Manchester United F.C. league record by opponent

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 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]

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 210 league matches (as of the end of the 2023–24 season).[2] In those games United have suffered 76 league defeats,[3] which represents the most they have lost against any club, as well as conceded 295 goals – also club record. Manchester United have won more league matches (91) and scored more league goals (321) against Aston Villa than they have against any other club.[4] Out of the 164 league matches between Manchester United and Chelsea, 53 have been drawn (32.3%) – more than with any other club.[5][6]

  1. ^ "History of the Premier League". Premier League. 24 November 2011. Archived from the original on 21 April 2012. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  2. ^ "How Many Times – All League Matches". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference arsenal was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  6. ^ "United in the Football Alliance". StretfordEnd.co.uk. Retrieved 30 January 2013.