Scottish Premiership xGA table 2026/2027
Expected goals against per match for every Scottish Premiership 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.
Celtic allow the least, 0.81 expected goals against a match over 7 matches with xG. That is 0.09 a match clear of Rangers. Kilmarnock allow the most, 2.18 a match.
Ranked on xGA per match
| # | Team | P | GA | npxGA | npxGA/match | GA − xGA | Shots ag. | npxGA/shot |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Celtic CEL | 7 | 4 | 5.66 | 0.81 | −2.26 | 78 | 0.07 |
| 2 | Rangers RAN | 7 | 4 | 6.26 | 0.89 | −3.00 | 64 | 0.10 |
| 3 | Heart of Midlothian HEA | 7 | 8 | 7.75 | 1.11 | −0.85 | 68 | 0.11 |
| 4 | Motherwell MOT | 7 | 11 | 8.66 | 1.24 | −0.07 | 106 | 0.08 |
| 5 | Dundee United DUN | 7 | 11 | 9.30 | 1.33 | +0.89 | 110 | 0.08 |
| 6 | Hibernian HIB | 7 | 11 | 9.39 | 1.34 | +0.14 | 87 | 0.11 |
| 6 | Aberdeen ABE | 7 | 8 | 9.41 | 1.34 | −3.00 | 117 | 0.08 |
| 8 | Dundee FC DUN | 7 | 7 | 10.19 | 1.46 | −3.95 | 133 | 0.08 |
| 9 | St. Mirren STM | 7 | 9 | 10.26 | 1.47 | −1.96 | 104 | 0.10 |
| 10 | St. Johnstone STJ | 7 | 10 | 11.16 | 1.59 | −0.67 | 88 | 0.13 |
| 11 | Falkirk FC FAL | 7 | 9 | 11.67 | 1.67 | −2.64 | 105 | 0.11 |
| 12 | Kilmarnock KIL | 7 | 15 | 15.29 | 2.18 | −0.93 | 129 | 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.