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England · Championship 26/27

Championship

Current table, form, team statistics, xG leaders, upcoming locked predictions and transparent forward model performance.

Championship season overview

Data-driven current-season context.

Championship Championship 26/27 currently includes 180 finished matches in SmartMatchData, producing 532 goals at 2.96 goals per match. Over 2.5 goals has landed in 62.2% of those matches and both teams have scored in 62.2%.

Birmingham City leads the current table with 29 points from 15 matches and a goal difference of +14. Stoke City has the strongest last-five form in the current table sample with 13 points.

Among teams with full-quality xG coverage, Middlesbrough has the highest average xG at 2.04 across 15 qualifying matches. League-level total xG currently covers 180 finished matches.

League snapshot

Finished Championship 26/27 matches in the SmartMatchData database.

180Matches
532Goals
2.96Goals / match
62.2%Over 2.5
62.2%BTTS
2.87Total xG / full-quality match

Championship table

Current standings from finished matches.

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#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Birmingham City158522814+1429
WLWWW
2Middlesbrough158523019+1129
DWWLD
3Stoke City159242418+629
WDWWW
4Southampton158432915+1428
DWWDL
5Wolverhampton158432618+828
DWWWD
6West Bromwich Albion158432315+828
WDWDW
7Swansea City158252218+426
LLWLL
8Queens Park Rangers156632418+624
LWLDW
9West Ham United156543723+1423
WLLDL
10Sheffield United156452119+222
WDWWL
11Portsmouth156452018+222
DWDWL
12Norwich City157083224+821
LWWWW
13Blackburn Rovers156362223-121
LWLLW
14Cardiff City154652727018
DWLDW
15Wrexham154651820-218
WLLWD
16Millwall155372327-418
DLWLL
17Bristol City155371624-818
LDWLL
18Bolton Wanderers155282029-917
DLLWL
19Charlton Athletic154561323-1017
LLLLW
20Watford154381323-1015
WLLWD
21Lincoln City154381526-1115
DWLLL
22Burnley151772231-910
LLDDL
23Derby County152491430-1610
LDLLW
24Preston North End1522111330-178
LDLLW

Recent form

Last five completed league matches, ranked by points.

#TeamPWDLPtsPPGForm
1Stoke City5410132.6
WDWWW
2Birmingham City5401122.4
WLWWW
3Norwich City5401122.4
LWWWW
4Wolverhampton5320112.2
DWWWD
5West Bromwich Albion5320112.2
WDWDW
6Sheffield United5311102.0
WDWWL
7Middlesbrough522181.6
DWWLD
8Southampton522181.6
DWWDL
9Portsmouth522181.6
DWDWL
10Cardiff City522181.6
DWLDW
11Queens Park Rangers521271.4
LWLDW
12Wrexham521271.4
WLLWD
13Watford521271.4
WLLWD
14Blackburn Rovers520361.2
LWLLW
15West Ham United511340.8
WLLDL
16Millwall511340.8
DLWLL
17Bristol City511340.8
LDWLL
18Bolton Wanderers511340.8
DLLWL
19Lincoln City511340.8
DWLLL
20Derby County511340.8
LDLLW
21Preston North End511340.8
LDLLW
22Swansea City510430.6
LLWLL
23Charlton Athletic510430.6
LLLLW
24Burnley502320.4
LLDDL

Underlying leaders

Full-quality provider xG only.

Highest xG / match

Middlesbrough15 xG matches
2.04
West Ham United15 xG matches
2.01
Cardiff City15 xG matches
2.00
Birmingham City15 xG matches
1.78
Millwall15 xG matches
1.78

Lowest xGA / match

Wolverhampton15 xG matches
0.93
Middlesbrough15 xG matches
0.95
Queens Park Rangers15 xG matches
1.07
Portsmouth15 xG matches
1.18
Wrexham15 xG matches
1.20

Teams

24 current teams in Championship.

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Upcoming locked predictions

Next vnext-shadow-2026-10 predictions in Championship.

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Top predictions

Highest current 1X2 probabilities in this league.

Model performance

Forward-only settled predictions for Championship.

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55.1%1X2 accuracy
61.2%Over 2.5 accuracy
59.2%BTTS accuracy
1.0301X2 log loss

Match analysis archive

Browse all published pre-kickoff predictions and settled match analysis across seasons.

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Recent results

Latest completed Championship matches.

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