Man Utd’s horror stats laid bare as Amorim equals record from year club were RELEGATED and on verge of unwanted history
MANCHESTER UNITED’S nightmare season took yet another blow with defeat to West Ham.
And the horror stats mean the Red Devils have now matched their all-time worst-ever tally for home league losses in a single season.
The 2-0 nightmare result against the Hammers left United 16th in the Premier League table with two matches to go – and still yet to reach the 40-point mark.
It was their record-equalling ninth home defeat of the season.
That is the same number as they managed to accrue in the 1930-31 relegation season and also in 1962-63.
It has never been managed in the Premier League era – with eight league home losses in 1893-94, 1920-21 and 1961-62.
To make matters worse, Tomas Soucek’s 26th-minute opener yesterday ensured only one team have gone 1-0 down more times at home than United this Prem term.
The West Ham game was the 12th time United have conceded first at Old Trafford.
That is level with Ipswich in joint-second with Leicester topping the unwanted table with 15.
The Foxes famously lost nine home matches in a row without scoring from mid-December until finally scoring against and beating Southampton on May 3.
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Even basement boys Saints have only gone 1-0 down at home 11 times this season – level with Tottenham and West Ham.
And Amorim is at risk of setting a new Premier League record for United’s longest winless run.
The Red Devils have failed to win any of their last seven league matches.
That horror form includes defeats to Nottingham Forest, Newcastle, Wolves, Brentford and West Ham and draws against Manchester City and Bournemouth since beating Leicester on March 16.
Sir Alex Ferguson was in charge the only other time United were winless in seven – with that streak ending way back in November 1992.
Louis van Gaal went six games without tasting victory up to November 2015 while Ferguson twice (1995 and 2007), Jose Mourinho (2017) and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (2019) each suffered five-match winless runs.
United face Chelsea away on Friday night where they could set their new record with eight.
And Amorim’s side host Aston Villa on the final day of the season where they will be desperately hoping to go 1-0 down for a 13th time – and avoid a record-breaking tenth home league defeat of the shocking campaign.
Incredibly, either 16th-placed United or 17th-placed Tottenham will play Champions League football next season as they prepare to face off in the Europa League final next Wednesday.
But Amorim admitted he may not be in charge at Old Trafford for much longer and is prepared to step down as manager if he cannot turn the disasterclass around.
The Portuguese gaffer said: “I don’t want to talk about the players. I’m talking about myself and the culture in the club and the culture in the team. I have that feeling.
“We need to change that and we need to be really strong in the summer and to be brave.
“Because we cannot have a season like this next year. If the feeling is still here, we should give the space to different persons.
“So it’s a big problem that we have here at the club. It’s a decisive moment in the history of the club. We need to address that.
“We are losing the feeling that we are a massive club and the feeling that it’s not the biggest thing in the world losing a game at home.
“We don’t have that fear anymore and that is the most dangerous thing that a big club can have.
“I think it’s a concern. It’s not the players’ fault. It’s my fault, I’m responsible.
“If we cannot change that really fast we should give our place to different persons.
“If you look at the goals that we suffer, we can avoid these goals. The lack of energy, of urgency. That is the most dangerous things in this club.
“You can feel it at the beginning of the game. Between our box and opponent’s box there is a lack of urgency. That is something we have to change in this club.”
Man Utd ratings vs West Ham as Ugarte awful and Mainoo invisible in latest horror show
MANCHESTER UNITED dropped to 16th in the Premier League after suffering an embarrassing 2-0 defeat to West Ham at Old Trafford.
Ruben Amorim named a strong team for United’s return to domestic duty, but not even Amad Diallo could save the day.
United gave fans a lively start, but reverted back to factory settings after the visitors took the lead inside 27 minutes.
West Ham picked off United against the run of play, before former Man Utd star Aaron Wan-Bissaka came back to haunt his old club.
The full-back fed a clever ball through to Mohammed Kudus, who thrashed a low cross into the six yard box for Tomas Soucek to tap home.
United got caught cold again and were the masters of their own undoing, after Kudus pounced on Manuel Ugarte’s mess up to set up Jarrod Bowen, who doubled West Ham’s lead in the 58th minute.
Apart from some bright moments from Amad, this was another awful performance from the home side, as West Ham became the SIXTH team to the double over United this season.
The Red Devils haven’t haven’t won a Prem game since their 3-0 win at Leicester on March 16, which incidentally was the last team West Ham beat in February.
Here’s how SunSport’s Katherine Walsh rated every Man Utd star’s performance at Old Trafford…