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Championship 2026/2027

England 24 teams Updated

Full coverage: shot-by-shot xG and match-by-match player figures.

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144 / 216
66% complete
Goals
416
2.89 per match
Next match
Sheffield United v Wrexham

League leaders

What the Championship numbers say

Middlesbrough lead Championship on 25 points after 12 matches, 1 clear of Southampton. Their +1.15 xG difference per match is also the best in the league. Wolverhampton concede the least, allowing 0.92 xGA per match. Preston North End have 5 points from 14.33 xPts, the furthest below expected in the league.

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Table

The top five of the Championship 2026/2027 table
# Team P Pts xG xGA xGD xPts
1 Middlesbrough 12 25 25.95 12.18 +13.77 25.22
2 Southampton 12 24 21.71 15.90 +5.81 20.41
3 Swansea City 12 23 17.84 15.78 +2.06 17.95
4 West Ham United 12 22 25.30 14.49 +10.81 22.12
5 Wolverhampton 12 21 20.68 10.99 +9.69 23.61

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Where the table and the chances disagree

Actual vs xPts position

Higher in the table than on xPts

Lower in the table than on xPts

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Points and goals against the chances

  • Better than the chances
  • Worse than the chances

A gap can come from finishing, goalkeeping, game state or chance. xG and xPts are model estimates, not the result a team deserved.

Attack and defence

Championship: every club's xG per match against its xGA per match Middlesbrough MID West Ham United Wolverhampton Queens Park Rangers Southampton Millwall Birmingham City Cardiff City CAR Portsmouth Swansea City Bristol City Wrexham WRE Norwich City West Bromwich Albion Lincoln City Preston North End Sheffield United Burnley Bolton Wanderers Charlton Athletic Blackburn Rovers Derby County Stoke City Watford WAT
Every Championship club's xG, xGA and xGD per match, by xGD per match
Club xG/match xGA/match xGD/match
MID 2.16 1.02 +1.15
WHU 2.11 1.21 +0.90
WOL 1.72 0.92 +0.81
QUE 1.65 1.12 +0.53
SOU 1.81 1.33 +0.48
MIL 1.75 1.32 +0.43
BIR 1.69 1.33 +0.37
CAR 1.92 1.57 +0.35
POR 1.31 1.13 +0.18
SWA 1.49 1.32 +0.17
BRI 1.27 1.29 −0.02
WRE 1.17 1.21 −0.04
NOR 1.48 1.53 −0.05
WES 1.35 1.47 −0.12
LIN 1.30 1.45 −0.15
PRE 1.28 1.51 −0.23
SHE 1.18 1.46 −0.28
BUR 1.32 1.65 −0.33
BOL 1.36 1.90 −0.55
CHA 0.99 1.58 −0.60
BLA 1.03 1.72 −0.69
DER 0.97 1.72 −0.75
STO 0.88 1.63 −0.75
WAT 1.05 1.88 −0.83
  • Top 3 in the table
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  • Above average at both ends
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Player leaders

Goals

  1. 1 Will Lankshear 11 MID 8.95 xG
  2. 2 Andri Guðjohnsen 8 BLA 2.09 xG
  3. 3 Cyle Larin 7 SOU 4.48 xG

xG

  1. 1 Will Lankshear 8.95 MID 11 goals
  2. 2 Yousef Salech 6.72 CAR 3 goals
  3. 3 Jarrod Bowen 5.93 WHU 6 goals

xA

  1. 1 Jarrod Bowen 4.19 WHU 5 assists
  2. 2 Rio Cardines 3.22 BRI 6 assists
  3. 3 Joel Bagan 3.19 CAR 0 assists

xGI

  1. 1 Jarrod Bowen 10.12 WHU 0.85 per 90
  2. 2 Will Lankshear 10.00 MID 0.93 per 90
  3. 3 Yousef Salech 7.16 CAR 0.82 per 90

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