Antonio Conte’s win proportion at Tottenham in comparison with Mauricio Pochettino

The rocky marriage between Tottenham and Antonio Conte is quickly coming in the direction of an finish.

The former Inter and Chelsea boss guided Spurs to the highest 4 final season however inconsistency has plagued the north London facet all through the 2022/23 season and FA Cup and Champions League exits within the area of every week have seen their marketing campaign collapse in attribute trend.

Conte himself solely returned to the touchline correctly within the 0-0 draw with AC Milan on Wednesday evening which resulted in Tottenham’s limp exit from Europe’s prime membership competitors.

A bit of Spurs followers appear to have made their minds up on the subsequent appointment, with sections of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium chanting for outdated boss Mauricio Pochettino throughout the recreation and whereas strolling residence.

But how do the pair examine in N17? Here are their information and win percentages analysed.

Antonio Conte was introduced in halfway by means of the 2021/22 season by Tottenham after the Nuno Espirito Santo experiment got here to an early and not-at-all predictable finish. After some preliminary teething points, Spurs ended the season in sturdy type and managed to pip Arsenal to fourth spot.

The Italian’s pattern dimension of matches in north London makes up simply over 1 / 4 of the video games Pochettino presided over. The Argentine spent 5 years at Spurs after becoming a member of from Southampton but it surely wasn’t till 2016 that followers noticed the fruits of his labour.

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Premier League

Under Conte, Spurs hit their greatest run of type in the direction of the backend of the 2021/22 season after they’d been eradicated from all cup competitions. The additional preparation time proved key as they gained ten of their final 14 league video games to complete fourth.

Once he had laid the groundwork, Pochettino noticed his facet win within the Premier League extra typically that not. They picked up finishes of third, second, third and fourth in his final 4 seasons earlier than all of it unravelled in late 2019.

Champions League

Antonio Conte and the Champions League just isn’t a superb combine. The Italian has struggled as a supervisor within the competitors and he was unable to interrupt the behavior at Spurs as they have been eradicated 1-0 on mixture by AC Milan within the final 16.

Pochettino managed to will Spurs into the UCL closing in 2019 due to dramatic victories over Manchester City and Ajax within the knockout levels, although Liverpool proved too sturdy to beat within the closing. The Argentine oversaw a 7-2 defeat to Bayern in his closing season however did not less than put that catastrophic evening proper considerably with 5-0 and 4-0 wins over Red Star Belgrade.

FA Cup

The FA Cup doesn’t appear to be a degree of precedence for Tottenham, who’ve been knocked out on the fifth spherical prior to now 4 seasons. The victors of these ties? Norwich, Everton, Middlesbrough and most lately Sheffield United.

The final time Spurs reached the competitors’s semi-finals was again in 2018, after they have been defeated 2-1 by Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United. Chelsea had dumped them out 4-2 on the similar stage the earlier season.

Carabao Cup

By the time Conte was appointed Spurs boss, that they had arrange a quarter-final tie with West Ham which they gained 2-1 due to strikes from Steven Bergwijn and Lucas Moura. However, they could not lay a glove on Chelsea within the two legs of the semi-final, going out 3-0 on mixture. This season, they have been crushed by Nottingham Forest within the third spherical.

Pochettino guided Spurs to the League Cup closing in 2015 the place they have been defeated by Premier League winners-elect Chelsea however then suffered defeats to the likes of Liverpool, West Ham and Chelsea. A 3rd spherical defeat at Colchester in 2019 was one of many closing poor outcomes Pochettino could not get away from earlier than his sacking.

All competitions

The pair have comparable win percentages as Tottenham managers, although Conte has taken cost of significantly fewer matches. He’s not anticipated to deliver up three figures in N17 both, with all indicators pointing in the direction of his exit on the finish of the season.

Fans are on the finish of their tether as soon as once more – see the tip of the Santo and Mourinho reigns for context – and lots of need attacking soccer again given the clear enhancements made by division rivals likes Man Utd and Arsenal this season.

Pochettino’s return would put extra of an emphasis on high-energy probability creation and the development of squad gamers. However, there may be loads to recommend it could possibly be a nostalgia journey that does not work out.

Tottenham’s infrastructure is messy with query marks looming over the way forward for Fabio Paratici and Pochettino might be weary of working beneath a director once more given his chaotic time at Paris Saint-Germain.

Pochettino’s re-appointment may be seen as the newest transfer from a membership seemingly incapable of deciding the way it needs to develop on the pitch, however it will not less than act as an admission of wrongdoing over his dismissal in 2019.

Whether that will set Tottenham up effectively for the long run is up for debate, however as their most profitable supervisor of the trendy period, there are few different candidates with as a lot backing from supporters as Pochettino, even together with his ‘no trophy’ naysayers.