Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal: Every Premier League club's chances of relegation

Manchester United made the worst possible start to the Erik ten Hag era on Sunday.

All the hope and excitement that came with their impressive pre-season campaign was erased in an instant as the Red Devils suffered the first Old Trafford defeat of their history to Brighton & Hove Albion.

Two first-half goals from Pascal Gross highlighted the problems with United‘s build-up play and defensive organisation as they floundered to a 2-1 defeat in which Alexis Mac Allister’s own goal hardly spared their blushes.

Obviously, it’s still early doors and United teams have even gone onto win the Premier League having lost their first game of the season, but it’s nevertheless a foreboding start to their campaign.

As such, the pressure is on for Ten Hag to turn things around and really start impressing his footballing philosophy onto the United players before another season starts to pass the club by.

Besides, opening up with a 2-1 defeat to Brighton leaves the Old Trafford club in rather unique circumstances when it comes to their statistical hopes for the 2022/23 campaign.

That’s because the data analysts over at FiveThirtyEight, who use a complex algorithm to predict potential outcomes in the beautiful game, don’t exactly give an optimistic outlook on how United’s year might turn out.

In fact, their statistical model for the 2022/23 Premier League season after the first round of fixtures actually sees the Red Devils considered more likely than Brighton to suffer relegation.

Ten Hag’s men are actually slapped with a 5% chance of dropping down to the Championship, which we ultimately know to be impossible, but nonetheless paints a damning picture of where United find themselves right now.

However, before you make too many assumptions