Moyes faces stiffest challenge on home debut as Chelsea visit fortress Old Trafford
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Brian Sears 26 August 2013 David Moyes takes control of his first home league game as Manchester United manager on Monday evening seeking to uphold United's astonishingly good home record in the Premier League era. How good? Well, they've played 405 home league games since the division was revamped as the PL in 1992-93 and have won 305 of them, drawn 66 and lost just 34 of them. That's fewer than two home defeats per season, for 21 years, or an average of 1.62 home defeats per year. Forty-four different opponents have visited Old Trafford in those 405 games, with a potential 1,215 points to take away. Combined, those clubs have won only 168 points. Only 16 of the 44 visitors have ever won a game at Old Trafford in that period, and 16 others have never even won a single point. There is one club that has a standout record at Old Trafford, and only that one club has won more than a point per visit on average. That club is Monday night's visitors, Chelsea, who have played 21 Premier League games at United, winning six, drawing seven and losing eight for a total of 25 points, or 1.19 points per game on average. Chelsea's 25 points mean that by themselves they have won 15 per cent of all the points won by 44 teams at Old Trafford in the PL era. Chelsea have most wins (those six) followed by Liverpool on four, then Arsenal and Manchester City on three each. Only one other club, Middlesbrough, have won as many as three PL games at Old Trafford, and have an average of 0.93 points per game there. They along with Derby (0.86 points per game in the PL era) are the only other clubs anywhere close to a point per game at OT. The club by club records of all visitors are in the graphic here:
Moyes faces stiffest challenge on home debut as Chelsea visit fortress Old Trafford
Moyes faces stiffest challenge on home debut…
Moyes faces stiffest challenge on home debut as Chelsea visit fortress Old Trafford
Brian Sears 26 August 2013 David Moyes takes control of his first home league game as Manchester United manager on Monday evening seeking to uphold United's astonishingly good home record in the Premier League era. How good? Well, they've played 405 home league games since the division was revamped as the PL in 1992-93 and have won 305 of them, drawn 66 and lost just 34 of them. That's fewer than two home defeats per season, for 21 years, or an average of 1.62 home defeats per year. Forty-four different opponents have visited Old Trafford in those 405 games, with a potential 1,215 points to take away. Combined, those clubs have won only 168 points. Only 16 of the 44 visitors have ever won a game at Old Trafford in that period, and 16 others have never even won a single point. There is one club that has a standout record at Old Trafford, and only that one club has won more than a point per visit on average. That club is Monday night's visitors, Chelsea, who have played 21 Premier League games at United, winning six, drawing seven and losing eight for a total of 25 points, or 1.19 points per game on average. Chelsea's 25 points mean that by themselves they have won 15 per cent of all the points won by 44 teams at Old Trafford in the PL era. Chelsea have most wins (those six) followed by Liverpool on four, then Arsenal and Manchester City on three each. Only one other club, Middlesbrough, have won as many as three PL games at Old Trafford, and have an average of 0.93 points per game there. They along with Derby (0.86 points per game in the PL era) are the only other clubs anywhere close to a point per game at OT. The club by club records of all visitors are in the graphic here: