Championship Stats 2026/27

In the 2026/27 Championship, Over 2.5 goals has landed in 87 of 145 league matches (60%) — last season 281 of 557.

As of 31 October 2026: Championship statistics from the matches TACTIX holds — the scorers, expected goals, when the goals come, the referees, the current runs and the season outlook. Each figure names the matches it is counted over.

How often it happens

Home sides have won 40.7% of the 145 league matches in the Championship this season, against 41.7% of 557 last season.

In the match	2026/27 (145 matches)	2025/26 (557 matches)
Home win	59 (40.7%)	232 (41.7%)
Draw	40 (27.6%)	148 (26.6%)
Away win	46 (31.7%)	177 (31.8%)
Over 1.5 goals	110 (75.9%)	424 (76.1%)
Over 2.5 goals	87 (60%)	281 (50.4%)
Over 3.5 goals	53 (36.6%)	138 (24.8%)
Both teams scored	91 (62.8%)	315 (56.6%)

Finished Championship league matches only: 145 this season, 557 in 2025/26. Cup matches and friendlies never count. Over 2.5 goals means three goals or more in the match.

Goal-market rates by club

The Pro table has BTTS, Over 2.5 and clean-sheet rates for all 24 clubs, from 145 league matches (updated 30 October 2026).

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Top scorers

W. Lankshear leads the scoring in the Championship with 11 goals in 12 appearances, three clear of A. Guðjohnsen.

#	Player	Club	Goals	Apps
1	W. Lankshear	Middlesbrough	11	12
2	A. Guðjohnsen	Blackburn	8	11
3	C. Larin	Southampton	7	11
4	J. Bowen	West Ham	6	12
5	J. Moylan	Cardiff	6	12
6	Fer López	Wolves	5	11
7	K. Moore	Wrexham	5	12
8	P. Bamford	Sheffield Utd	5	11
9	K. Mavropanos	West Ham	5	11
10	M. Touré	Norwich	5	7

The 2026/27 season, the same table as the Championship top scorers (data to Invalid Date). No shot data for this competition, so no expected goals here.

Expected goals for and against

Middlesbrough have the best expected-goal difference a match in the Championship (2.20 for, 1.02 against, over 12 matches).

Expected goals from the match statistics feed (no shot-level data for this competition, so no set-piece split and no player xG).

Club	Matches	xG for a match	xG against a match
Middlesbrough	12	2.20	1.02
West Ham	12	2.11	1.21
Wolves	12	1.74	0.92
QPR	12	1.70	1.14
Millwall	12	1.77	1.30
Southampton	12	1.82	1.36
Cardiff	12	1.91	1.55
Birmingham	12	1.71	1.38
Portsmouth	12	1.29	1.13
Swansea	12	1.51	1.37
Bristol City	12	1.30	1.34
Norwich	12	1.51	1.56
West Brom	12	1.39	1.48
Wrexham	13	1.10	1.20
Lincoln	12	1.33	1.47
Preston	12	1.29	1.48
Sheffield Utd	13	1.19	1.40
Burnley	12	1.33	1.66
Bolton	12	1.36	1.93
Charlton	12	0.98	1.60
Stoke City	12	0.92	1.57
Blackburn	12	1.01	1.75
Derby	12	0.98	1.76
Watford	12	1.04	1.89

145 of the 145 finished league matches this season carry the feed's expected goals for both sides (100%); a club's figures are over those matches.

When the goals come

Across the 144 matches in the Championship whose goals we can place to the minute, 20.3% of the 413 goals came after the 75th minute, against 15.3% in the first quarter of an hour.

Minutes	Goals	Share
1-15	63	15.3%
16-30	60	14.5%
31-45	78	18.9%
45+	1	0.2%
46-60	69	16.7%
61-75	58	14%
76-90	84	20.3%
90+	0	0%

413 goals in the 144 matches this season whose goal events match the score; 45+ and 90+ are stoppage time.

Cards and referees

Adam Herczeg showed the most cards a match in the Championship in 2025/26 (4.64 over 11 matches; league average 4.04 over 532 matches).

Referee	Matches	Cards a match
Adam Herczeg	11	4.64
Oliver Langford	10	4.50
Thomas Kirk	12	4.42
Anthony Backhouse	12	4.33
Matt Donohue	10	4.30

The 2025/26 season: matches with a complete card record only; a referee is listed from 10 of them. Every referee.

Goalkeepers: goals prevented

#	Goalkeeper	Club	Matches	Goals prevented
1	M. O’Leary	West Brom	12	+2.91
2	J. Bonham	Bolton	5	+2.07
3	L. Vigouroux	Swansea	12	+1.49
4	G. Wickens	Lincoln	10	+1.23
5	J. Widell Zetterström	Derby	8	+1.23
6	D. Grimshaw	Norwich	3	+1.17
7	F. Marschall	Millwall	3	+0.81
8	D. Bielica	Portsmouth	4	+0.78
9	S. Tickle	Bristol City	11	+0.65
10	B. Collins	Bristol City	1	+0.65

Source: API-Football. Goals prevented compares the goals a keeper conceded with the post-shot expected goals of the on-target shots faced; positive means more saved than an average keeper would manage. Starting goalkeepers with 60 minutes or more, finished Championship league matches this season: 140 of the 145 carry the figure (96.6%). A keeper who has played for two clubs has a row for each.

Current runs

Middlesbrough are unbeaten in their last 10 in the Championship (to 23 October).
Charlton are without a win in their last nine in the Championship (to 24 October).
Derby are without a win in their last eight in the Championship (to 24 October).
Preston are without a win in their last seven in the Championship (to 24 October).
Bristol City are without a win in their last four in the Championship (to 24 October).
Portsmouth are unbeaten in their last four in the Championship (to 24 October).

Finished league matches only (friendlies, youth and reserve matches never count), read back from each club’s latest; runs of three or more, of the 24 clubs this season.

The season outlook

As of 30 October 2026, the TACTIX simulation (10,000 runs of the rest of the season) gives West Ham a 52% chance of the title, ahead of Southampton (31%). The full predicted table.

Title	Chance
West Ham	52%
Southampton	31%
Middlesbrough	10%

Promotion	Chance
West Ham	80%
Southampton	64%
Middlesbrough	29%
Wolves	16%
Birmingham	5%

Relegation	Chance
Preston	82%
Charlton	42%
Lincoln	39%

Probabilities from 10,000 simulations of the remaining fixtures; a probability, not a certainty.

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