City’s Perfect Start: Win Rate Under Enzo Maresca This Season
Manchester City are winning every Premier League game under new manager Enzo Maresca. Four matches. Four wins. Twelve points. Joint top with Arsenal. After a decade of Pep Guardiola, the first weeks of the new era have been ruthless.
Maresca was appointed in June 2026 on a three-year deal. The task was obvious: keep City at the top. So far, the league table says he is doing it.
City have scored eight and conceded two in the league. That is three points per game and a +6-goal difference. Since the Community Shield, they have won five competitive matches in a row. How the season started
The first official game was a shock.
Arsenal beat City 3-0 in the Community Shield on 16 August. It was Maresca’s first major night in charge and the only competitive defeat of his city reign. Then the league began, and the results flipped.
• 23 August: Manchester City 2-1 Bournemouth
•28 August: Crystal Palace 1-4 Manchester City
• 5 September: Manchester City 1-0 Coventry City
• 8 September: Porto 0-2 Manchester City (Champions League)
• 13 September: Manchester United 0-1 Manchester City
“UEFA Champions League returned today with a surge of excitement and drama”
Five wins. No draws. The run includes a first Champions League victory as City boss and a derby win at Old Trafford.
The derby that defined the start
The United game was the test. Phil Foden was sent off in the 23rd minute for kicking out at Bruno Fernandes. City played most of the match with 10 men on enemy ground.
Erling Haaland still scored the only goal.
VAR later became the talking point after the strike was given following a review. Maresca’s message was simple: the performance with 10 men mattered more than the debate.
That result took City to 12 points from 12 and kept them level with Arsenal at the top.
What the win rate actually means
A 100% Premier League record after four games is excellent.
It is also early. Titles are not won in September. What it does show is buy-in. The squad has not dropped league points under a new coach, and it found a way when a red card should have wrecked the afternoon.
Maresca already knew the club.
He led City’s development side, then worked as Guardiola’s assistant in the Treble season, before managing Leicester and Chelsea. That background helps explain why the transition has looked smoother than many expected.
Guardiola won about 71% of his City games across 10 years. Maresca is above that in a tiny sample. Treat the comparison as context, not a verdict.
