Manchester United F.C. league record by opponent

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 192 league matches.^[2] Arsenal have also defeated Manchester United in league competition on 67 occasions,^[3] which represents the most Manchester United have lost against any club. Manchester United have won 83 of the league matches against Aston Villa, which represents the most Manchester United have won against any club.^[4] Manchester United have drawn more matches with Manchester City than with any other club; out of the 154 league matches between the two teams, 50 have finished without a winner.^[5][6]

Key

• The records include the results of matches played in the Football Alliance (from 1889 to 1892), The Football League (from 1892 to 1992) and the Premier League (since 1992). Wartime matches are regarded as unofficial and are excluded, as are matches from the abandoned 1888–89 and 1939–40 seasons. Test Matches are not included.
• For the sake of simplicity, present-day names are used throughout: for example, results against Ardwick, Small Heath and Woolwich Arsenal are integrated into the records against Manchester City, Birmingham City and Arsenal, respectively.
•   Teams with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are competing in the 2015–16 Premier League alongside Manchester United.
•   Clubs with this background and symbol in the "Club" column are defunct.
• P = matches played; W = matches won; D = matches drawn; L = matches lost; F = Goals scored; A = Goals conceded; Win% = percentage of total matches won

All-time league record

Statistics correct as of the start of the 2015–16 Premier League season.^[6][7][8]

Manchester United F.C. league record by opponent

Club	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%	Ref(s)
	Home				Away				Total
Accrington	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	5	5	0.00	[9]
Arsenal	96	55	26	15	96	25	19	52	192	80	45	67	293	264	41.67	[3]^[A]
Aston Villa	82	55	16	11	82	28	22	32	164	83	38	43	300	214	50.61	[4]
Barnsley	16	13	2	1	16	6	7	3	32	19	9	4	64	21	59.38	[10]
Birmingham City	50	32	9	9	50	13	20	17	100	45	29	26	157	112	45.00	[6][11]^[B]
Birmingham St George's	3	2	0	1	3	1	0	2	6	3	0	3	11	16	50.00	[6]
Blackburn Rovers	49	28	11	10	49	17	14	18	98	45	25	28	183	140	45.92	[12]
Blackpool	41	27	8	6	41	18	9	14	82	45	17	20	156	98	54.88	[13]
Bolton Wanderers	59	33	10	16	59	19	15	25	118	52	25	41	192	156	44.07	[14]
Bootle	3	3	0	0	3	0	1	2	6	3	1	2	11	11	50.00	[6]
Bradford City	23	15	6	2	23	7	7	9	46	22	13	11	78	37	47.83	[15]
Bradford Park Avenue	9	5	0	4	9	3	1	5	18	8	1	9	30	36	44.44	[16]
Brentford	5	2	1	2	5	2	1	2	10	4	2	4	19	19	40.00	[17]
Brighton & Hove Albion	4	3	1	0	4	2	1	1	8	5	2	1	12	4	62.50	[18]
Bristol City	17	9	3	5	17	5	7	5	34	14	10	10	47	39	41.18	[19]
Bristol Rovers	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	3	1	50.00	[20]
Burnley	53	32	8	13	53	17	9	27	106	49	17	40	186	159	46.23	[21]
Burton Swifts	8	5	3	0	8	3	1	4	16	8	4	3	41	25	50.00	[6][22]
Burton United	5	5	0	0	5	2	2	1	10	7	2	1	25	8	70.00	[23]
Burton Wanderers	3	1	1	1	3	1	0	2	6	2	1	3	8	10	33.33	[24]
Bury	19	9	2	8	19	10	5	4	38	19	7	12	58	46	50.00	[25]
Cardiff City	14	6	6	2	14	8	2	4	28	14	8	6	54	39	50.00	[26]
Charlton Athletic	28	20	5	3	28	15	6	7	56	35	11	10	113	59	62.50	[27]
Chelsea	73	29	25	19	73	30	19	24	146	59	44	43	235	182	40.41	[28]
Chesterfield	10	10	0	0	10	3	1	6	20	13	1	6	41	22	65.00	[29]^[C]
Coventry City	37	23	8	6	37	16	8	13	74	39	16	19	124	70	52.70	[30]
Crewe Alexandra	5	4	0	1	5	4	1	0	10	8	1	1	32	11	80.00	[6][31]
Crystal Palace	18	14	2	2	18	9	5	4	36	23	7	6	67	33	63.89	[32]
Darwen	8	6	1	1	8	2	2	4	16	8	3	5	35	22	50.00	[6][33]
Derby County	45	24	10	11	45	12	17	16	90	36	27	27	157	136	40.00	[34]
Doncaster Rovers	4	3	1	0	4	1	2	1	8	4	3	1	19	6	50.00	[35]
Everton	86	49	21	16	86	26	19	41	172	75	40	57	265	248	43.60	[36]
Fulham	34	28	4	2	34	13	11	10	68	41	15	12	136	75	60.29	[37]
Gainsborough Trinity	10	8	2	0	10	5	3	2	20	13	5	2	36	14	65.00	[38]
Glossop North End	7	6	1	0	7	5	1	1	14	11	2	1	34	10	78.57	[39]^[D]
Grimsby Town	21	13	3	5	21	4	5	12	42	17	8	17	73	80	40.48	[6][40]
Huddersfield Town	21	11	9	1	21	7	6	8	42	18	15	9	78	60	42.86	[41]
Hull City	12	11	1	0	12	5	3	4	24	16	4	4	51	24	66.67	[42]
Ipswich Town	25	16	4	5	25	8	5	12	50	24	9	17	80	61	48.00	[43]
Leeds City	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	4	50.00	[44]
Leeds United	46	21	17	8	46	16	15	15	92	37	32	23	127	98	40.22	[45]
Leicester City	57	37	13	7	57	19	13	25	114	56	26	32	228	157	49.12	[46]^[E]
Leyton Orient	6	3	3	0	6	3	1	2	12	6	4	2	18	8	50.00	[47]^[F]
Lincoln City	15	11	3	1	15	4	1	10	30	15	4	11	62	42	50.00	[48]
Liverpool	82	41	25	16	82	24	19	39	164	65	44	55	229	215	39.63	[49]
Loughborough	5	5	0	0	5	2	2	1	10	7	2	1	29	7	70.00	[50]
Long Eaton Rangers	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	6	1	100.00	[6]
Luton Town	19	18	0	1	19	9	7	3	38	27	7	4	88	26	71.05	[51]
Manchester City	77	34	25	18	77	27	25	25	154	61	50	43	224	212	39.61	[5][6]^[G]
Middlesbrough	51	30	10	11	51	21	12	18	102	51	22	29	181	150	50.00	[52]
Millwall	6	5	1	0	6	3	2	1	12	8	3	1	28	7	66.67	[53]
Nelson	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	1	50.00	[54]
New Brighton Tower	3	2	0	1	3	2	0	1	6	4	0	2	11	6	66.67	[55]
Newcastle United	76	46	20	10	76	29	17	30	152	75	37	40	288	220	49.34	[56]
Northampton Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	7	3	50.00	[57]
Norwich City	28	19	6	3	28	14	6	8	56	33	12	11	97	46	58.93	[58]
Nottingham Forest	51	28	13	10	51	17	12	22	102	45	25	32	183	143	44.12	[6][59]
Notts County	24	11	9	4	24	9	5	10	48	20	14	14	74	60	41.67	[60]
Oldham Athletic	18	11	3	4	18	6	6	6	36	17	9	10	74	45	47.22	[61]
Oxford United	4	4	0	0	4	2	0	2	8	6	0	2	18	7	75.00	[62]
Plymouth Argyle	6	4	1	1	6	2	1	3	12	6	2	4	20	20	50.00	[63]
Port Vale	18	16	1	1	18	5	4	9	36	21	5	10	76	37	58.33	[64]^[H]
Portsmouth	29	20	3	6	29	8	10	11	58	28	13	17	91	60	48.28	[65]
Preston North End	33	15	11	7	33	11	9	13	66	26	20	20	107	90	39.39	[66]
Queens Park Rangers	22	18	3	1	22	10	7	5	44	28	10	6	82	42	63.64	[67]
Reading	3	2	1	0	3	2	1	0	6	4	2	0	11	6	66.67	[68]
Rotherham Town	2	2	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	3	0	1	10	6	75.00	[69]
Rotherham County	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	1	50.00	[70]
Sheffield United	44	27	6	11	44	13	9	22	88	40	15	33	145	125	45.45	[71]
Sheffield Wednesday	59	37	15	7	59	15	12	32	118	52	27	39	197	161	44.07	[6][72]^[I]
South Shields	3	2	1	0	3	2	0	1	6	4	1	1	10	3	66.67	[73]
Southampton	48	31	9	8	48	18	14	16	96	49	23	24	164	110	51.04	[74]
Stockport County	9	7	2	0	9	2	0	7	18	9	2	7	29	18	50.00	[75]
Stoke City	43	24	13	6	43	13	13	17	86	37	26	23	135	103	43.02	[6][76]^[J]
Sunderland	62	36	14	12	62	21	15	26	124	57	29	38	210	180	45.97	[77]
Sunderland Albion	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	1	0	3	6	10	25.00	[6]
Swansea City	12	9	2	1	12	2	3	7	24	11	5	8	38	27	45.83	[78]^[K]
Swindon Town	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	6	4	50.00	[79]
Tottenham Hotspur	78	52	14	12	78	25	28	25	156	77	42	37	257	195	49.36	[80]
Walsall	9	7	2	0	9	3	3	3	18	10	5	3	46	19	55.56	[6][81]^[L]
Watford	8	6	2	0	8	4	2	2	16	10	4	2	30	15	62.50	[82]
West Bromwich Albion	59	31	15	13	59	20	13	26	118	51	28	39	217	180	43.22	[83]
West Ham United	59	41	6	12	59	15	19	25	118	56	25	37	222	152	47.46	[84]
Wigan Athletic	8	8	0	0	8	7	0	1	16	15	0	1	50	5	93.75	[85]
Wimbledon	14	9	3	2	14	7	4	3	28	16	7	5	51	26	57.14	[86]
Wolverhampton Wanderers	44	30	5	9	44	12	9	23	88	42	14	32	152	130	47.73	[87]
York City	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	3	1	100.00	[88]

Overall record

Statistics correct as of the start of the 2015–16 Premier League season.

Manchester United F.C. overall league record by competition

Competition	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	P	W	D	L	F	A	Win%	Ref(s)
	Home				Away				Total
Premier League	443	328	71	44	443	239	114	90	886	567	185	134	1,753	783	64.00	[89]
Football League First Division	1,370	758	339	273	1,370	404	365	601	2,740	1,162	704	874	4,523	3,875	42.41	[89]
Football League Second Division	408	278	71	59	408	128	97	183	816	406	168	242	1,433	966	49.75	[89]
Football Alliance	33	19	7	7	33	8	4	21	66	27	11	28	147	133	40.91	[6]
Total	2,254	1,383	488	383	2,257	779	580	898	4,508	2,163	1,069	1,276	7,856	5,757	47.98	[6][89]

Footnotes

A. ^ Record against Woolwich Arsenal included

B. ^ Record against Small Heath included; record against Birmingham included

C. ^ Record against Chesterfield Town included

D. ^ Record against Glossop included

E. ^ Record against Leicester Fosse included

F. ^ Record against Clapton Orient included; record against Orient included

G. ^ Record against Ardwick included

H. ^ Record against Burslem Port Vale included

I. ^ Record against The Wednesday included

J. ^ Record against Stoke included

K. ^ Record against Swansea Town included

L. ^ Record against Walsall Town Swifts included

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