{
  "id": 17496675,
  "title": "Are Manchester United really at risk of a relegation scrap?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/are-manchester-united-really-at-risk-of-a-relegation-scrap-17496675",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T23:52:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "BBC Sport Football",
    "slug": "bbc-sport-football",
    "url": "https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c8g47wl06vkqo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Michael Carrick expressed the need to keep moving forward and winning games after Manchester United's 2-0 defeat by Chelsea. Carrick himself has experienced relegation once before, with West Ham in 2002-03. That season, United finished at the bottom of the table with 42 points, the highest tally for a side to be relegated across a 38-game Premier League campaign. United would need to win an incredible seven points from nine games to break even at the end of a full season.\n\nUnited has not been in the relegation zone after nine games or more since November 1986, the previous worst position being 17th in the 1989-90 season. However, since this time, they have been in the bottom three for nine consecutive games in all competitions. Carrick's side has not won a Premier League match since August, when they beat Ipswich on home soil.\n\nWhile United's supporters have experienced lower table positions recently, they were 14 points clear of third-bottom Leicester in the 2024-25 season. However, recent years have seen clubs like Tottenham face relegation threats, finishing third bottom in the 2023-24 season.\n\nCarrick believes United need to win matches to avoid relegation, with their next game against Aston Villa on 8 November. The article concludes that while it's unlikely, United facing relegation is a serious concern given their current poor form.",
  "summary": "Manchester United's current tally of nine points from seven games would not even get them 30 points if it was continued for the full season.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}