Manchester United have been tipped to finish in the bottom half of the Premier League by stats analysts Opta.

United have endured an awful season and fell to . Ruben Amorim has struggled to turn things around since replacing Erik ten Hag as manager, with his side now 14th in the top-flight.

They are only eight points clear of the relegation zone, with a visit from top four-chasing coming on Monday. Amorim has , winning just two Premier League games.

He has also seen his side fall to four defeats and was even questioned about on Thursday. While on the face of it those questions seem ridiculous for a club like United, a deeper analysis shows the Red Devils have reason to worry.

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According to a new supercomputer from , United are most likely to finish in the bottom half of the table. The stats company simulated 10,000 seasons to see where United finished most often.

Following those simulations, the supercomputer has predicted United's most likely placing is 12th, with a 13.7 percent chance. To add to their concern, their second most likely finish is in 13th place, with that being a 13.3 percent chance.

Even the third most likely finish would be in the bottom half, with United having a 13.1 percent of finishing 11th. Their chance of finishing 10th is just 11.2 percent, while ninth is a 9.6 percent possibility.

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Even more damningly, the supercomputer has handed United just a 0.5 percent chance of finishing in the top four, the same for finishing 17th. While the supercomputer ranks relegation as a distant possibility, Amorim has admitted his side are in trouble.

"In this moment we have to survive and have some time to work on the team. We already knew it when I start this job and you start with a team in the new idea and without any training and just in the games," he said after losing to .

"We already knew it and it is a long journey like I said in the first day and we have to continue. We have to fight in these bad moments because this is football. We have to work on a lot of things in our club, inside the pitch and outside of the pitch, in each game and use every minute of training and game to improve the team.

"Instead of thinking about how much time I need to take, I have to just take it day by day, try and see the videos, using every minute of training to try and [help] us win some points. That is the most important thing in this moment.

"They need time to change as they are changing completely and the way of playing is hard on them and it is also hard on the staff as well to pass all the information on. Then when you do not get the results that is even harder. We have to believe and we have to continue."

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