Championship Stats 2026

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Based on 144 finished matches of the 2026 season, scores after 90 minutes. Teams with fewer than 3 matches in the selected view are not ranked.

How Championship compares with other leagues

Championship BTTS Stats

How often both teams scored in each team's matches.

#TeamMPBTTS%
1BurnleyBurnley121192%
2MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough121083%
3BlackburnBlackburn12975%
4CardiffCardiff12975%
5SouthamptonSouthampton12975%
6NorwichNorwich12867%
7PrestonPreston12867%
8Stoke CityStoke City12867%
9West BromWest Brom12867%
10West HamWest Ham12867%
11WolvesWolves12867%
12WrexhamWrexham12867%
13BirminghamBirmingham12758%
14BoltonBolton12758%
15CharltonCharlton12758%
16DerbyDerby12758%
17PortsmouthPortsmouth12758%
18QPRQPR12758%
19Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd12758%
20Bristol CityBristol City12650%
21LincolnLincoln12650%
22MillwallMillwall12650%
23WatfordWatford12650%
24SwanseaSwansea12542%

Championship Over 1.5, 2.5 and 3.5 Goals

How often each team's matches had more goals than the selected line.

#TeamMPOver 2.5%
1BlackburnBlackburn12975%
2BurnleyBurnley12975%
3MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough12975%
4MillwallMillwall12975%
5NorwichNorwich12975%
6West HamWest Ham12975%
7BirminghamBirmingham12867%
8BoltonBolton12867%
9PrestonPreston12867%
10Stoke CityStoke City12867%
11CardiffCardiff12758%
12LincolnLincoln12758%
13QPRQPR12758%
14Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd12758%
15SouthamptonSouthampton12758%
16SwanseaSwansea12758%
17WolvesWolves12758%
18CharltonCharlton12650%
19DerbyDerby12650%
20PortsmouthPortsmouth12650%
21WrexhamWrexham12650%
22Bristol CityBristol City12542%
23WatfordWatford12542%
24West BromWest Brom12542%

Championship Clean Sheets

Matches in which each team conceded no goals, and how often it failed to score.

#TeamMPCSCS %FTS %
1SwanseaSwansea12542%33%
2BirminghamBirmingham12433%17%
3LincolnLincoln12433%25%
4MillwallMillwall12433%17%
5Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd12433%25%
6Stoke CityStoke City12433%8%
7West HamWest Ham12433%0%
8BlackburnBlackburn12325%8%
9BoltonBolton12325%33%
10CharltonCharlton12325%33%
11PortsmouthPortsmouth12325%25%
12QPRQPR12325%33%
13SouthamptonSouthampton12325%8%
14WolvesWolves12325%8%
15Bristol CityBristol City12217%42%
16MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough12217%0%
17West BromWest Brom12217%17%
18WrexhamWrexham12217%25%
19BurnleyBurnley1218%0%
20CardiffCardiff1218%17%
21DerbyDerby1218%33%
22WatfordWatford1218%42%
23NorwichNorwich1200%33%
24PrestonPreston1200%33%

Championship Goals per Match

Goals scored, conceded and in total per match for each team.

#TeamMPScoredConcededTotal
1West HamWest Ham122.671.253.92
2MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough122.251.423.67
3BurnleyBurnley121.422.083.50
4NorwichNorwich121.671.833.50
5BoltonBolton121.331.923.25
6MillwallMillwall121.581.673.25
7CardiffCardiff121.581.423.00
8SouthamptonSouthampton122.001.003.00
9WolvesWolves121.671.333.00
10BlackburnBlackburn121.581.332.92
11PrestonPreston120.832.082.92
12Stoke CityStoke City121.501.332.83
13LincolnLincoln121.081.672.75
14WrexhamWrexham121.251.502.75
15BirminghamBirmingham121.671.002.67
16QPRQPR121.671.002.67
17DerbyDerby120.831.752.58
18PortsmouthPortsmouth121.331.252.58
19Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd121.331.252.58
20WatfordWatford120.831.672.50
21CharltonCharlton120.921.502.42
22SwanseaSwansea121.331.082.42
23West BromWest Brom121.331.082.42
24Bristol CityBristol City121.001.252.25

Championship Corner Stats

Corners won, conceded and in total per match for each team.

#TeamMPWonConcededTotal
1MillwallMillwall116.186.2712.45
2BlackburnBlackburn116.186.1812.36
3CardiffCardiff117.095.1812.27
4West BromWest Brom115.646.1811.82
5MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough116.824.7311.55
6LincolnLincoln113.368.0011.36
7West HamWest Ham117.004.2711.27
8Bristol CityBristol City115.825.3611.18
9DerbyDerby116.095.0011.09
10PrestonPreston114.736.2711.00
11BoltonBolton115.095.8210.91
12WolvesWolves117.093.6410.73
13CharltonCharlton114.556.0010.55
14PortsmouthPortsmouth115.455.0010.45
15Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd113.457.0010.45
16WrexhamWrexham115.914.5510.45
17SouthamptonSouthampton115.095.1810.27
18WatfordWatford113.556.6410.18
19BirminghamBirmingham115.734.3610.09
20Stoke CityStoke City114.555.279.82
21QPRQPR115.823.829.64
22BurnleyBurnley114.644.919.55
23SwanseaSwansea114.274.829.09
24NorwichNorwich114.364.008.36

Championship Card Stats

Yellow and red cards each team received per match.

#TeamMPYellowRedTotal
1LincolnLincoln112.450.272.73
2WatfordWatford112.640.002.64
3DerbyDerby112.360.092.45
4BlackburnBlackburn112.360.002.36
5NorwichNorwich112.270.092.36
6PrestonPreston112.270.092.36
7CharltonCharlton112.180.092.27
8QPRQPR112.090.092.18
9Stoke CityStoke City112.000.182.18
10BurnleyBurnley112.000.092.09
11Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd112.000.092.09
12West BromWest Brom112.000.092.09
13West HamWest Ham112.000.092.09
14BirminghamBirmingham112.000.002.00
15MillwallMillwall111.910.092.00
16SouthamptonSouthampton111.910.092.00
17CardiffCardiff111.820.091.91
18SwanseaSwansea111.820.001.82
19WolvesWolves111.820.001.82
20BoltonBolton111.640.091.73
21Bristol CityBristol City111.450.091.55
22PortsmouthPortsmouth111.550.001.55
23WrexhamWrexham111.360.001.36
24MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough110.910.000.91

Corners and cards come from the official statistics of 132 matches.

Championship Referees 2026

Referees who took charge of finished Championship matches this season, with cards and fouls per match.

RefereeMPCardsYellowRedFouls
Andrew Kitchen63.403.000.4022.0
Elliot Bell64.674.500.1721.0
Gavin Ward64.004.000.0020.5
Oliver Langford63.803.600.2021.2
Tim Robinson65.005.000.0028.0
Adam Herczeg54.604.400.2023.8
Anthony Backhouse53.753.750.0020.0
Benjamin Speedie53.003.000.0023.2
John Busby54.004.000.0023.8
Josh Smith54.404.400.0025.4
Tom Nield52.602.400.2021.8
Edward Duckworth44.674.670.0017.3
Matt Donohue46.676.670.0018.0
Robert Madley43.503.250.2522.3
Samuel Allison44.674.000.6722.3
Steve Martin46.005.500.5025.3
Tom Reeves43.503.500.0025.0
Will Finnie42.331.670.6724.7
David Webb32.332.330.0020.0
Farai Hallam3----
James Bell33.673.330.3320.7
Thomas Kirk33.002.670.3320.3
Lewis Smith2----
Matthew Corlett2----
Michael Salisbury2----
Paul Tierney2----
Ruebyn Ricardo2----
Simon Hooper2----
Thomas Parsons2----
Tony Harrington2----
Andrew Madley1----
Andy Madley1----
Bobby Madley1----
Robert Jones1----
Rueben Ricardo1----
Thomas Bramall1----

League average: 4.13 cards and 22.5 fouls a match.

Championship 2026 stats: the key numbers

144 matches of the 2026 Championship season have been played, at 2.89 goals a game. Both teams scored in 63% of them, and 60% had three or more goals.

Burnley have the highest share of matches in which both teams scored: 92%. Swansea have kept the most clean sheets, in 42% of their matches.

Matches with full statistics average 10.7 corners and 4.0 cards. Lincoln receive the most cards, 2.7 a match.

Home teams have scored 1.60 goals a match and away teams 1.29. The standings are in the Championship table, and match forecasts on the Championship Predictions page. The tables update as results come in, and every goal figure counts the score after 90 minutes.