Crystal Palace have sacked Pierre Sage just 16 games into his tenure.

Sage, who led Lens to a surprise second-place finish in Ligue 1 last season, was appointed in the summer as Oliver Glasner's replacement, after he left for Nottingham Forest.

However, Sage has made a poor start, with Palace languishing at the bottom of the Premier League after 10 games.

Palace have also won just one of their four Europa League games, though they have reached the quarter-finals of the EFL Cup.

Sage won five games in competitions, drawing three, but Palace have shipped 30 goals. Among teams from Europe's top five leagues, only his former club Lens (31) have conceded more goals this campaign.

One of the other clubs tied with Palace on 30 goals conceded, Manchester United, also sacked their head coach on Thursday, with Michael Carrick's departure likely paving the way for Mauricio Pochettino to take the reins at Old Trafford. 

Palace's 29.6 xGA in all competitions is the highest total of any team in Europe’s top 5 leagues.

The Eagles rank as the worst team in the Premier League this term for goals conceded (24), xG against (21.9), shots faced (189), goals conceded via crosses (seven), goals conceded via headers (seven) and the percentage of minutes trailing (54.4%).

Crystal Palace Football Club can confirm that Pierre Sage has left his role as Manager. The club would like to place on record its thanks to Pierre and his staff for their efforts during their time in South London, and wish them well for the future. https://t.co/JcVHA6FIhe https://t.co/VAM8XnpHlq

— Crystal Palace F.C. (@CPFC) November 12, 2026

Palace also confirmed that three members of Sage's coaching staff, namely Jamal Alioui, Damien Della Santa and Sandy Guichard, had also left their positions.

The Eagles said in a statement: "The club would like to place on record its thanks to Pierre and his staff for their efforts during their time in South London, and wish them well for the future.

"An update on the process of appointing a new manager will be provided in due course."

Palace will hope to have a new boss in place by the time they return from the international break. They face Coventry City on November 21.

Thomas Frank has emerged as an early contender for the vacancy, with the Dane having been out of work since his tumultuous eight-month stint with Tottenham ended in February.

Frank previously enjoyed plenty of success with Brentford, leading the Bees into the Premier League for the first time in 2021 and quickly establishing them as a top-flight club.

Frank won 41.8% of his 317 games in charge of Brentford (W132 D77 L108) but had just a 34.2% win rate with Spurs (P38 W13 D11 L14).