Championship Stats 2026

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Based on 132 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%
1BurnleyBurnley111091%
2BlackburnBlackburn11982%
3CardiffCardiff11982%
4MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough11982%
5SouthamptonSouthampton11873%
6Stoke CityStoke City11873%
7WolvesWolves11873%
8WrexhamWrexham11873%
9BirminghamBirmingham11764%
10NorwichNorwich11764%
11PrestonPreston11764%
12QPRQPR11764%
13West BromWest Brom11764%
14West HamWest Ham11764%
15BoltonBolton11655%
16Bristol CityBristol City11655%
17CharltonCharlton11655%
18DerbyDerby11655%
19PortsmouthPortsmouth11655%
20Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd11655%
21WatfordWatford11655%
22LincolnLincoln11545%
23MillwallMillwall11545%
24SwanseaSwansea11545%

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%
1BlackburnBlackburn11982%
2BirminghamBirmingham11873%
3BurnleyBurnley11873%
4MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough11873%
5MillwallMillwall11873%
6NorwichNorwich11873%
7PrestonPreston11873%
8Stoke CityStoke City11873%
9West HamWest Ham11873%
10BoltonBolton11764%
11CardiffCardiff11764%
12Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd11764%
13WolvesWolves11764%
14DerbyDerby11655%
15LincolnLincoln11655%
16QPRQPR11655%
17SouthamptonSouthampton11655%
18SwanseaSwansea11655%
19WrexhamWrexham11655%
20Bristol CityBristol City11545%
21CharltonCharlton11545%
22PortsmouthPortsmouth11545%
23WatfordWatford11545%
24West BromWest Brom11545%

Championship Clean Sheets

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

#TeamMPCSCS %FTS %
1SwanseaSwansea11545%27%
2BirminghamBirmingham11436%9%
3LincolnLincoln11436%27%
4MillwallMillwall11436%18%
5Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd11436%27%
6West HamWest Ham11436%0%
7BoltonBolton11327%36%
8CharltonCharlton11327%36%
9PortsmouthPortsmouth11327%27%
10SouthamptonSouthampton11327%9%
11Stoke CityStoke City11327%0%
12BlackburnBlackburn11218%9%
13MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough11218%0%
14QPRQPR11218%36%
15West BromWest Brom11218%18%
16WolvesWolves11218%9%
17WrexhamWrexham11218%18%
18Bristol CityBristol City1119%36%
19BurnleyBurnley1119%0%
20DerbyDerby1119%36%
21WatfordWatford1119%36%
22CardiffCardiff1100%18%
23NorwichNorwich1100%36%
24PrestonPreston1100%36%

Championship Goals per Match

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

#TeamMPScoredConcededTotal
1West HamWest Ham112.731.093.82
2MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough112.001.453.45
3NorwichNorwich111.551.913.45
4BurnleyBurnley111.451.913.36
5MillwallMillwall111.641.643.27
6CardiffCardiff111.641.553.18
7WolvesWolves111.731.453.18
8Stoke CityStoke City111.641.453.09
9BlackburnBlackburn111.551.453.00
10BoltonBolton111.361.643.00
11PrestonPreston110.822.183.00
12BirminghamBirmingham111.821.002.82
13SouthamptonSouthampton111.910.912.82
14WrexhamWrexham111.361.452.82
15DerbyDerby110.821.822.64
16Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd111.361.272.64
17WatfordWatford110.911.732.64
18LincolnLincoln110.821.732.55
19PortsmouthPortsmouth111.271.272.55
20Bristol CityBristol City111.091.362.45
21QPRQPR111.361.092.45
22West BromWest Brom111.361.092.45
23CharltonCharlton110.911.362.27
24SwanseaSwansea111.450.732.18

Championship Corner Stats

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

#TeamMPWonConcededTotal
1CardiffCardiff107.505.4012.90
2MillwallMillwall106.306.4012.70
3BlackburnBlackburn106.105.9012.00
4LincolnLincoln103.508.3011.80
5West BromWest Brom105.306.2011.50
6MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough106.305.0011.30
7Bristol CityBristol City105.805.4011.20
8DerbyDerby106.004.8010.80
9BoltonBolton105.405.2010.60
10CharltonCharlton104.705.9010.60
11PrestonPreston104.606.0010.60
12BirminghamBirmingham106.004.5010.50
13PortsmouthPortsmouth105.505.0010.50
14West HamWest Ham106.304.1010.40
15WolvesWolves106.403.8010.20
16Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd103.107.0010.10
17WrexhamWrexham105.604.309.90
18BurnleyBurnley104.605.209.80
19Stoke CityStoke City104.505.209.70
20WatfordWatford103.705.909.60
21SouthamptonSouthampton105.004.309.30
22QPRQPR105.803.409.20
23SwanseaSwansea103.904.708.60
24NorwichNorwich104.104.108.20

Championship Card Stats

Yellow and red cards each team received per match.

#TeamMPYellowRedTotal
1LincolnLincoln102.600.302.90
2WatfordWatford102.600.002.60
3PrestonPreston102.400.102.50
4DerbyDerby102.400.002.40
5NorwichNorwich102.300.102.40
6BlackburnBlackburn102.300.002.30
7Stoke CityStoke City102.100.202.30
8BurnleyBurnley102.100.102.20
9QPRQPR102.100.102.20
10West BromWest Brom102.100.102.20
11West HamWest Ham102.100.102.20
12CharltonCharlton102.000.102.10
13Sheffield UtdSheffield Utd102.000.102.10
14BirminghamBirmingham102.000.002.00
15CardiffCardiff101.900.102.00
16MillwallMillwall101.900.102.00
17SouthamptonSouthampton101.900.102.00
18BoltonBolton101.700.101.80
19SwanseaSwansea101.700.001.70
20WolvesWolves101.600.001.60
21Bristol CityBristol City101.400.101.50
22PortsmouthPortsmouth101.500.001.50
23WrexhamWrexham101.300.001.30
24MiddlesbroughMiddlesbrough101.000.001.00

Corners and cards come from the official statistics of 120 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
Gavin Ward64.004.000.0020.5
Oliver Langford63.803.600.2021.2
Adam Herczeg54.604.400.2023.8
Anthony Backhouse53.753.750.0020.0
Benjamin Speedie53.003.000.0023.2
Elliot Bell55.205.000.2021.6
Josh Smith54.404.400.0025.4
Tim Robinson55.505.500.0027.8
Tom Nield52.602.400.2021.8
Edward Duckworth44.674.670.0017.3
John Busby43.503.500.0024.0
Matt Donohue46.676.670.0018.0
Robert Madley43.503.250.2522.3
Will Finnie42.331.670.6724.7
David Webb32.332.330.0020.0
Farai Hallam3----
Samuel Allison3----
Steve Martin36.336.000.3325.3
Thomas Kirk33.002.670.3320.3
Tom Reeves33.333.330.0025.3
James Bell2----
Lewis Smith2----
Paul Tierney2----
Ruebyn Ricardo2----
Tony Harrington2----
Andrew Madley1----
Andy Madley1----
Matthew Corlett1----
Michael Salisbury1----
Robert Jones1----
Rueben Ricardo1----
Simon Hooper1----
Thomas Bramall1----
Thomas Parsons1----

League average: 4.17 cards and 22.5 fouls a match.

Championship 2026 stats: the key numbers

132 matches of the 2026 Championship season have been played, at 2.88 goals a game. Both teams scored in 64% of them, and 61% had three or more goals.

Burnley have the highest share of matches in which both teams scored: 91%. Blackburn's matches are the highest-scoring, with three or more goals in 82% of them. Swansea have kept the most clean sheets, in 45% of their matches.

Matches with full statistics average 10.5 corners and 4.1 cards. Cardiff win the most corners, 7.5 a match. Lincoln receive the most cards, 2.9 a match.

Home teams have scored 1.58 goals a match and away teams 1.30. 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.