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EPL Manager Of The Month
We would all love to be able to know when we think a certain football team will win their next game.
Sadly football is as unpredictable as the weather and shocks happen in every set of fixtures.
I have been looking at different things to see if a pattern has emerged regarding when to back a certain team to win a
I have found a system and strategy that yields a 76% strike rate, although it only comes from 17 matches.
For the new 2020/21 EPL season we will have an OLBG forum thread to monitor the results, and hopefully profit from this idea and or tweak the idea.
To read more about betting systems please visit the OLBG betting school.
What Is The Strategy?
I have gone back through the 2011/2012 & 2012/2013 football seasons and looked at every team that picked up the Manager Of The Month award.
17 manager of the month awards were given out in that period and the strategy is simply to back the team winning the award in their next league game.
The only problem I have is that I don't know for certain when the awards were given out.
The EPL seems to vary the announcement, although allowing time for votes to be places and verified would indicate that sometime between the 5th and 9th of the following month, would be when the winner is announced.
I am assuming the Manager Of The Month awards are announced before the first league game of the following month, if that is correct then here are the results for the 2020/21 season.
| League | Month | Manager | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| EPL | October 2020/21 | Carlo Ancelotti | Everton |
| Championship | October 2020/21 | Veljko Paunovic | Reading |
In a truncated 2019/20 season due to the pandemic, the following managers received the EPL Manager Of The Month award.
| Month | Manager | Team |
|---|---|---|
| June | Nuno Espirito Santo | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| February | Sean Dyche | Burnley |
| January | Jurgen Klopp | Liverpool |
| December | Jurgen Klopp | Liverpool |
| November | Jurgen Klopp | Liverpool |
| October | Frank Lampard | Chelsea |
| September | Jurgen Klopp | Liverpool |
| August | Jurgen Klopp | Liverpool |
Manager Of The Month Awards
17 Manager Of The Month awards were given out over the last 2 seasons and each award is shown below.
The results from the first league match played afterwards is also shown.
August 2011
Manchester United were awarded the manager of the month award and their first game in September saw them win 5-0 away to Bolton
September 2011
Tottenham won the manager of the month award and their first game in October saw them win 2-1 at home to Arsenal
October 2011
Manchester City won the manager of the month award and their first game in November saw them win 3-2 away to Queens Park Rangers
November 2011
Tottenham won the manager of the month award and their first game in December saw them win 3-0 at home to Bolton
December 2011
Sunderland won the manager of the month award and their first game in January saw them win 1-0 at home to Manchester City
January 2012
Swansea won the manager of the month award and their first game in February saw them win 2-1 away to West Brom
February 2012
Arsenal won the manager of the month award and their first game in March saw them win 2-1 away to Liverpool
March 2012
Bolton won the manager of the month award and their first game in April saw them lose 3-0 at home to Fulham
April 2012
Wigan won the manager of the mo0nth award and their first game in May saw them win 1-0 away at Blackburn
September 2012
Everton won the manager of the month award and their first game in October saw them draw 2-2 away to Wigan
October 2012
Manchester United won the manager of the month award and their first game in November saw them beat Arsenal 2-1 at home
November 2012
West Brom won the manager of the month award and their first game in December saw them lose 1-0 at home to Stoke
December 2012
Tottenham won the manager of the month award and their first game in January saw them beat Reading 3-1at home
January 2013
Reading won the manager of the month award and their first game in February saw them beat Sunderland 2-1 at home
February 2013
Tottenham won the manager of the month award and their first game in March saw them beat Arsenal 2-1 at home
March 2013
Everton won the manager of the month award and their first game in April saw them draw 2-2 away to Tottenham
April 2013
Chelsea won the manager of the month award and their first game in May saw win 1-0 away at Manchester United.
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In total there have been 17 games played over the last 2 seasons and 13 games resulted in wins, 7 home wins and 6 away wins.
2 matches ended up as 2-2 draws, both times when Everton won the manager of the month award 2 teams lost, Bolton & West Brom when both were playing at home
