How Solskjaer’s CL record at Man Utd compares to Moyes, LVG & Mourinho
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer famously scored the winning goal for Manchester United in the 1999 Champions League final – but he hasn’t had much joy in the competition as a manager.
Solskjaer failed to get United out of the group stages last season and they have now lost their opening game in 2021-22 against Young Boys.
We’ve looked at how his Champions League record as United manager compares with his three predecessors.
As the stats show, Solskjaer has the lowest points per game and the highest loss rate out of the four managers.
The Norwegian actually has the best goals per game record in the Champions League, but his side also concedes a lot.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Games: 11
Won: 4
Drawn: 0
Lost: 7
Goals for: 19
Goals against: 19
Clean sheets: 1
Points per game: 1.09
Win rate: 36.4%
Loss rate: 63.6%
Goals per game: 1.72
Goals against per game: 1.72
13% – Manchester United have lost seven of their 11 UEFA Champions League matches under Ole Gunnar Solskjær. 13% of their total defeats in the competition have come under Solskjær (7/54), despite the Norwegian only being in charge for 4.8% of their matches (11/231). Fall. pic.twitter.com/5e49OVY63B
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) September 14, 2021
Jose Mourinho
Games: 14
Won: 8
Drawn: 2
Lost: 4
Goals for: 20
Goals against: 9
Clean sheets: 7
Points per game: 1.85
Win rate: 57.1%
Loss rate: 28.6%
Goals per game: 1.42
Goals against per game: 0.64
🙌 BEST OF 2018 🙌
This was peak Jose Mourinho 🤬
He rattled the Juventus fans and players at full time after Man Utd's late win 👀pic.twitter.com/Gcmuydl3uW
— Football on TNT Sports (@footballontnt) December 27, 2018
Louis van Gaal
Games: 6
Won: 2
Drawn: 2
Lost: 2
Goals for: 7
Goals against: 7
Clean sheets: 2
Points per game: 1.33
Win rate: 33.3%
Loss rate: 33.3%
Goals per game: 1.16
Goals against per game: 1.16
David Moyes
Games: 10
Won: 5
Drawn: 3
Lost: 2
Goals for: 17
Goals against: 9
Clean sheets: 5
Points per game: 1.8
Win rate: 50%
Loss rate: 20%
Goals per game: 1.7
Goals against per game: 0.9
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