The predictions for Manchester United’s final ranking in the Premier League this season are dramatic. The Red Devils should be around ninth place.
The start of the season is not encouraging for Manchester United. In the league, Erik ten Hag’s men are already out of the title race after just seven days, with them nine points behind the leader, Manchester City. The fight for places in the Champions League also promises to be tense since Liverpool (4th) are already seven points ahead of the Red Devils. To top it off, a projection produced by Opta promises a more than disappointing ranking for United at the end of the Premier League season.
The results were relayed Tuesday by the Dailymail which explains that the company specializing in sports statistics is very pessimistic for Manchester United. Author of the worst start to the season in thirty-four years, the Mancunian club was nevertheless rewarded with a rather correct percentage at the start of the year, in terms of its chances of validating its ticket for the next Champions League (63.2%) . But after seven matches, and especially his last loss conceded at home last weekend against Crystal Palace (0-1, 7th day of PL) have weighed down this statistic.
Almost zero chances of playing the next C1
Thus, Opta now estimates that the Red Devils have only a 3.7% chance of participating in the C1 next year. A hell of a blow. And if the first four seem unattainable for him at the moment, United could even find themselves much lower when it comes time to go on vacation in June since it is a ninth final place that is promised to them for the moment. As for rival Manchester City, Opta judges that he has an 80.9% chance of being crowned champion. It remains to be seen what the real ranking will be at the end of the season.
