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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s Man United: The ridiculous stats

Manchester United under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer are mint. But how mint? This mint.

1) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is the first Manchester United manager to ever win his first six games.

2) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has won his first six games as Manchester United manager. Jose Mourinho only ever won more than six successive games as Manchester United manager once (nine, December 2016 to January 2017).

3) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s run of five consecutive Premier League wins has already beaten David Moyes’ best run as Manchester United manager (four successive PL wins). Louis van Gaal and Jose Mourinho both managed six successive PL wins on one occasion.

4) Only Pep Guardiola and Carlo Ancelotti have ever recorded longer winning runs at the start of a Premier League tenure (six each) than Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who will match them if Manchester United beat Brighton next Saturday.

5) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has more points in five Premier League games at Manchester United (15) than he did in 18 Premier League games at Cardiff (12).

6) Jose Mourinho won one of his 13 Premier League matches as Manchester United manager away at fellow ‘Big Six’ opposition. It took him until his eighth game to do so (v Arsenal, December 2017). Ole Gunnar Solskjaer won his first Premier League game away at a fellow ‘Big Six’ side.

7) Manchester United scored the first goal in just one of Jose Mourinho’s 13 Premier League matches away at fellow ‘Big Six’ opposition. It took him until his eighth game to do so (v Arsenal, December 2017). United scored the first goal in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first Premier League game away at a fellow ‘Big Six’ side.

8) Manchester United scored five, three, four, two and two goals respectively in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first five games in charge. It was the first time United had scored at least two goals in five consecutive games in all competitions since April 2008.

9) Manchester United scored five goals in their first game under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. It was the first time they had scored five goals or more since Sir Alex Ferguson’s last game – a run of 2,044 days.

10) Manchester United ran further than just one team in Jose Mourinho’s 17 Premier League games in charge this season (111.49km v 111.33km against Fulham). They matched that number by running further than Cardiff in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first game (97.71km v 102.22km).

11) Manchester United made more sprints than just two teams in Jose Mourinho’s 17 Premier League games in charge this season (v Arsenal and Fulham, both in December). They have done so against three teams already in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first five games (v Bournemouth, Newcastle and Tottenham).

12) Manchester United led for 397 of a possible 1,530 Premier League minutes under Jose Mourinho this season (25.9%). They have done so for 306 of a possible 450 Premier League minutes under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer this season (68%).

13) Manchester United took the lead in five of Jose Mourinho’s 17 Premier League games this season. They have done so in all five of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s games in charge.

14) Paul Pogba has created at least two chances in each of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first five Premier League games. He did so just six times in his last 15 appearances under Jose Mourinho.

15) Marcus Rashford had 21 shots in his last 15 Premier League appearances under Jose Mourinho. He has had 21 shots in five Premier League games under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

16) Marcus Rashford has scored in three successive Premier League games for the first time in his career.

17) Marcus Rashford has started nine successive Premier League games for only the second time in his career. He has never started ten in a row.

18) Jose Mourinho named Marcus Rashford and Anthony Martial in the same Premier League starting line-up 15 out of a possible 93 times (16.1%). Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has done so four out of five times (80%).

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20) Manchester United had the fewest ‘fast breaks’ in the Premier League in Jose Mourinho’s first 17 games this season (3, joint with Cardiff and Huddersfield). They have had seven ‘fast breaks’ in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s first five Premier League games – no team has had as many since he took over.

21) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has been given it until the end of the season as many times as Ryan Giggs (once).