Position2of 20
Points83in 38
Won, drawn, lost25-8-5
Goals72for, 34 against
FormDWLDW
Results
2005-06Sun 7 May
FT
Mon 1 May
FT
Sat 29 Apr
FT
Mon 17 Apr
FT
Fri 14 Apr
FT
Sun 9 Apr
FT
Sat 1 Apr
FT
Wed 29 Mar
FT
Sun 26 Mar
FT
Sat 18 Mar
FT
Sun 12 Mar
FT
Mon 6 Mar
FT
Sat 11 Feb
FT
Sat 4 Feb
FT
Wed 1 Feb
FT
Sun 22 Jan
FT
Sat 14 Jan
FT
Tue 3 Jan
FT
Sat 31 Dec
FT
Wed 28 Dec
FT
Mon 26 Dec
FT
Sat 17 Dec
FT
Wed 14 Dec
FT
Sun 11 Dec
FT
Sat 3 Dec
FT
Sun 27 Nov
FT
Sat 19 Nov
FT
Sun 6 Nov
FT
Sat 29 Oct
FT
Sat 22 Oct
FT
Sat 15 Oct
FT
Sat 1 Oct
FT
Sat 24 Sep
FT
Sun 18 Sep
FT
Sat 10 Sep
FT
Sun 28 Aug
FT
Sat 20 Aug
FT
Sat 13 Aug
FT
In numbers
- 22ndof 82 teams of the five leagues by Vesta’s strength rating
- 9wins in a row, the longest run of 2005-06
- 3clean sheets in a row, the longest of 2005-06
- 29%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
2005-06, 34 matches| Goals | 1-15 | 16-30 | 31-45+ | 46-60 | 61-75 | 76-90+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For | 12 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
| Against | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
- 4points won in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 0points thrown away in the last five minutes and stoppage time
- 13points won after going behind
- 6points dropped after going ahead
Goal minutes, for 34 of the 38 matches played. Quarters of an hour by the minute of the match reports; stoppage time counts in the last quarter of each half.
League position
2005-06Strength
Rating 1,579Vesta's rating before every match since 2014-15. 1,500 is an average team of these leagues.
Squad
Players used in 2005-06| Player | Apps | Min | G | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edwin van der SarGoalkeeper | 38 | 3,375 | 0 | 1 |
| Rio FerdinandCentre-back | 37 | 3,302 | 3 | 0 |
| Wayne RooneyForward | 36 | 3,075 | 16 | 10 |
| John O'SheaCentre-back | 34 | 2,833 | 1 | 2 |
| Mikaël SilvestreCentre-back | 33 | 2,646 | 1 | 2 |
| Ruud van NistelrooyForward | 35 | 2,596 | 21 | 3 |
| Cristiano RonaldoForward | 33 | 2,310 | 9 | 6 |
| Gary NevilleCentre-back | 25 | 2,164 | 0 | 1 |
| Park Ji-SungForward | 33 | 1,989 | 2 | 7 |
| Darren FletcherMidfielder | 27 | 1,943 | 1 | 3 |
| Ryan GiggsMidfielder | 27 | 1,859 | 2 | 9 |
| Paul ScholesMidfielder | 20 | 1,617 | 2 | 2 |
| Wes BrownCentre-back | 19 | 1,475 | 0 | 1 |
| Alan SmithForward | 21 | 1,469 | 1 | 2 |
| Kieran RichardsonLeft-back | 22 | 1,162 | 1 | 1 |
| Louis SahaForward | 19 | 1,146 | 7 | 1 |
| Nemanja VidicCentre-back | 11 | 859 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrice EvraLeft-back | 11 | 571 | 0 | 0 |
| Roy KeaneMidfielder | 5 | 370 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil BardsleyRight-back | 8 | 303 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabriel HeinzeCentre-back | 4 | 229 | 0 | 0 |
| Giuseppe RossiForward | 5 | 131 | 1 | 0 |
| Gerard PiquéCentre-back | 3 | 95 | 0 | 0 |
| Ole Gunnar SolskjaerForward | 3 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim HowardGoalkeeper | 1 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
| Liam MillerMidfielder | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |

