Why Manchester United have been better than their results

With just two Premier League wins since the start of April, it seems only a fool would say that Manchester United have been improving under Ruben Amorim…and yet that’s exactly what the stats suggest.

While only Tottenham have taken fewer points in their last 10 games, United’s underlying numbers suggest their performances have deserved more and, if anything, it’s the players who have underperformed more than Amorim and his much-maligned formation.

We’ve excluded penalties to show how good United have been at creating and restricting chances themselves, rather than relying on opposition clumsiness or shirt-pulling like they did to score the winner against Burnley.

As you can see, United have taken the most shots in the Premier League in the last 10 games, while only rivals Manchester City – Sunday’s Premier League opponents – have faced fewer among the 17 sides ever-present during the time frame.

The big problem has been scoring and saving them, with United’s players scoring seven goals fewer than Premier League players have historically from the chances they’ve had and conceding four goals more.