Article Update 21:25 18/05/2026 with additional Rangers stat
Manchester United secured a third place finish in the English Premier League at the weekend, and will return to the Champions League next season. They went in at the break 1-0 up thanks to a Luke Shaw goal, and despite Forest equalising soon after the restart, United secured the win through goals from Cunha and Mbeumo.
You may be asking why you are reading about this on a website that prides itself in detailed alternative coverage and analysis of the Scottish game.
It’s because of a very specific stat.
After the match, Opta Stats stated that this win extended a specific Manchester United streak to 400 matches. That’s 400 matches in which Man United have been leading at half time - yet have avoided defeat at full time, with 365 wins and 35 draws.
This run stretches back to August 1984. 42 years. This is genuinely incredible - in Scotland, we have numerous team where such run doesn’t stretch back 42 days!
So after reading this stat, I naturally had to find out exactly how long the same run would be for each of the 42 SPFL sides, and what’s the longest such current run in Scotland.
So here you go. The “Manchester United table” for all four divisions.
League matches only, excludes domestic and European cup competitions.
Premiership
Normally, you’d expect Celtic to lead a metric like this. They rarely lose at home, and if they do - they normally wouldn’t have been leading at half time.
Not this time.
Rangers’ 3-1 victory at Celtic Park in January came after Wilfried Nancy’s side went in 1-0 at the break. So for Celtic it’s now only a run of only five matches where they have been leading at home at half time and not lost the match. That isn’t even enough to be in the top six in the Premiership’s version of the ‘Manchester United table’
