Eredivisie xGA table 2026/2027
Expected goals against per match for every Eredivisie club — the chance quality each side has allowed — with the goals that came of them beside it. The best defence in the competition is the first row.
Showing non-penalty xG. Penalties are removed from the expected-goal columns; goals, G − xG and the rates taken from goals are unchanged.
FC Twente allow the least, 0.65 expected goals against a match over 7 matches with xG. That is 0.12 a match clear of Feyenoord. Fortuna Sittard allow the most, 2.36 a match.
Ranked on xGA per match
| # | Team | P | GA | npxGA | npxGA/match | GA − xGA | Shots ag. | npxGA/shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FC Twente FCT | 7 | 7 | 4.53 | 0.65 | +1.77 | 70 | 0.06 |
| 2 | Feyenoord FEY | 7 | 7 | 5.35 | 0.76 | +1.40 | 67 | 0.08 |
| 3 | AZ Alkmaar AZA | 7 | 6 | 6.95 | 0.99 | −0.67 | 57 | 0.12 |
| 4 | AFC Ajax AFC | 7 | 9 | 8.74 | 1.25 | +0.26 | 67 | 0.13 |
| 5 | PSV Eindhoven PSV | 7 | 10 | 9.40 | 1.34 | +0.44 | 71 | 0.13 |
| 6 | Excelsior EXC | 7 | 9 | 9.79 | 1.40 | −1.08 | 113 | 0.09 |
| 7 | SC Heerenveen SCH | 7 | 9 | 9.88 | 1.41 | −0.55 | 111 | 0.09 |
| 8 | Go Ahead Eagles GOA | 7 | 14 | 10.52 | 1.50 | +2.61 | 116 | 0.09 |
| 9 | SC Cambuur SCC | 7 | 19 | 12.37 | 1.77 | +4.74 | 111 | 0.11 |
| 9 | ADO Den Haag ADO | 7 | 17 | 12.40 | 1.77 | +3.68 | 113 | 0.11 |
| 11 | FC Groningen FCG | 7 | 13 | 13.13 | 1.88 | −0.53 | 106 | 0.12 |
| 11 | FC Utrecht FCU | 7 | 24 | 13.19 | 1.88 | +9.23 | 130 | 0.10 |
| 13 | NEC Nijmegen NEC | 7 | 13 | 13.43 | 1.92 | −0.42 | 81 | 0.17 |
| 14 | SC Telstar SCT | 7 | 12 | 13.51 | 1.93 | −2.35 | 125 | 0.11 |
| 15 | PEC Zwolle PEC | 7 | 20 | 13.72 | 1.96 | +5.56 | 143 | 0.10 |
| 16 | Sparta Rotterdam SPA | 7 | 17 | 14.77 | 2.11 | +2.32 | 126 | 0.12 |
| 17 | Willem II Tilburg WIL | 7 | 20 | 15.94 | 2.28 | +4.05 | 139 | 0.11 |
| 18 | Fortuna Sittard FOR | 7 | 14 | 16.52 | 2.36 | −2.96 | 142 | 0.12 |
About these figures What each column measures, and the thresholds this ranking is under. Show Hide
- P
- — Matches played
- GA
- — Goals conceded
- npxGA
- — Non-penalty expected goals against: xGA with penalties removed
- npxGA/match
- — Non-penalty expected goals against per match with xG data
- GA − xGA
- — Goals conceded minus xGA, over the matches with xG. Negative means fewer conceded than the chances allowed.
- Shots ag.
- — Shots allowed in the matches with shot data
- npxGA/shot
- — Average non-penalty expected goals per shot allowed
A club is ranked once it has 3 matches with xG and at least 75% of what the median club has played. Below that its row stays in the table, its rates are dashed and it sorts last.