HNL xGA table 2026/2027
Expected goals against per match for every HNL 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.
HNK Rijeka allow the least, 0.60 expected goals against a match over 7 matches with xG. NK Lokomotiva Zagreb allow the most, 1.85 a match.
Ranked on xGA per match
| # | Team | P | GA | npxGA | npxGA/match | GA − xGA | Shots ag. | npxGA/shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HNK Rijeka RIJ | 7 | 7 | 4.19 | 0.60 | +1.61 | 55 | 0.08 |
| 2 | HNK Hajduk Split HAJ | 8 | 8 | 5.16 | 0.65 | +2.05 | 60 | 0.09 |
| 3 | NK Varaždin VAR | 8 | 7 | 6.13 | 0.77 | −0.03 | 97 | 0.06 |
| 4 | GNK Dinamo Zagreb DIN | 7 | 9 | 6.45 | 0.92 | +2.60 | 64 | 0.10 |
| 5 | NK Istra 1961 IST | 8 | 13 | 9.35 | 1.17 | +2.96 | 117 | 0.08 |
| 6 | NK Osijek OSI | 8 | 11 | 9.45 | 1.18 | +0.75 | 101 | 0.09 |
| 7 | HNK Gorica GOR | 8 | 12 | 10.67 | 1.33 | +1.04 | 133 | 0.08 |
| 8 | NK Slaven Belupo SLB | 8 | 16 | 13.15 | 1.64 | +2.55 | 132 | 0.10 |
| 9 | NK Rudeš RUD | 8 | 24 | 13.70 | 1.71 | +6.39 | 140 | 0.10 |
| 10 | NK Lokomotiva Zagreb LOK | 8 | 16 | 14.79 | 1.85 | +1.28 | 166 | 0.09 |
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.