Manchester United have spent more time in winning positions across the 11 Premier League games of 2025\/26 than they did in the 27 top-flight matches overseen in 2024\u201325. United have spent more than 496 minutes leading opponents this season, equivalent to 45% of their total time on the pitch in 2025\u201326, per Opta.<\/p>\n
Only Manchester City have enjoyed longer spells in ascendancy this term. Even league-leading Arsenal have not spent as much time on top, although they have found a way to end eight games in front while United only boast five wins.<\/p>\n
Under Amorim in 2024\u201325 the numbers were different: across 27 games United spent 355 mins, 40 secs in winning positions and recorded seven wins. In 2025\u201326, across 11 games, the club has 496 mins, 5 secs leading and five wins. Stats via Opta. Correct as of Nov. 12, 2025.<\/p>\n
United have dropped six points from winning positions this season, losing a lead to Fulham early on and repeating strange sequences against Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur where they scored first, fell behind and then salvaged a 2\u20132 draw in both matches. Amorim wrote off the blunder against Forest as five minutes of madness but cited the enforced substitutions of Casemiro and Harry Maguire after the 72nd minute in the Spurs match as the turning point; United were 1\u20130 up and largely in control when those players left the field. With Matthijs de Ligt failing to offer Maguire\u2019s assurance in a central role and Manuel Ugarte floundering in Casemiro\u2019s absence, United conceded twice. Amorim was keen to point out United came back to score in both those fixtures.<\/p>\n
Offensively the side are sharper. Per 90, goals have risen from 1.04 to 1.45, xG from 1.21 to 1.44, shots from 13.7 to 14.1 and xG per shot from 0.088 to 0.102 (FBref). A summer outlay of \u00a3200 million ($262.5 million) on the frontline has helped. Bryan Mbeumo has five goals this season, more than Rasmus H\u00f8jlund (four) or Joshua Zirkzee (three) managed last year. Matheus Cunha scored his first goal at the end of October, and the team now uses long switches of play more frequently than any other top-flight side to present the new forwards with better chances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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