Manchester United

Ashley Young - the Stats, check out which PL team he has failed to score against in 11 appearances?

Submitted by apps4stats on Thu, 06/23/2011 - 18:33

Manchester United today completed the signing of Aston Villa winger Ashley Young, so lets check out his stats

Young made his PL debut for Watford in the 2006/07 season in the away match at Everton on the opening day of the season

Young scored his first PL goal when he bagged a brace in a 3-3 home draw with Fulham scoring the all important equalizer in the 90th minute

He moved to Villa in January 2007 and made his debut in the 3-1 defeat at Newcastle but did open his Villa account with a 25th minute strike

Ferguson looking to join an elite list with his fourth UEFA Champions League final

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 05/28/2011 - 17:23

Sir Alex Ferguson is coaching in his fourth European Cup Final a feat only achieved by two other coaches

First to do it was Real Madrid coach Miguel Munoz in 1960, 62, 64 and 66, he started with a win in 60 and finished with a win and lost the two in between

The only other man to do this was Italian legend Marcello Lippi who did it with Juventus in 1996, 97, 98 and 03, Lippi won is his first final but went on to lose the other three

Champions League Final - Lionel Messi is seocnd only to former United legend......

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 17:03

Lionel Messi has the second best strike rate amongst the top goal scorers in the CL with a goal every 1.56 matches, only Ruud van Nistelrooy at a goal every 1.3 is ahead of him

Messi has 36 goals in 56 matches and van Nistelrooy 56 goals in 73 matches

He has scored once against United in 3 matches, his best strike rate is against the Gunners with six goals in four matches

Champions League Final - In what? Do United lead Barcelona 16-7 this season in the UCL?

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 16:57

United have kept clean sheets in eight of their 12 CL matches this season and in the four matches they did not they conceded just the one goal

The only time either side conceded more than one goal in a match was when Barca lost 2-1 at the Emirates

Champions League Final - Only three of United's 12 yellow cards have been.......

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/27/2011 - 16:52

United have used 26 different starters in the CL this season which is the joint most whilst Barcelona have used 21

Barcelona have used eight players 21 or under one more than United and three behind FC Basel who have fielded the most

Both teams have a squad’s with the average age of 26

Lionel Messi is the leading scorer in this season’s competition with 11 goals, three more than Samuel Eto’o and Mario Gomez

United took the title with 80 points, in the previous six season's that would not have been good enough for second place

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/23/2011 - 19:30

Manchester United took their 12th PL title with 80 points the lowest since 2000/01 when they also won the title

On just two occasions have teams won the PL with a lower points total since it went to a 38 match season back in 1995/96

On only three occasions have teams won the Pl wit less than 80 points and these were in consecutive seasons, 96/97 to 98/99

Best attack meets the worst defence with the defence needing the result! Can Blackpool dent the PL most impressive home record?

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/20/2011 - 20:14

Man Utd lead the PL in scoring with 74 goals whilst Blackpool have the worst defensive record with 74 goals conceded

United are defending a fantastic home record this season with 17 wins and a draw in 18 matches taking 52 points out of a possible 54

They are the top scores at home in the PL with 45 goals and have the meanest defence with just 10 goals conceded

They have not yet conceded a goal in the first half of a PL match at home this season

Berbatov still seventh in Euro goal scorers despite limited opportunities

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 19:18

Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov has 21 Premier League goals which puts him joint 7th in Europe's top five leagues but has had little chance to add to that total in the last three and a half months

Berbatov was on 19 goals after his five goal burst in two games at the end of January, with a hat trick in the 5-0 home win over Birmingham and then a double in the 3-2 away win at Blackpool when they came back from a 2-0 deficit

Giggs breaks Premier League appearance record.....

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 22:38

Manchester United's 37 year old Welsh legend Ryan Giggs needed one more appearance to break David James's Premier League record of 572 and he got it at Ewood Park on Saturday as United clinced the Premier League title for an 12th time

Gigss has started 490 PL matches and beeen called from the bench on 82 occasions

As far as appearances for one club Giggs is some 110 matches ahead of Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher

Check out Gigg's full career in the PL at the link below

United know 10 will be the magic number?

Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 05/13/2011 - 18:58

United go to Ewood Park looking to make it 10 matches unbeaten against Rovers in the PL since they were beaten 4-3 back in February 2006 thanks to a David Bentley hat trick and United having Rio Ferdinand sent off!

Since then United have won seven and draw two with two wins and two draws at Ewood Park

Over all in the series United have 19 wins in 33 meetings, Rovers five and nine have ended all square

For full details of the series between the two in the PL click the link below