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Championship expected points table 2026/2027

Championship clubs ranked by expected points (xPts) in 2026/2027, beside the place the real table gives each. Middlesbrough currently lead on 22.37 xPts across 11 matches.

Table against xPts

  • Higher in the table than on xPts
  • Lower in the table than on xPts
  • Fewer than 3 places apart
Championship: table position against xPts position Each line joins a club's position in the table, on the left, to its position on expected points, on the right. The same figures are in the Actual and Diff columns of the table below.
Lines in colour: clubs 3 places or more apart. Drawn in colour: Wolverhampton (8 in the table, 2 on xPts), Millwall (12 in the table, 6 on xPts), Swansea City (1 in the table, 7 on xPts), Cardiff City (19 in the table, 9 on xPts), Portsmouth (13 in the table, 9 on xPts), Bristol City (16 in the table, 11 on xPts), Lincoln City (18 in the table, 13 on xPts), Norwich City (21 in the table, 14 on xPts), West Bromwich Albion (6 in the table, 15 on xPts), Preston North End (24 in the table, 16 on xPts), Derby County (23 in the table, 18 on xPts), Sheffield United (11 in the table, 19 on xPts), Charlton Athletic (17 in the table, 21 on xPts), Stoke City (7 in the table, 22 on xPts), Blackburn Rovers (10 in the table, 23 on xPts), and Watford (20 in the table, 24 on xPts).

Ranked on expected points

Championship expected points table 2026/2027
# Team P Pts xPts Pts vs xPts Actual Diff
1 MID 11 22 22.37 −0.37 3 2 places below its expected-points rank
2 WOL 11 18 20.93 −2.93 8 6 places below its expected-points rank
3 WHU 11 22 20.78 +1.22 2 1 place above its expected-points rank
4 BIR 11 20 19.30 +0.70 5 1 place below its expected-points rank
5 SOU 11 21 19.02 +1.98 4 1 place above its expected-points rank
6 MIL 11 15 18.48 −3.48 12 6 places below its expected-points rank
7 SWA 11 23 17.90 +5.10 1 6 places above its expected-points rank
8 QUE 11 17 17.76 −0.76 9 1 place below its expected-points rank
9 CAR 11 11 16.60 −5.60 19 10 places below its expected-points rank
9 POR 11 15 16.60 −1.60 13 4 places below its expected-points rank
11 BRI 11 14 15.84 −1.84 16 5 places below its expected-points rank
12 WRE 11 14 15.39 −1.39 14 2 places below its expected-points rank
13 LIN 11 12 15.09 −3.09 18 5 places below its expected-points rank
14 NOR 11 9 13.86 −4.86 21 7 places below its expected-points rank
15 WES 11 20 13.70 +6.30 6 9 places above its expected-points rank
16 PRE 11 4 13.16 −9.16 24 8 places below its expected-points rank
17 BOL 11 14 12.62 +1.38 15 2 places above its expected-points rank
18 DER 11 6 11.78 −5.78 23 5 places below its expected-points rank
19 SHE 11 15 11.77 +3.23 11 8 places above its expected-points rank
20 BUR 11 8 11.60 −3.60 22 2 places below its expected-points rank
21 CHA 11 14 11.02 +2.98 17 4 places above its expected-points rank
22 STO 11 19 10.05 +8.95 7 15 places above its expected-points rank
23 BLA 11 15 9.75 +5.25 10 13 places above its expected-points rank
24 WAT 11 11 9.65 +1.35 20 4 places above its expected-points rank
  • Higher in the table than on xPts
  • Lower in the table than on xPts

A gap can come from finishing, goalkeeping, game state or chance. xG and xPts are model estimates, not the result a team deserved.

What the data shows

  • Middlesbrough have 1.44 xPts more than Wolverhampton, in second.
  • Stoke City sit 15 places higher in the table than their chances place them: 7 against 22 on expected points.
  • Cardiff City sit 10 places lower in the table than their chances place them: 19 against 9 on expected points.
About these figures What each column measures, and the thresholds this ranking is under. Show
P
— Matches played
Pts
— Points
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.
Actual
— Position in the real table
Diff
— Places between this ranking and the real table. Up is a club higher in the real table than its expected points place it.

Every club with expected goals behind it is ranked here: these are season totals rather than rates, so a club is not held back by having played fewer matches. The ranking opens once the median club has played 3.

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