Premier League Sack Race Odds 2026-27: Lampard Cut to 3/1

Premier League Sack Race Odds: The Sky Bet Board After Gameweek 4

Frank Lampard was 14/1 to be the first Premier League manager to leave his post. He is now 3/1. Sky Bet slashed that price after Coventry City lost a fourth straight league game without scoring, and the Premier League sack race odds for 2026-27 have not looked the same since.

Michael Carrick moved on the same board, cut to 10/3 after Manchester United surrendered a 2-0 lead at home to Brighton in the Carabao Cup. Both results landed days before an international break running from 21 September to 6 October, per Sports Mole, and boards act when there is a fortnight to conduct a search. There were a record 11 in-season Premier League managerial changes in 2025/26, per Squawka.

Here is the full board, odds correct as of 17/09/2026 as rendered on Squawka's sack race page:

1. Frank Lampard (Coventry City) 3/1 2. Alvaro Arbeloa (Fulham) 3/1 3. Michael Carrick (Manchester United) 10/3 4. Pierre Sage (Crystal Palace) 5/1 5. Roberto De Zerbi (Tottenham) 5/1 6. Matthias Jaissle (Newcastle) 11/1 7. David Moyes (Everton) and Unai Emery (Aston Villa) 12/1 8. Gary O'Neil (Ipswich) 14/1, Oliver Glasner (Forest) 16/1 9. Regis Le Bris 25/1 10. Farke, Rose, Jakirovic, Maresca, Iraola 40/1 11. Andrews and Hurzeler 50/1, Alonso 66/1, Arteta 100/1 12. No Manager to Leave 80/1

Squawka and Sports Mole both carry this board and both attribute it to Sky Bet on that 17 September date. We could not verify a second bookmaker's board, so treat these prices as one book's opinion, not a market consensus.

Lampard and Coventry: Zero Points, Zero Goals

Coventry have lost all four league matches, scored no goals and conceded 10, and sit bottom of the table, per Sports Mole on 18 September 2026. That is a goal difference of minus 10 before the season is five weeks old.

Squawka's gameweek four review adds the marker: the 0-5 home defeat to Brighton made Coventry only the fifth club in top-flight history to lose each of their opening four matches without scoring, joining three pre-war sides and Crystal Palace in 2017/18.

Two caveats belong in the price. Coventry's opponents included Arsenal and Manchester City, and this is the club's first top-flight season in 25 years after Lampard won the Championship. Our earlier piece on Coventry's Premier League return laid out the survival market before a ball was kicked.

Carrick and the Old Trafford Collapse

United led 2-0 inside 10 minutes through Shea Lacey and Mason Mount. They lost 3-2, Charalampos Kostoulas scoring on the stroke of half-time before Pascal Gross and substitute Maxim De Cuyper struck within four second-half minutes.

Sky Sports reported on 17 September 2026 that it was "the first time in 50 years that United have held a 2-0 lead at Old Trafford and lost the game", adding they had won 143 of the previous 145 such matches. United managed no shot on target between the 10th minute and the 76th, and boos rang out at full time.

Carrick did not deflect. "We can't accept that as a group. I take responsibility for it. The performance towards the end of the second half, that's on me," he told Sky Sports. On the reaction from the stands: "I totally understand the feelings of the supporters."

United have four points from four league games, and Squawka notes a defeat at Fulham would be the club's worst start to a Premier League season after five.

Arbeloa, Sage and De Zerbi Fill Out the Short Prices

Alvaro Arbeloa sits level with Lampard at 3/1. He replaced Marco Silva at Fulham after a spell coaching at Real Madrid, lost his first three league games, then drew 0-0 at Liverpool. Sports Mole puts his league record at one point from four, in 18th.

Pierre Sage is 5/1 after losing three of his first four at Crystal Palace. Squawka lists the mitigation: Palace lost Maxence Lacroix and Daniel Munoz in the summer, Ismaila Sarr has not featured, Jean-Philippe Mateta has been out since the opening game, and the side have conceded more than any other.

Roberto De Zerbi is also 5/1. Tottenham are 17th with two points, winless, and have failed to score in their opening four league games for the first time in the club's history.

Reading the 80/1 No Manager to Leave Price

Convert the board and it explains itself. At 3/1 a price implies about 25 percent, 10/3 about 23 percent, 5/1 about 17 percent. "No Manager to Leave" at 80/1 implies roughly 1.2 percent, which is Sky Bet saying the chance every dugout survives is close to nil. The book is not pricing whether a manager goes, it is pricing which one. A 21-runner market carries a healthy margin, so read those percentages as the book's position rather than clean probability.

The practical point is that Premier League sack race odds track headlines faster than they track boardrooms. Lampard moved from 14/1 to 3/1 on the back of four league results. Sports Mole put it plainly: betting markets reflect sentiment rather than boardroom decisions.

What to Watch Before the Break

Sports Mole lists Tottenham hosting Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest hosting Coventry, and Manchester United travelling to Fulham on Sunday, which puts two of the three favourites in one match. Carrick flagged it himself: "We have a big game on Sunday that we have to prepare for."

A Fulham win reframes Arbeloa and pushes Carrick. A United win does the reverse. Either way the 16-day window opens straight afterwards. Check the official Premier League table for live standings, our soccer prediction models for the numbers behind these fixtures, and the Premier League title odds board for the other end of the table.

FAQ

Who is the favourite in the Premier League sack race? Frank Lampard and Alvaro Arbeloa are joint favourites at 3/1 in Sky Bet's next-manager-to-leave market, odds correct as of 17 September 2026. Carrick is third at 10/3.

What are the odds on Michael Carrick to be sacked? Sky Bet price Carrick at 10/3, cut after United's 3-2 Carabao Cup defeat to Brighton on 16 September 2026, per Squawka and Sports Mole. That implies about 23 percent.

How does the sack race market settle? It is listed as "Next Premier League manager to leave", so it settles on the first named manager to depart his post. Terms differ between books on mutual consent and interim spells, so read the rules before staking.

How many Premier League managers were sacked last season? There were 11 in-season Premier League managerial changes in 2025/26, per Squawka, which calls it a record-smashing total. Eight clubs then started 2026-27 with a new manager, per Sports Mole.

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