Jose Mourinho - top at Christmas & in May

Jose Mourinho celebrates his title successes in Spain, England and Italy

Jose Mourinho has been top at Christmas seven times in his 12 full seasons as a manager - winning the league each time.

And yet he has never won any league when his side was not leading on 25 December.

With Chelsea top again at Christmas this season, we look at his festive record in numbers.

Mourinho and Mesut Ozil were Spanish title winners with Real Madrid in 2012

Blackburn Rovers were Christmas leaders en route to winning their only Premier League title in 1995

Premier League at Christmas stats

• Aston Villa hold the record for the lowest finish in the league after being top at Christmas - ending the 1998-99 season in sixth.

• Liverpool have been top at Christmas the most times in the Premier League era without going on to win it (three times). The other sides to have suffered the same fate are Manchester United, Newcastle and Arsenal (twice), along with Aston Villa, Leeds and Norwich (once).

• Manchester United have the highest points total by Christmas, with 52 points in 1993-4, but 21 games had been played by 25 December that year.

• In terms of points per game, Chelsea come out top in 2005-6 with 46 points from 17 games - 2.7 compared to the 2.48 achieved by Manchester United in 1993-94.