Championship away xG table 2026/2027
Championship clubs ranked by away xG difference (xGD) per match in 2026/2027, counting away matches alone. Middlesbrough currently lead away from home, +1.06 xGD per match across 5 away matches.
Every figure counts matches at this venue alone. A club is ranked once it has 2 of them with xG.
Showing non-penalty xG. Penalties are removed from the expected-goal columns; goals, G − xG and the rates taken from goals are unchanged.
Ranked on xG difference per away match
- Creates more than it allows
- Allows more than it creates
| # | Team | P | GF | GA | Pts | npxG | npxGA | npxGD | npxGD/match | xPts | Pts vs xPts | vs Home |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough MID | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9.66 | 4.37 | +5.29 | +1.06 | 10.70 | −2.70 | +0.10 |
| 2 | Birmingham City BIR | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 9.17 | 4.79 | +4.38 | +0.88 | 10.20 | −0.20 | +0.80 |
| 3 | Swansea City SWA | 5 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 7.06 | 4.26 | +2.80 | +0.56 | 7.66 | +4.34 | −0.02 |
| 4 | Wolverhampton WOL | 6 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8.49 | 5.73 | +2.76 | +0.46 | 10.04 | −0.04 | −0.40 |
| 5 | West Ham United WHU | 6 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 10.11 | 7.73 | +2.38 | +0.40 | 8.58 | +3.42 | −1.11 |
| 6 | Southampton SOU | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7.84 | 6.00 | +1.84 | +0.37 | 8.20 | −3.20 | −0.26 |
| 7 | Millwall MIL | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7.50 | 6.38 | +1.12 | +0.22 | 8.12 | −1.12 | −0.58 |
| 8 | Bristol City BRI | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7.06 | 6.49 | +0.57 | +0.11 | 7.30 | +0.70 | +0.11 |
| 9 | Burnley BUR | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7.45 | 7.06 | +0.39 | +0.08 | 6.43 | −2.43 | +0.73 |
| 10 | Wrexham WRE | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4.79 | 4.91 | −0.12 | −0.02 | 7.27 | −1.27 | −0.05 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers QUE | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 7.26 | 7.61 | −0.35 | −0.06 | 8.21 | +0.79 | −0.65 |
| 12 | Portsmouth POR | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4.63 | 5.58 | −0.95 | −0.16 | 7.93 | +0.07 | −0.59 |
| 13 | Sheffield United SHE | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6.65 | 7.80 | −1.15 | −0.19 | 7.93 | +0.07 | +0.38 |
| 14 | Preston North End PRE | 6 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 7.32 | 9.77 | −2.45 | −0.41 | 6.79 | −5.79 | −0.27 |
| 15 | Norwich City NOR | 5 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 6.15 | 8.31 | −2.16 | −0.43 | 6.92 | −3.92 | −0.23 |
| 16 | Lincoln City LIN | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5.45 | 8.20 | −2.75 | −0.46 | 5.71 | +4.29 | −0.46 |
| 17 | Cardiff City CAR | 6 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 7.61 | 10.43 | −2.82 | −0.47 | 6.10 | −4.10 | −1.52 |
| 18 | Derby County DER | 5 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 3.75 | 6.60 | −2.85 | −0.57 | 5.64 | −1.64 | +0.26 |
| 19 | Charlton Athletic CHA | 6 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 6.02 | 10.91 | −4.89 | −0.82 | 4.80 | +0.20 | −1.15 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers BOL | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6.33 | 11.55 | −5.22 | −0.87 | 5.47 | +2.53 | −0.78 |
| 21 | West Bromwich Albion WES | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 4.49 | 9.05 | −4.56 | −0.91 | 4.10 | +4.90 | −1.20 |
| 22 | Stoke City STO | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 4.96 | 10.80 | −5.84 | −0.97 | 4.37 | +5.63 | −0.55 |
| 23 | Watford WAT | 5 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 4.04 | 9.44 | −5.40 | −1.08 | 3.10 | −2.10 | −0.72 |
| 24 | Blackburn Rovers BLA | 6 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 3.29 | 10.41 | −7.12 | −1.19 | 2.36 | +3.64 | −1.47 |
What the data shows
- Middlesbrough are 0.18 xGD per away match clear of Birmingham City, in second.
- Cardiff City differ most between the two: −0.47 a match away, 1.52 from what they manage at home.
About these figures What each column measures, and the thresholds this ranking is under. Show Hide
- P
- — Matches played
- GF
- — Goals scored
- GA
- — Goals conceded
- Pts
- — Points
- npxG
- — Non-penalty expected goals: xG with penalties removed
- npxGA
- — Non-penalty expected goals against: xGA with penalties removed
- npxGD
- — npxG minus npxGA
- npxGD/match
- — npxG minus npxGA, per match with xG data
- xPts
- — Expected points: the points a team's match-by-match xG would be worth on average.
- Pts vs xPts
- — Actual points minus expected points based on match xG.
- vs Home
- — This venue's xGD per match minus the other venue's
A club is ranked at this venue once it has 2 matches with xG there. Below that its row stays in the table, its rates are dashed and it sorts last.