Everyone keeps citing our shite away form against the top 10 as proof that we'll get no points from West Ham or Bournemouth, so another statistic to add some variety to the discussion:
- Out of a possible 24 points Manchester United could've taken away from home against sides in the bottom half of the Premier League table thus far, we have taken 20.
The only times we've dropped points away from home against a bottom half side this season were Chelsea and Crystal Palace. We're also yet to lose away from home against any of these sides.
The Eagle-eyed amongst you will have noticed that both West Ham and Bournemouth (our two remaining away fixtures) are in this bottom half of the table. I'm not saying these will be easy games and we'll easily take three points from both, but it is equally worth keeping this context in mind before writing them both off as guaranteed losses.
Further, it's worth remembering that there of our remaining five games are at home. Our home form across all games this season has been excellent; we've taken 42 of a possible 48 points, losing only once on the first day of the season to Brighton.
Again, none of this guarantees us safe passage into the top four at the end of the season. With that said, though, I do think these stats are worth keeping in mind before the doom-mongering gets too out of hand.