City won the last 6 premier league out of 9 in charge of PEP GUARDIOLA.
‼️ 📊 Man City have played 28 opening-day Premier League matches, winning 16, drawing 6, and losing 6, giving them a win rate of 57%.
▪️Their most emphatic opening-day performance came in 2019, with a 5–0 victory over West Ham at the London Stadium. Raheem Sterling bagged a hat-trick, Gabriel Jesus scored, and Sergio Agüero sealed it with a penalty.
▪️Sergio Agüero holds the club record with 7 goals across opening Premier League matches, starting with a brace on his debut.
▪️Erling Haaland has tallied 5 goals in three opening-day games—notably braces against West Ham and Burnley, plus another in the opener at Chelsea last season.
■ Total Openers (PL era)
28 matches: 16 wins, 6 draws, 6 losses (57% win rate)
■ Total Goals Scored / Conceded
50 scored (1.79 avg), 26 conceded
Biggest Win:5–0 vs. West Ham (2019)
■ Top Scorer on Opening Days
Sergio Agüero (7 goals); Erling Haaland (5 in 3 games)
■ 100% Manager Record
Sven-Göran Eriksson and Manuel Pellegrini (all opening days won)
■ Pep Guardiola Openers
8 wins in 9, 21 goals for, 3 against; the only loss was 1–0 vs Tottenham (2021/22), which was also the only opener under him where City failed to score.