Manchester United F.C. league record by opponent

Manchester United Football Club is an English association football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that competes in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. During the 1889–90 season, Manchester United joined the Football Alliance. The team was elected to The Football League in 1892, where the club remained until 1992, when the League's First Division was replaced as the top level of English football by the Premier League.[1]

A black-and-white photograph of a football team lining up before a match. Four players, wearing dark shirts, light shorts and dark socks, are seated. Four more players are standing immediately behind them, and three more are standing on a higher level on the back row. Two men in suits are standing either side of the players.
The Manchester United team at the start of the 1905–06 season, in which they were runners-up in the Second Division

Manchester United's first team has competed in a number of nationally contested leagues, and its record against each club faced in these competitions is listed below. The team that Manchester United has met most in league competition is Arsenal, against whom they have contested 208 league matches (as of the end of the 2022–23 season).[2] Arsenal have also defeated Manchester United in league competition on 74 occasions,[3] which represents the most Manchester United have lost against any club. Manchester United have won 89 of their league matches against Aston Villa, the most Manchester United have won against any club.[4] Manchester United have drawn more matches with Chelsea than with any other club; out of the 162 league matches between the two teams, 53 have finished without a winner.[5][6]

Key

  • The records include the results of matches played in the Football Alliance (from 1889 to 1892), The Football League (from 1892 to 1992) and the Premier League (since 1992). Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1888–89 and 1939–40 seasons. Test Matches are not included.
  • For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Ardwick, Small Heath and Woolwich Arsenal are integrated into the records against Manchester City, Birmingham City and Arsenal, respectively.
  •    † Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are competing in the 2023–24 Premier League alongside Manchester United.
  •    ‡ Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct.
  • Pld = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Win% = percentage of total matches won

All-time league record

As of match played on 7 April 2024.[6][7][8]
Manchester United league record by opponent
ClubHomeAwayTotalRef(s)
PldWDLPldWDLPldWDLGFGAGDWin%
Accrington1010101020205500.00[9]
Arsenal1045929161052620592098549753152942140.67[3][A]
Aston Villa88591712883223331769140453212279451.7[4]
Barnsley1613211667332199464214359.38[10]
Birmingham City47308947131915944327241381013745.74[6][11][B]
Birmingham St George's3201310263031116-550.00[6]
Blackburn Rovers4928111049171418984525281831404345.92[12]
Blackpool412786411891482451720156985854.88[13]
Bolton Wanderers59331016591915251185225411921563644.07[14]
Bootle3300301263121111050.00[6]
Bournemouth751164021391326131369.23[15]
Bradford City231562237794622131178374147.83[16]
Bradford Park Avenue95049315188193036-644.44[17]
Brentford85128323168352926350[18]
Brighton & Hove Albion11812104152112273223957.14[19]
Bristol City1793517575341410104739841.18[20]
Bristol Rovers11001010211031250.00[21]
Burnley59341114602310271195721412061683847.9[22]
Burton Swifts743073131474336211550.00[6][23]
Burton United651063211283129101966.67[24]
Burton Wanderers311131026213810-233.33[25]
Bury19928191054381971258461250.00[26]
Cardiff City156631592430158759421750.00[27]
Charlton Athletic28205328156756351110113595462.50[28]
Chelsea82342919823124271646553462612016039.63[5]
Chesterfield1010001031620131641221965.00[29][C]
Coventry City372386371681374391619124705452.70[30]
Crewe Alexandra540154101081132112180.00[6][31]
Crystal Palace2719352613855332111091464560.38[32]
Darwen861182241683535221350.00[6][33]
Derby County4524101145121716903627271571362140.00[34]
Doncaster Rovers4310412184311961350.00[35]
Everton95542516953121431908546592852572844.74[36]
Fulham3830533817111076471613151807161.84[37]
Gainsborough Trinity108201053220135236142265.00[38]
Glossop North End7610751114112134102478.57[39][D]
Grimsby Town21133521451242178177380-740.48[6][40]
Huddersfield Town231391237794620161085642143.48[41]
Hull City1311201363426175452242865.38[42]
Ipswich Town251645258512502491780611948.00[43]
Leeds City10011100210134-150.00[44]
Leeds United5023189501916151004234241491094042.00[45]
Leicester City6543157652216271306531342571728550.00[46][E]
Leyton Orient63306312126421881050.00[47][F]
Lincoln City151131154110301541162422050.00[6][48]
Liverpool9144291891252343182695261244247-337.91[49]
Loughborough55005221107212972270.00[50]
Long Eaton Rangers110011002200615100.00[6]
Luton Town20190120107340297491276472.5[51]
Manchester City8535272385312529170665252239240-138.82[52][6][G]
Middlesbrough52311011522212181045322291861523450.96[53]
Millwall65106321128312872166.67[54]
Nelson10011100210121150.00[55]
New Brighton Tower320132016402116566.67[56]
Newcastle United83512210843119341678241443162368049.1[57]
Northampton Town11001010211073450.00[58]
Norwich City31216431176862381212110515961.29[59]
Nottingham Forest5030119501712211004723301821305247[6][60]
Notts County2411942495104820141474601441.67[61]
Oldham Athletic18113418666361791074452947.22[62]
Oxford United4400420286021871175.00[63]
Plymouth Argyle64116213126242020050.00[64]
Port Vale18161118549362151076373958.33[65][H]
Portsmouth29203629810115828131791603148.28[66]
Preston North End3315117331191366262020107901739.39[67]
Queens Park Rangers221831221075442810682424063.64[68]
Reading321032106420116566.67[69]
Rotherham Town220021014301106475.00[70]
Rotherham County11001010211041350.00[71]
Sheffield United462861247151022934316341571332446.24[72]
Sheffield Wednesday5937157591512321185227391971613644.07[6][73][I]
South Shields321032016411103766.67[74]
Southampton5634139562218161125631251931246950.00[75]
Stockport County972092071892729181150.00[76]
Stoke City452614545131517903929221451063943.33[6][77][J]
Sunderland64381412642215271286029392201833746.88[78]
Sunderland Albion210120024103610-425.00[6]
Swansea City1511311543830156951321950.00[79][K]
Swindon Town11001010211064250.00[80]
Tottenham Hotspur87581514872830291748645432812225949.43[81]
Walsall9720933318105346192755.56[6][82][L]
Watford1411301472528185549292064.29[83]
West Bromwich Albion63331614632214271265530412251844143.65[84]
West Ham United6847912681820301366529422461687847.79[85]
Wigan Athletic880087011615015054593.75[86]
Wimbledon149321474328167551262557.14[87]
Wolverhampton Wanderers5033710501610241004917341671392849[88]
York City110011002200312100.00[89]

Overall record

As of match played on 7 April 2024.
Manchester United F.C. overall league record by competition
CompetitionHomeAwayTotalWin%Ref(s)
PldWDLPldWDLPldWDLGFGAGD
Premier League610425115706113161521431,2217412672132,2881,1551,13360.69[90]
Football League First Division1,3707583392731,3704043656012,7401,1627048744,5233,87564842.41[90]
Football League Second Division4082787159408128971838164061682421,43396646749.75[90]
Football Alliance331977339519662812261461321442.42[6]
Total2,4211,4805324092,4228576199464,8432,3371,1511,3558,3906,1282,26248.26[6][90]

Footnotes

A. ^ Record against Woolwich Arsenal included
B. ^ Record against Small Heath included; record against Birmingham included
C. ^ Record against Chesterfield Town included
D. ^ Record against Glossop included
E. ^ Record against Leicester Fosse included
F. ^ Record against Clapton Orient included; record against Orient included
G. ^ Record against Ardwick included
H. ^ Record against Burslem Port Vale included
I. ^ Record against The Wednesday included
J. ^ Record against Stoke included
K. ^ Record against Swansea Town included
L. ^ Record against Walsall Town Swifts included

References