Manchester United's 2026/27 season by numbers: nine games, two wins and Bruno Fernandes top scorer
Nine competitive matches into 2026/27, Manchester United's record reads two wins, three draws and four defeats. Here is the campaign so far, told through the numbers.
Manchester United have played nine competitive matches so far this season, winning two, drawing three and losing four. They have scored 15 goals and conceded 14, with a single clean sheet across all competitions, as the team moves into the Premier League trip to Leeds on 18 October.
The opening weeks
United's campaign began on 22 August with a 2-0 defeat away to Hull in the Premier League. Eight days later they beat Ipswich 5-2 at home. A 2-2 draw away at Everton on 6 September followed, before a 4-0 win over Sabah FK at home in the Champions League on 10 September.
Three days after that win, Manchester City won 1-0 at Old Trafford in the Premier League on 13 September. The EFL Cup brought a 2-3 home defeat to Brighton on 16 September. A 1-1 draw away at Fulham on 20 September followed that result.
October fixtures
United returned to action on 10 October with a 1-1 home draw against Tottenham in the Premier League. Three days later Atlético Madrid won 2-0 in the Champions League on 13 October. That result left United with one win and one defeat from their two Champions League matches so far, alongside four goals scored and two conceded in the competition.
Breaking down the record by competition
In the Premier League, United have played six matches, winning one, drawing three and losing two, scoring nine goals and conceding nine, with no clean sheets yet in the division. Their single clean sheet of the season instead came in the Champions League, in the 4-0 win over Sabah FK. The EFL Cup record stands at one match played and one lost, the 2-3 defeat to Brighton, in which United scored two and conceded three.
Home form has produced two wins, one draw and two defeats from five matches, with 12 goals scored and seven conceded. Away from home, United have yet to win in four matches, drawing twice and losing twice, scoring three goals and conceding seven.
Individual numbers
Bruno Fernandes has scored four goals, the most of any United player this season, ahead of Bryan Mbeumo on three and Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko on two each. In terms of minutes played, Fernandes leads with 727, just ahead of Mbeumo on 726 and goalkeeper Senne Lammens on 720.
Youri Tielemans and Matheus Cunha share the lead for assists with two each, matched by Patrick Dorgu, while Luke Shaw and Kobbie Mainoo have one apiece. Tielemans also tops the tackle count with 17, ahead of Mainoo on 13 and Leny Yoro and Dorgu on 12 each. United have used 24 players across the nine matches so far.
Key numbers
- 9 played, 2 won, 3 drawn, 4 lost across all competitions. - 15 goals scored, 14 conceded, with 1 clean sheet overall. - Bruno Fernandes: 4 goals, 727 minutes played, the most of any United player this season. - Youri Tielemans: 17 tackles, the most of any United player, plus 2 assists. - Home record: 2 wins, 1 draw, 2 losses, 12 goals scored, 7 conceded from 5 matches. - Away record: 0 wins, 2 draws, 2 losses, 3 goals scored, 7 conceded from 4 matches. - United have used 24 players across the nine matches so far.