2008/2009
Played – 18
Goals – 29
Points – 38
Points behind top spot – 1

2009/2010
Played – 18
Goals – 37
Points – 37
Points behind top spot – 4

Like of like fixtures
Wigan away 3 points, (3 points), Arsenal home 3 points (1 point), Spurs away 3 points (1 point), City home 3 points (3 points), Stoke away 3 points (3 points), Sunderland home 1 point (3 points), Bolton home 3 points (3 points), Liverpool away 0 points (0 points), Blackburn home 3 points (3 points), Chelsea away 0 points (1 point), Everton home 3 points (3 points), Portsmouth away 3 points (3 points), West Ham away 3 points (3 points), Villa home 0 points (3 points), Fulham away 0 points (0 points).
09/10: 31 points
08/09: 33 points

Title rivals
09/10 Liverpool – 27 points
08/09 Liverpool – 39 points

09/10 Chelsea – 41 points
08/09 Chelsea – 38 points

09/10 Arsenal – 35 points
08/09 Arsenal – 30 points

Goalscorers in all competitions

09/10 Valencia – 6 goals in first 24 games
08/09 Ronaldo – 9 goals in first 24 games

09/10 Owen – 7 goals in first 23 games
08/09 Tevez – 7 goals in first 23 games

09/10 Rooney – 13 goals in first 21 games
08/09 Rooney – 7 goals in first 21 games

09/10 Giggs – 3 goals in first 15 games
08/09 Giggs – 2 goals in first 15 games

09/10 Scholes – 3 goals in first 17 games
08/09 Scholes – 1 goal in first 17 games

09/10 Gibson – 3 goals in first 10 games
08/09 Gibson – 2 goals in first 10 games

09/10 Anderson – 1 goal in first 18 games
08/09 Anderson – 0 goal in first 18 games

09/10 O’Shea – 1 goal in first 14 games
08/09 O’Shea – 0 goals in first 14 games

09/10 Fletcher – 3 goals in first 18 games
08/09 Fletcher – 3 goals in first 18 games

09/10 Carrick – 2 goals in first 24 games
08/09 Carrick – 2 goals in first 24 games

09/10 Nani – 2 goals in first 14 games
08/09 Nani – 2 goals in first 14 games

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09/10 Berbatov – 4 goals in first 20 games
08/09 Berbatov – 7 goals in first 20 games

09/10 Vidic – 1 goal in first 16 games
08/09 Vidic – 2 goals in first 16 games

09/10 Welbeck – 2 goals in first 9 games
08/09 Welbeck – 3 goals in first 9 games

09/10 Brown – 0 goals in first 15 games
08/09 Brown – 1 goal in first 15 games