When Manchester United sacked Erik ten Hag in October, the club were 14th placed in the Premier League table and were seven points from the top-four and the bottom-three.
Fast forward three and a half months and the club sit 15th, 15 points from the top four and 12 points clear of the danger zone after being beaten 1-0 by Tottenham – the eighth league loss under the watch of new boss Ruben Amorim.
“a lot of problems”
There has not been the ‘new manager bounce’ for the club, though, after head coach Amorim said he has “a lot of problems” and his job is “so hard”.
It is general knowledge United are experiencing historically abject Premier League form but how serious are the concerns for Amorim?
The worst United team in Premier League history
Amorim may have spoken too quickly when he called this side “the worst team perhaps ever in the history of Manchester United” back in January.
After all, the club were relegated from division one during the year 1974. But in Premier League history, they are the worst statistically after this stage of the season. United’s tally of 29 points from their 25 games is their lowest after this many games played in the Premier League.
United have lost 12 games
United have lost 12 games from 25 games, their loss rate being 48%. The club are currently averaging 1.16 points-per-game, something that, were this trend to continue, would leave them with an end-of-year points total of 44 points from 38 games. That would be their lowest Premier League points total.
United have won four, drawn two and lost eight of the 14 Premier League matches played by Amorim. Only Tottenham, Ipswich, Wolves and Southampton and Leicester have less points than United’s 14 from their 14 Premier League matches under the stewardship of Amorim.
Amorim has played 21 games for United after being signed by the club. He has won nine games, drawn three games and lost nine games, for a winning percentage of 43%. That is the lowest by any man appointed for the job permanently since the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 after their first 21 games in office, the next lowest being Louis van Gaal (48%).
Jose Mourinho (52%), David Moyes (57%), Erik ten Hag (67%) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (71%) all did much better overall from their first 21 games in office.
