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While away fixtures are troublesome in the Premier League, many clubs find rival stadiums to be their playground for creating records.
No Premier League club prefers an opponent's stadium over their own. It literally contradicts the concept of home advantage. Playing at a home ground gives the side an immense advantage which sometimes proves to be the minute difference in them winning a fixture.
However, in order to win the Premier League title, a team must be equally strong on the enemy turf as well. Many clubs have done this part successfully and have gone on to create records as well.
On that note, let's take a look at five clubs who have recorded the longest unbeaten away runs in the Premier League:
Note: The statistics mentioned here are taken from Transfermarkt.
#5 Manchester City - 14 games
If it wasn't for the huge takeover by the Abu Dhabi Group in 2008, Manchester City might still have been known as the 'noisy neighbours'. However, a significant number of changes have taken place since and they are undoubtedly one of the best clubs in the Premier League right now.
They started with a breakthrough under Roberto Mancini and are now asserting dominance under Pep Guardiola. Manchester City have won five Premier League titles in a span of just 10 years. They also hold a joint record for most EFL Cups (8) alongside rivals Liverpool. In fact, they won the cup four times in a row from 2018 to 2021.
Under the Spaniard, the club have created and broken innumerable records. Being the only club in the Premier League to register 100 points in a single season is one of the many few on the list.
In the 2017-18 season, Cityzens went on a 14-match unbeaten away streak which was broken by Liverpool in a thrilling encounter at Anfield (4-3). However, a month later City began a new streak which was carried onto the next season, only to be stopped by Chelsea at the same figure.
#4 Chelsea - 20 games
Chelsea hold the record for the longest unbeaten home run (86) in the Premier League. They also hold the record for one of the longest unbeaten away runs. The Blues became a dominant force thanks to the Roman Abramovich takeover in 2003.
Chelsea won their first Premier League title in 2004-05 and became only the fifth side to win back-to-back titles after their triumph the following year. The year when the Blues registered their maiden league title also saw them go on an unbeaten away run of 19 games.
Chelsea's record was set under Jose Mourinho. It was bettered when the combined management of Avram Grant, Luis Felipe Scolari and Guus Hiddink produced an unbeaten away streak of 20 matches. The run started two days before Christmas 2007 and came to an end in January 2009.
#3 Liverpool - 21 games
Liverpool finally got hold of their first Premier League title in 2020 since its inception in 1992. In the process of that materializing, they were mightily close to becoming invincible.
In the 2018-19 season, Liverpool failed to secure their maiden Premier League title by just one point to Manchester City. Jurgen Klopp knew they needed to perform extraordinarily to achieve their goal. And that is exactly what they did. They started avoiding defeat in January 2019 and went with the flow, creating an unbeaten streak of 44 matches in the competition.
Liverpool were only five matches short of equalling Arsenal's legendary record from the 2003-04 season and beyond. The 21-match away record had also begun simultaneously. However, the run would ultimately see an end 13 months later. Watford stunned the 2019-20 Premier League winners with a surprising scoreline of 3-0 at Vicarage Road ending their overall as well as away undefeated streak.
#2 Arsenal - 27 games
Arsenal were simply a different breed in the early 2000's and their fierce rivalry with Manchester United gave us the best period of the Premier League. In the process the Gunners created such a record that every other club would find almost impossible to achieve.
They became the only club in Premier League history to go a whole season without losing a single fixture. This achievement earned them the title of "Invincibles" and they went on with their unbeaten streak to a record 49 matches. It started on April 25, 2003.
Arsenal were the previous holders for the unbeaten away record with 23 matches. They built a new one during the 18-month run, which lasted 27 matches. It took an equally strong opponent to restrain them as Manchester United's 2-0 victory at Old Trafford in October 2004 ended the Invincibles' remarkable journey.
#1 Manchester United - 29 games
As surprising as it might sound, Manchester United hold the record for most matches without defeat away from home in the Premier League. The Red Devils were completely derailed after the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson in 2013 and it required someone with the club's DNA to restore them to a certain level.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took over managerial duties from Jose Mourinho midway through the 2018-19 season. No visible progress was seen as they finished in the same place when Solskjaer arrived, sixth. The following season was looking even worse as Manchester United experienced their worst ever start to the Premier League season.
Conditions remained the same until the arrival of midfielder Bruno Fernandes in the January transfer window from Sporting CP. His arrival was like a breath of fresh air as United did not lose a single away fixture that season. No other club had collected as many points as them during the second half of that season.
They built on that momentum and became only the second side besides Arsenal to not lose a single away fixture in a season. This was during the 2020-21 Premier League campaign. The 29-match unbeaten away run saw an abrupt end on 16th October 2021. Leicester City completely outplayed United in a 4-2 thrashing at the King Power stadium.
