Mark Hughes' method of avoiding the sack over the past year has been to win about a PL game a month:

Month/PL wins
Nov 16 1 😐
Dec 16 1 😐
Jan 17 2 🤫
Feb 17 1 😐
Mar 17 1 😐
Apr 17 1 😐
May 17 1 😐
Aug 17 1 😐
Sep 17 1 😐
Oct 17 1 😐
Nov 17 0 😬
Dec 17 2 😅
Jan 18 0 🤔

— Duncan Alexander (@oilysailor) January 2, 2018