MANCHESTER United finds themselves in the relegation zone despite their late draw with Aston Villa.

Recent Premier League history indicates that fans at Old Trafford should be VERY concerned about their team potentially becoming the biggest dropouts since the League’s inception.

Michael Carrick’s squad currently sits 18th in the standings after 10 games, with only one win against Ipswich back in August.

While the mood at Old Trafford lifted with stoppage time goals from Joshua Zirkzee and Patrick Dorgu, the outlook isn’t particularly bright.

In the last five full seasons since COVID, 11 out of the 15 teams in the bottom three after 10 matches ultimately faced relegation.

While it is true that United’s current eight-point tally exceeds that of all those teams after 10 matches, with the exception of Southampton in 2022-23.

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However, given that all three promoted teams are currently above the relegation line, this season might demand a relatively high points total for survival.

This adds to the concerns for United supporters, who are publicly backing Carrick amid rising dissatisfaction with the club’s management.

The defensive issues for United seem far from solved, with only Crystal Palace, at the bottom of the table with 24 goals conceded, and Ipswich, with 20 goals against, having allowed more goals than Carrick’s team.

In fact, Ipswich is the only other top-tier team that has yet to keep a clean sheet this season.

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The start of the season has been marked by troubling statistics for Carrick’s squad.

With United’s next match following the international break being a visit to Anfield, the club’s situation could soon be even more dire, before facing four more “winnable” matches against Brentford, Newcastle, Coventry, and Palace.