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Manchester United travel to Wolves in a huge Premier League showdown
The Red Devils had shown genuine signs of improvement after a run of four victories from five matches under Ruben Amorim between the end of September and late October. But they're currently going through a more challenging patch after winning just one of their last five league matches.
United dropped into the bottom half after a number of teams around them picked up points at the weekend, but are expected to climb into the top seven with a positive result against a Wolves team that are yet to register a single league victory.
Wolves have made the joint worst start in top-flight history alongside Sheffield United in 2020/21 and have started the campaign in worse fashion than the likes of Derby County in 2007/08, Sunderland in 2005/06 and even Southampton last season. But when did Wolves last win a Premier League match and what is the longest a team has gone without a top-flight victory?
When did Wolves last win a Premier League match?
Wolves are chasing their first league victory since Saturday 26 April when they claimed a comfortable 3-0 victory over Leicester City.
Matheus Cunha, now of United, was the star of the show for Wolves after opening the scoring in the third minute. Jorgen Strand Larsen, who has struggled to get anywhere near the standards of last season doubled the team’s advantage before Rodrigo Gomes topped off the win in the final five minutes.
That result was Wolves’ sixth league win in a row, marking the club’s best patch of form in the top-flight since 1970. Former manager Vitor Pereira was serendaded by supporters after the game as the club mathematically secured their top-flight status.
Wolves looked like a force to be reckoned with after that victory but have struggled to acclimatise to Cunha’s exit along with Rayan Ait-Nouri, Nelson Semedo and Pablo Sarabia.
The Old Gold are currently without a league victory in 18 matches, marking their longest winless run since 1985. If they fail to beat United that record of 19 matches that they went on at the time will be equalled on Monday evening at Molineux.
What is the longest winless run in Premier League history?
As it stands, Wolves are on the longest winless league run of any team in England’s top four divisions, but they still have a long way to go if they are to equal Derby County’s dismal run of 32 matches without a victory in the 2007/08 campaign.
Billy Davies side picked up a point on matchday one against Portsmouth before falling to four successive league defeats. They got off the mark with a 1-0 win over Newcastle United at Pride Park in the team’s first of three clean sheets throughout the campaign. However, they failed to win any of their remaining 32 matches before being relegated from the top-flight under Paul Jewell, who replaced Davies in mid-November.
Derby failed to win any of their opening five matches in the second tier after relegation before finally securing three points almost 11 months after their last win by beating Sheffield United in September 2008, meaning they went a total of 37 league matches without a victory in total.
What is Man Utd’s longest run without a win?
The Red Devils longest Premier League run without a win is eight matches. That was set last season under Ruben Amorim in May 2025 before a victory over Aston Villa on the final day finally put an end to that run. However, their longest winless streak of all time is significantly higher at 16 matches. That record was set between April 1930 and October 1930.
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