Position1of 20
Points83in 38
Won, drawn, lost25-8-5
Goals74for, 34 against
FormDWWWW
Results
2002-03Sun 11 May
FT
Sat 3 May
FT
Sun 27 Apr
FT
Sat 19 Apr
FT
Wed 16 Apr
FT
Sat 12 Apr
FT
Sat 5 Apr
FT
Sat 22 Mar
FT
Sat 15 Mar
FT
Wed 5 Mar
FT
Sat 22 Feb
FT
Sun 9 Feb
FT
Tue 4 Feb
FT
Sat 1 Feb
FT
Sat 18 Jan
FT
Sat 11 Jan
FT
Wed 1 Jan
FT
Sat 28 Dec
FT
Thu 26 Dec
FT
Sun 22 Dec
FT
Sat 14 Dec
FT
Sat 7 Dec
FT
Sun 1 Dec
FT
Sat 23 Nov
FT
Sun 17 Nov
FT
Sat 9 Nov
FT
Sat 2 Nov
FT
Sat 26 Oct
FT
Sat 19 Oct
FT
Mon 7 Oct
FT
Sat 28 Sep
FT
Sat 21 Sep
FT
Sat 14 Sep
FT
Wed 11 Sep
FT
Tue 3 Sep
FT
Sat 31 Aug
FT
Fri 23 Aug
FT
Sat 17 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 23rdof 81 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 4wins in a row, running now
- 6wins in a row, the longest run of 2002-03
- 3clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2002-03
- 34%of the team's league goals scored by Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 58%of matches won since 2001-02
- 9–0Biggest win since 2001-02: Manchester United 9–0 Southampton
- 0–7Heaviest defeat: Liverpool 7–0 Manchester United
In Europe
114 matches in the European cups since 2015-16Won, drawn, lost62-24-28
Goals212– 117
Finals3won Europa League 2016-17
Vesta and Manchester United
347 league matches since 2017-18- 55%of Manchester United's matches won by Vesta's favourite
- 145wins in 246 matches as Vesta's favourite
- 9%won with 9%: Manchester City 1–2 Manchester United
- 10%won with 10%: Manchester City 2–3 Manchester United
- 12%won with 12%: Manchester City 1–2 Manchester United
- 77%lost at 77%: Manchester United 0–2 Cardiff
- 74%lost at 74%: Manchester United 0–1 West Bromwich Albion
- 68%lost at 68%: Manchester United 1–2 Sheffield United
Vesta's forecasts reconstructed with each season hidden (how).
By the minute
2002-03, 38 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 9 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 18 |
| Against | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
- 7points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 4points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 23points won after going behind
- 8points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2002-03Strength
Rating 1,579Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2002-03| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikaël SilvestreCentre-back | 34 | 2,921 | 1 | 6 |
| Ruud van NistelrooyForward | 34 | 2,907 | 25 | 4 |
| Ryan GiggsMidfielder | 36 | 2,852 | 8 | 13 |
| Paul ScholesMidfielder | 33 | 2,741 | 14 | 4 |
| Ole Gunnar SolskjaerForward | 37 | 2,601 | 9 | 8 |
| Fabien BarthezGoalkeeper | 30 | 2,541 | 0 | 0 |
| David BeckhamMidfielder | 31 | 2,516 | 6 | 9 |
| Rio FerdinandCentre-back | 28 | 2,437 | 0 | 1 |
| John O'SheaCentre-back | 32 | 2,287 | 0 | 1 |
| Wes BrownCentre-back | 22 | 1,853 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary NevilleCentre-back | 26 | 1,823 | 0 | 4 |
| Roy KeaneMidfielder | 21 | 1,763 | 0 | 1 |
| Juan Sebastián VerónMidfielder | 25 | 1,762 | 2 | 2 |
| Phil NevilleCentre-back | 25 | 1,668 | 1 | 1 |
| Laurent BlancCentre-back | 19 | 1,422 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicky ButtMidfielder | 18 | 1,218 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy CarrollGoalkeeper | 10 | 834 | 0 | 0 |
| Diego ForlánForward | 25 | 834 | 6 | 2 |
| Quinton FortuneMidfielder | 9 | 506 | 0 | 1 |
| Lopez Felipe RicardoGoalkeeper | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Kieran RichardsonLeft-back | 2 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke ChadwickMidfielder | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Roche– | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Pugh– | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| David May– | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael StewartCentre-back | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

