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Championship 2026/2027

England 24 teams Updated

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

Matches
132 / 216
61% complete
Goals
380
2.88 per match
Next match
Bolton Wanderers v Middlesbrough

League leaders

What the Championship numbers say

Swansea City lead Championship on 23 points after 11 matches, 1 clear of West Ham United. West Ham United create the most, at 2.16 xG per match. Preston North End have 4 points from 13.16 xPts, the furthest below expected in the league. On xPts, Stoke City would sit 22nd rather than 7th.

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Table

The top five of the Championship 2026/2027 table
# Team P Pts xG xGA xGD xPts
1 Swansea City 11 23 17.64 12.56 +5.08 17.90
2 West Ham United 11 22 23.78 12.94 +10.84 20.78
3 Middlesbrough 11 22 21.78 11.27 +10.51 22.37
4 Southampton 11 21 20.16 14.38 +5.78 19.02
5 Birmingham City 11 20 19.43 13.58 +5.85 19.30

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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 West Ham United Middlesbrough MID Wolverhampton Birmingham City Southampton Millwall Swansea City Queens Park Rangers Cardiff City CAR Portsmouth Bristol City Wrexham WRE Lincoln City Norwich City West Bromwich Albion Preston North End Bolton Wanderers Burnley Sheffield United Charlton Athletic Derby County Blackburn Rovers Watford Stoke City STO
Every Championship club's xG, xGA and xGD per match, by xGD per match
Club xG/match xGA/match xGD/match
WHU 2.16 1.18 +0.99
MID 1.98 1.02 +0.96
WOL 1.71 0.99 +0.73
BIR 1.77 1.23 +0.53
SOU 1.83 1.31 +0.53
MIL 1.85 1.37 +0.48
SWA 1.60 1.14 +0.46
QUE 1.50 1.20 +0.30
CAR 1.88 1.63 +0.25
POR 1.35 1.17 +0.18
BRI 1.32 1.35 −0.03
WRE 1.12 1.18 −0.05
LIN 1.25 1.37 −0.13
NOR 1.47 1.60 −0.14
WES 1.29 1.44 −0.15
PRE 1.24 1.46 −0.22
BOL 1.40 1.69 −0.30
BUR 1.23 1.62 −0.40
SHE 1.06 1.49 −0.43
CHA 1.00 1.57 −0.57
DER 0.96 1.65 −0.69
BLA 0.98 1.72 −0.74
WAT 1.13 1.88 −0.75
STO 0.90 1.71 −0.81
  • 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 9 MID 7.09 xG
  2. 2 Cyle Larin 7 SOU 4.48 xG
  3. 3 Andri Guðjohnsen 6 BLA 1.82 xG

xG

  1. 1 Will Lankshear 7.09 MID 9 goals
  2. 2 Jarrod Bowen 5.54 WHU 6 goals
  3. 3 Yousef Salech 4.78 CAR 2 goals

xA

  1. 1 Jarrod Bowen 4.03 WHU 5 assists
  2. 2 Alex Cochrane 3.12 BIR 2 assists
  3. 2 Joel Bagan 3.12 CAR 0 assists

xGI

  1. 1 Jarrod Bowen 9.57 WHU 0.88 per 90
  2. 2 Will Lankshear 7.99 MID 0.81 per 90
  3. 3 Jack Moylan 6.60 CAR 0.64 per 90

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