Casemiro United: Manchester have lost the same number of games without the Brazilian in a quarter of their games as they have with him

When Casemiro arrived at Manchester United, many were skeptical whether it was right to pay €70 million for a 30-year-old player or whether he would get used to the Premier League. However, we argued that Casemiro was a hit and miss and that has been confirmed. United are half the team without him.

Nine seasons at Real Madrid, five Champions League wins. It was clear that Manchester United were gaining tremendous quality, experience and possibly the best defensive midfielder in the world with the arrival of Casemiro.

Although at first the Brazilian was given time to acclimatise by ten Hag and didn’t play much, the Dutch coach quickly realised that he had to get Casemiro into the line-up immediately.

And the 31-year-old Sao Paulo native quickly began to show why. Ending years of fans’ woes with the McTominay-Fred midfield, Casemiro straightened out the entire midfield, solidified the defensive line and started to help out with numbers as well.

Overall, he has 5 goals and 5 assists, not bad numbers for a defensive midfielder. The creator of the New Year’s phase, when the Red Devils won 18 games out of 24, is not only the goal scorer Rashford, but also Casemiro.

At the same time, it shows how much Manchester United have grown accustomed to him and how half-hearted they are without him. In fact, statistics show that United have lost the same number of games without Casemiro as with him in a quarter of their games.

Manchester United with Casemiro::

38 games
29 wins
5 draws
4 defeats

Manchester United without Casemiro::

9 matches
3 wins
2 draws
4 defeats

Manchester United lost more games without Casemiro there than they managed to win. So with Casemiro the Red Devils won 76% of their games, without him it’s only 33%.

So it clearly shows who has the most credit for Manchester United’s rise. Many have attributed the success to coach ten Hague, or goalscorer Rashford, but it seems that without Casemiro everything falls apart.

Source: Premier League, Manchester United