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Ten Hag in numbers: The stats for his reign at Man Utd

29 Oct 2024
Erik ten Hag

We look at Dutchman's key figures and how he compares with his predecessors at Old Trafford

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After 850 days and 128 matches in charge in all competitions, including 85 in the Premier League, we look at his numbers and how he compares with his predecessors at Old Trafford.

Premier League points per match

Ten Hag averaged 1.72 points per match in the Premier League. The only Man Utd managers with a lower average in the competition are Ralf Rangnick (1.54) and David Moyes (1.68).

Manager W D L Pts/match
Alex Ferguson 528 168 114 2.16
Jose Mourinho 50 26 17 1.89
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 56 29 24 1.81
Louis van Gaal 39 19 18 1.79
Erik ten Hag 44 14 27 1.72
David Moyes 17 6 11 1.68
Ralf Rangnick 10 7 7 1.54
Premier League loss percentage

Ten Hag lost 31.8 per cent of his Premier League matches, with only Moyes losing a higher percentage, with 32.4 per cent.

Manager Matches Lost Loss %
Moyes 34 11 32.4%
Ten Hag 85 27 31.8%
Rangnick 24 7 29.2%
Van Gaal 76 18 23.7%
Solskjaer 109 24 22.0%
Mourinho 93 17 18.3%
Ferguson 810 114 14.1%
Premier League goals conceded per match

Man Utd conceded an average of 1.32 goals per match in the Premier League under Ten Hag, only conceding more under Rangnick, with 1.38.

Manager Matches Goals conc. Goals/match
Rangnick 24 33 1.38
Ten Hag 85 112 1.32
Moyes 34 40 1.18
Solskjaer 109 126 1.16
Van Gaal 76 72 0.95
Mourinho 93 86 0.92
Ferguson 810 703 0.87
Premier League points

From the start of his reign in 2022/23 until the day of his departure, Ten Hag's Man Utd won 146 points, the fifth-most, and 57 fewer than Manchester City.

Team W D L Pts
Man City 63 14 8 203
Arsenal 59 14 12 191
Liverpool 50 21 14 171
Aston Villa 43 18 24 147
Man Utd 44 14 27 146
Newcastle 40 23 22 143
Spurs 42 13 30 139
Shots faced in Premier League

Since the start of 2022/23, only four teams have faced more shots in the Premier League than Ten Hag's Man Utd.

Team Shots faced
West Ham 1,293
Bournemouth 1,274
Wolves 1,272
Brentford 1,269
Man Utd 1,253

The Red Devils faced 667 shots in the Premier League last season. Since 2003/04, it is comfortably the most they have faced in a season.

Most shots faced in PL season by Man Utd
Season Shots faced
2023/2024 667
2021/2022 511
2011/2012 506
2018/2019 496
2012/2013 485
Goals conceded in all competitions

Since the start of 2022/23, the only Premier League side to concede more goals in all competitions than Man Utd's 165 are West Ham United.

Team Goals conc.
West Ham 180
Man Utd 165
Wolves 165
Bournemouth 165
Nott'm Forest 161

Man Utd have conceded three or more goals in 24 different matches in that time, the joint-most along with AFC Bournemouth.

Matches conceding 3+ goals in all competitions
Team Matches
Man Utd 24
Bournemouth 24
Wolves 23
Nott'm Forest 23
West Ham 22
Premier League defeats due to late goals

Seven of Ten Hag's 27 Premier League defeats came via a winner in the 90th minute or later, including his last match against West Ham.

Among managers to lose at least 20 matches, Ten Hag has lost the highest percentage of his matches to goals scored in that late period.

In their Premier League history, Man Utd have been on the receiving end of only nine winning goals in the 90th minute or later. Seven of those came in Ten Hag's 85 matches in charge.

Manager Losses*  90th-min. losses % 90th-min. losses
Erik ten Hag 27 7 25.9%
Paul Clement 20 4 20.0%
Roberto Mancini 24 4 16.7%
Steve Clarke 25 4 16.0%
Bruno Lage 21 3 14.3%

*Among managers with at least 20 Premier League defeats

Ten Hag's record in all competitions

Ten Hag had an excellent record in both the FA Cup and EFL Cup, winning 17 of his 21 matches across both competitions and winning both trophies - the EFL Cup in 2023 and FA Cup in 2024.

But in Europe, United won only nine of out 21 matches, with just one win in six outings in the UEFA Champions League. They are winless in over of a year of European competition. 

Competition P W D L Win %
Premier League 85 44 14 27 51.8%
Europa League 15 8 5 2 53.3%
FA Cup 12 9 2 1 75.0%
League Cup 9 8 0 1 88.9%
Champions League 6 1 1 4 16.7%
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