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Man U set another unwanted EPL record

Published:Monday | April 21, 2025 | 12:17 AM
Manchester United’s Noussair Mazraoui (left) and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Matheus Cunha vie for the ball, during their English Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, yesterday.
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Manchester United’s Noussair Mazraoui (left) and Wolverhampton Wanderers’ Matheus Cunha vie for the ball, during their English Premier League match at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, yesterday.

MANCHESTER, England (AP):

Manchester United set another unwanted club record yesterday after losing 1-0 to Wolverhampton.

A 15th league loss of the season is the most United have suffered in any single campaign in the English Premier League (EPL) era and emphasises the club’s ongoing decline.

United have dominated England’s top flight since the inception of the Premier League in 1992 — winning 13 titles. But they have not been crowned champions since 2013 when former manager Alex Ferguson retired.

Last season they set a new high for league losses with 14 defeats. With five rounds still to go, Ruben Amorim’s team has already gone past that benchmark.

“We need to fight for wins, score goals and try to get more points,” Amorim said. “This season is going to end like this. We need to take the positives, try to work on the things we need to improve.

“We have to work and try to be better in the first game of next season.”

Amorim said in January that this might be the worst team in the club’s history, and the lows have kept on coming.

A 15th league loss is the most for any United team since the 1989-90 campaign, when they were defeated 16 times in England’s old Division One.

Premier League statistician Opta said an eighth home defeat in the league was the most since United were beaten nine times in 1962-63.

Worst points total in Premier League

United are already certain to set the club’s worst-ever points total in the Premier League. The latest loss left them on 38 points.

United’s lowest total was 58 in the 2021-22 season. Even a perfect finish would only see United amass 53 this term.

The record 20-time English champions are also on course to record their lowest league finish in the Premier League.

The previous low was set by Erik ten Hag’s team last season when finishing eighth in the standings - the club’s worst final position in 34 years. United are currently 14th and 11 points behind eighth-placed Bournemouth.

But Amorim could still end the campaign on a successful note by winning the Europa League. United staged a dramatic fightback to beat Lyon 5-4 on Thursday and advance to the semi-finals of Europe’s second-tier competition.

United play Athletic Bilbao in the next round. The Europa League winners also qualify for next season’s Champions League.