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Manchester United on brink of club record undefeated run

Manchester United took their unbeaten run to 24 games with a draw at Manchester City on Thursday evening
Image: Manchester United took their unbeaten run to 24 games with a draw at Manchester City on Thursday evening

Manchester United will set a new club record for their longest unbeaten run within a single top-flight season, should they avoid defeat against Swansea.

United's 0-0 draw with Manchester City on Thursday extended their current streak without defeat in the Premier League to 24 games, matching their best-ever single-season spell from 2010/11.

Now there's every chance Jose Mourinho's men can set a new benchmark on Sunday at home to a Swansea City side stuck in the relegation zone.

Longest Man Utd top-flight single-season undefeated runs

Season Games unbeaten
2010/11 24
2016/17 24
1993/94 22
1966/67 20
1998/99 20
2004/05 20

United's 24-game run is the eighth-best undefeated top-flight streak within a single season in history and stretches back to a 4-0 loss to Chelsea on October 23. Since then they've won 13 and drawn 11.

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The best record of this kind, of course, belongs to Arsenal's Invincibles of 2003/04, who completed an entire 38-game Premier League campaign without suffering a loss.

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England's other Invincibles, Preston North End, went 18 games without defeat in the first-ever Football League season, 1888/89.

Longest unbeaten runs within a top-flight season

Season Team Games unbeaten Final league position
2003/04 Arsenal 38 1
1920/21 Burnley 30 1
2004/05 Chelsea 29 1
1987/88 Liverpool 29 1
1973/74 Leeds Utd 29 1
1968/69 Leeds Utd 28 1
1977/78 Nottm Forest 26 1
2010/11 Man Utd 24 1
2016/17 Man Utd 24 -

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