Manchester United's record Premier League title win in stats

Here are a few stats related to Manchester United‘s unprecedented feat of winning the league title for the 20th time.

• The Old Trafford club’s 20th title is the highest any club in England has won. Liverpool with 18 and Arsenal with 13 titles occupy the 2^nd and 3^rd positions.
• Chelsea now has four top-flight titles while Manchester City has only three.
• This triumph is the 13^th Premier League title for Manchester United’s boss Sir Alex Ferguson and his 49^th trophy. Manchester United have scored 78 league goals so far this season, which is 12 more than any other club.
• The Red Devils rank first in the shot conversion rate this season by a staggering 19.8% of attempts on goal.
• Manchester City have a record of conceding lesser number of goals this season (30) than United (35), who are second in keeping clean sheets (13) as compared to City (15).
• Robin van Persie’s hat-trick against Aston Villa took his goal tally to 24 this season and is now leading the Premier League’s top goal scorer’s list.
• RvP has struck the woodwork seven times, the most by any EPL player this year.
• Of custodians who appeared more than 10 times, Manchester United’s Spain International David De Gea stands second at 76% to Swansea’s Gerhard Tremmel’s 82% in terms of goal saves.
• Chicharito (Javier Hernandez) stands first in terms of goals scored per minute ratio, one goal every 97 minutes.
• Manchester United are yet to concede a penalty this season. The last team to achieve this feat of having not given away a penalty is the Arsenal team of 1999 – 2000.
• The Red Devils now have 84 points from the 34 games they played this season, second to Chelsea’s record of 85 points at this stage of the season achieved in 2004-05 and 2005-06.
• Manchester United has scored 78 goals after 34 games and are 9 goals adrift of their own league record of 87 goals in 1999-2000.

• If United win their remaining four fixtures starting against Arsenal this coming Sunday, claiming 96 points, they would set a new record of points tally in the Premier League, overtaking Chelsea, who secured 95 points in the 2004 – 2005 season.
• The Red Devils have won 27 times so far this season. The record of 29 was set by the Chelsea team of 2004-2005 and 2005–2006 seasons.
• Manchester United currently lead their rivals City by 13 points. The previous record for the largest points difference between the champions and second placed team was 18 in 1999–2000, when United finished first followed by Arsenal.

Stats current up to 25th April, 2013.