
The most-used XIs
Mourinho:
Cech
Ferreira, Terry, Carvalho, Marcelo
Makelele
Lampard, Alonso
Ozil
Ronaldo, Drogba
Wenger:
Seaman
Sagna, Koscielny, Toure, Clichy
Vieira, Fabregas
Walcott, Bergkamp, Pires
Henry
The signings
Mourinho’s most expensive player: Paul Pogba (£89.3m)
Wenger’s most expensive player: Pierre Emerick-Aubameyang (£57.38m)
Amount of players purchased by Mourinho: 92
Amount of players purchased by Wenger: 104
Mourinho’s career spend: £1.29bn
Wenger’s career spend: £794.09m
Mourinho’s average spend per player: £14.02m
Wenger’s average spend per player: £7.63m
The most expensive XIs
Mourinho:
Begovic
Ferreira, Bailly, Lindelof, Coentrao
Pogba, Matic, Essien
Mkhitaryan
Lukaku, Shevchenko
Wenger:
Cech
Debuchy, Mustafi, Chambers, Van Bronckhorst
Xhaka
Reyes, Ozil, Sanchez,
Aubameyang, Lacazette
