Next Premier League Manager to Leave Odds

Ahead of the start of the 2023/24 Premier League season, we have taken a look at all of the odds of who could be the second managerial casualty in England’s top flight following Julen Lopetegui's departure from Wolves just days before the start of the current campaign.

Last season, Scott Parker was the first manager to be sacked in the aftermath of Bournemouth’s 9-0 loss to Liverpool on matchday four, being replaced by Gary O’Neil who was ironically the final managerial casualty from the 2022/23 season, with the Cherries opting to swap the 40-year-old with ex-Rayo Vallecano coach Andoni Iraola for 2023/24; however, O'Neil has since replaced Lopetegui at Molineux.

Former Wolverhampton Wanderers manager Julen Lopetegui was reportedly displeased with the lack of incomings at Molineux having seen a flurry of high-profile players exit the club.

So far, Wolves have signed just four players in the shape of Matheus Cunha on a permanent basis, as well as Tom King, Matt Doherty and Boubacar Traore; leaving the club in a precarious position following the departures of Ruben Neves, Joao Moutinho, Raul Jimenez, Adama Traore, Nathan Collins, Conor Coady, Diego Costa and more.

This will be a major concern for Wolves fans having suffered 1-0 and 4-1 defeats to Manchester United and Brighton & Hove Albion at the start of the season.

Paul Heckingbottom is the favourite to be next Premier League manager to leave his role, having seen his side fail to pick up any points from their opening two matches of the season.

The Blades will see their 1-0 and 2-1 losses to the likes of Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest as potentially damaging to their chances of survival, with their two opponents expected to be in and around the relegation battle places come the end of the season.

Sheffield United have some tricky fixtures coming up in the near future, with Heckingbottom’s men set to play the likes of Manchester City (h), Everton (h), Tottenham (a) and Newcastle (h).

Sean Dyche will be fearing the worst should Everton fail to pick up any points this weekend when they play Wolves at Goodison Park this weekend.

The former Burnley manager has seen his side be defeated in an unfortunate 1-0 loss to Fulham following a series of missed chances, and suffer a 4-0 thrashing away to Aston Villa last weekend. These defeats mean that the Toffees are currently at the bottom of the Premier League.

Everton’s next five league matches see them play: Wolves (h), Sheffield United (a), Arsenal (h), Brentford (a) and Luton (h).

David Moyes has been rumoured to be on the verge of the sack for quite some time now, however, the Scot keeps on delivering answers to his critics and did so once again last weekend as West Ham earned a 3-1 win over Chelsea at the London Stadium.

Following four points from their opening two matches, Moyes has perhaps bought himself some more time, especially after the Irons sensational Europa Conference League triumph over Fiorentina last season.

Something that Moyes will be aware of is the Hammers’ tricky run of fixtures, with his side facing Brighton (a), Luton (a), Manchester City (h), and Liverpool (a) in their next four matches.

Luton Town manager Rob Edwards will be hoping that his side can vastly improve from the opening day thrashing that they received at Brighton & Hove Albion on the opening weekend of the Premier League season.

The Hatters will face some key fixtures in their next five matches, as following a tricky test away at Chelsea, they will take on the likes of West Ham (h), Fulham (a), Wolves (h) and Everton (a).

Fulham fans will be going into their next few matches with a bit of concern following their heavy 3-0 loss to Brentford at Craven Cottage last time out.

The Cottagers managed to earn a 1-0 win away at Everton on the opening weekend of the season, however, this was fortuitous having mustered up nine shots to the Toffees’ 19.

On top of this, the sale of star striker Aleksandar Mitrovic will cause further worries for the Cottagers, with the 28-year-old being a source of 57 league goals for Fulham between 2021 and 2023.

Nottingham Forest manager Steve Cooper was on the verge of being sacked at one point last season, but, remained in charge following a rallying cry from fans of the Reds to keep the Welshman in charge.

Cooper’s men finished 16th in last season’s Premier League, however, they haven’t made many changes to their squad, acquiring the likes of Anthony Elanga and Ola Aina, while Matt Turner looks Forest-bound, but, they have lost some key loanees in Keylor Navas, Dean Henderson and Renan Lodi.

Having managed to gain three points from their opening two fixtures against Arsenal and Sheffield United, Forest will face Manchester United (a), Chelsea (a), Burnley (h) and Manchester City (a) in their next four matches.

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