The Trivela Effect website provides statistics on Manchester United’s worst performances in history to evaluate the current season of the team.

Manchester United is going through a tough season under coach Erik ten Hag, who seems to have put the Red Devils back on track after a forgettable period under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and Ralf Rangnick.

Although Ten Hag guided Man United back to the Champions League after finishing in the top 4 last season, the team currently sits in 7th place after 32 matches. It appears that the Red Devils will miss out on European competition as they are 10 points behind the team in 5th place.

Recently, there has been debate about whether this is one of the worst seasons in the esteemed club’s history or not.

Is this the worst Premier League season for Manchester United?

David Moyes’ first season at Manchester United was indeed very disappointing.

Manchester United finished 22nd in the Premier League in the 1921/22 and 1930/31 seasons, back when the top-flight competition in England was simply known as the “First Division” and consisted of 22 competing teams. Therefore, United’s worst-ever season to date was a “bottom-of-the-table” finish.

In the history of the Premier League since its inaugural season in 1992/93, Manchester United’s 7th position in the 2013/14 season is their worst season in the EPL. Wayne Rooney led the team with 17 goals and 10 assists, carrying much of the team’s burden. The manager of the Red Devils during that season was David Moyes, who was the first successor to Sir Alex Ferguson.

The lowest total points in a season for Manchester United?

In the 2021/22 season, Manchester United only managed to gather a total of 58 points under Ralf Rangnick, who experienced one of the worst spells in his illustrious coaching career.

Despite being a legend in Germany, Rangnick was somewhat of a joke in the Premier League circles as Manchester United finished the season in 6th place, amidst controversies with the club icon Cristiano Ronaldo.

Interestingly, Cristiano scored 18 goals in the Premier League that season, as many as the top scorer Bruno Fernandes from the previous season, and the highest goal tally for any Manchester United player since Van Persie’s 26 goals in the 2012/13 season that led the Red Devils to the title.

The last time Manchester United missed out on European qualification?

The 2013/14 season is Manchester United’s worst Premier League season to date, being the only time in the Premier League era that the Red Devils were excluded from European football.

Therefore, Erik ten Hag is at risk of repeating a historical record in the worst possible way, which is one of the many reasons why Manchester United fans are calling for his dismissal.

Manchester United has been relegated how many times?

“Manchester United has clearly never been relegated in the Premier League era because their worst performance is still a 7th-place finish. However, they have been relegated 4 times in their history from the First Division.

The last time was in the 1973/74 season when they finished 21st, preceded by the seasons 1936/37 and 1930/31 when they finished 22nd, and prior to that in 1920/21 with another 22nd-place finish in the top-flight competition in England.”