Are Man United and Liverpool the biggest football teams in England?
In terms of titles (excluding the English Super Cup), Liverpool ranks number 1 in England with 46 trophies, 2 more than Man United.
Man United leads in the number of national championships (20 times), 1 more than Liverpool.
The biggest gap ever seen between the two teams occurred in the 1954–55 season, when Man United finished 5th in the First Division, while Liverpool finished 11th in the Second Division.
The opposite record is the 1900-1901 season, when Liverpool won the championship, finishing 27 places above Man United – then still called Newton Heath – in the English football system.
Are Man United falling behind Liverpool?
In terms of points, the Old Trafford team has been declining compared to its opponents in the past few years. Based on the average points in the last 38 matches, Liverpool has 2.22 points/match, much higher than Man United's 1.58 points.
For most of United's time in the Premier League under Ferguson, they averaged more points per game than Liverpool. But since Sir Alex left the club, the Red Devils have declined.
In the 11 seasons after Ferguson retired, Man United averaged 68.1 points/season, much lower than Liverpool's 78.5 points/season.
Is Man United's form worrying?
In the first season under Erik ten Hag, Man United had an encouraging performance when they finished 3rd in the Premier League, reached the finals of 2 Cup Tournaments, and won 1 title.
But in the 2023-24 season, Man United only ranked 8th, won 60 points - the worst performance since the 1989-1990 season. They lost 14 matches, the most in the Premier League era and equal to the total number of losses in the last 3 seasons under Alex Ferguson.
The main problem was their porous defence, conceding 58 goals – their worst in a season since 1978-79 (63). They allowed opponents 667 shots on goal, only fewer than relegated Sheffield United.
What records await Arne Slot?
Arne Slot won his first two games in charge of Liverpool in the top flight, the same feat as Graeme Souness in April 1991. But since William Connell set the record when he took charge in December 1922, no Liverpool manager has won his first three games in charge. Slot has the chance to equal the 102-year-old record if he wins at Old Trafford.
To date, the coach with the best start with a Premier League team is Maurizio Sarri (12 games unbeaten) in the 2018-2019 season, leading Chelsea. He is followed by Nottingham's Frank Clark (11 games) and Tottenham's Ange Postecoglou (10 games).
How did Salah perform against Man United?
Mohamed Salah 's record against Man Utd is his best in the Premier League era. The Egyptian striker has scored 11 goals in 13 Premier League appearances against the Red Devils.
Salah has also scored more goals at Old Trafford than any other visiting player in Premier League history, with six goals in six games there, one more than Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard (5).
Overall, no player in Premier League history has scored more goals against Man United than Salah, both overall (15 – 11 goals, 4 assists) and specifically at Old Trafford in the league (7 – 6 goals, 1 assist).
What's special about Man United vs Liverpool on Sunday?
This will be the 35th time Man United and Liverpool have played each other on a Sunday in the Premier League, more than any other pair of fixtures in the history of the competition, more than Chelsea vs Liverpool (33) and Arsenal vs Man United (31).
In fact, the fixture has been played on all seven days of the week in the Premier League era, with just 19 games taking place on Saturdays.
