92 goals conceded and counting - A look at the beleaguered Blades' sorry stats

Sheffield United's 4-2 defeat to Manchester United means they have conceded the most goals ever in a 38-game Premier League season.

The Blades could still threaten the unwanted record set in 42 games and here the PA news agency looks at how their defensive record compares to the worst in the top flight's modern era.

Tale of woe 

United have won only three of their 34 league games this season to prop up the table on 16 points and could be relegated as soon as this weekend.

Back-to-back defeats conceding four goals, with the Old Trafford game coming on the back of a 4-1 loss to Burnley, have left them on the brink but are far from their heaviest losses of the season - or even to the Clarets after December's 5-0 rout at Turf Moor.

They have also lost 5-0 to Aston Villa, Brighton and Arsenal, with the Gunners additionally beating them 6-0 last month, while they were most memorably thumped 8-0 by Newcastle in September.

They are only the third team in Premier League history to concede five goals or more on six occasions in the same season and are keeping dangerous company in that category.

Derby's 11-point season in 2007-08 lives on in Premier League history - their record low points total was accompanied by the worst ever goal difference, -69, while the 89 goals they conceded was the record for a 38-game season until the Blades hit 92 with Wednesday night's loss. Derby lost 6-2 and 5-0 to Arsenal, 6-0 to Liverpool and Aston Villa, 5-0 to West Ham and 6-1 at Chelsea.

Chris Wilder's side are only eight goals away from being the second Premier League team to concede 100 in a season, after Swindon in 42 games in 1993-94. The Robins lost 5-0 to Liverpool and Villa, 5-1 at Southampton, 6-2 at Everton and 7-1 at Newcastle. Ipswich