EFL Championship Table 2026/27

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The EFL Championship table in brief

Updated 6 Nov 2026, 12:44 GMT

Middlesbrough top the 2026/27 EFL Championship table with 28 points from 14 matches. All 24 teams are ranked below, with home, away and xG views from verified match records.

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EFL Championship table, 2026/27

PointsxG

Live 2026/27 EFL Championship standings from SportSignals verified match records. The xG view aggregates per-match expected goals over covered matches.
#	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Form
1	Middlesbrough	14	8	4	2	30	19	+11	28	-
2	Wolves	14	8	3	3	25	17	+8	27	-
3	Birmingham	14	7	5	2	26	13	+13	26	-
4	Stoke City	14	8	2	4	22	17	+5	26	-
5	Swansea	14	8	2	4	21	16	+5	26	-
6	West Brom	14	7	4	3	20	15	+5	25	-
7	Southampton	14	8	4	2	29	14	+15	24	-
8	West Ham United	14	6	5	3	36	21	+15	23	-
9	Sheffield Utd	14	6	4	4	20	17	+3	22	-
10	Portsmouth	14	6	4	4	19	16	+3	22	-
11	QPR	14	5	6	3	22	17	+5	21	-
12	Norwich	14	6	0	8	27	24	+3	18	-
13	Millwall	14	5	3	6	23	24	-1	18	-
14	Blackburn	14	5	3	6	20	22	-2	18	-
15	Bristol City	14	5	3	6	16	19	-3	18	-
16	Wrexham	14	4	5	5	17	19	-2	17	-
17	Bolton Wanderers	14	5	2	7	19	26	-7	17	-
18	Cardiff City	14	3	6	5	22	23	-1	15	-
19	Lincoln City	14	4	3	7	14	24	-10	15	-
20	Watford	14	4	2	8	13	23	-10	14	-
21	Charlton	14	3	5	6	11	22	-11	14	-
22	Burnley	14	1	7	6	18	26	-8	10	-
23	Derby	14	1	4	9	11	29	-18	7	-
24	Preston	14	1	2	11	12	30	-18	5	-

xG aggregated from verified per-match records. Goals columns count the same covered matches as the xG columns, so the delta compares like with like. Missing coverage is left blank, never inferred.
#	Team	xG matches	GF	xGF	GA	xGA	xGD	Goals vs xG
1	Middlesbrough	14	30	26.9	19	13.9	+13.0	+3.1
2	Wolves	14	25	23.1	17	11.6	+11.5	+1.9
3	Birmingham	14	26	22.7	13	17.1	+5.6	+3.3
4	Stoke City	14	22	14.5	17	18.7	-4.2	+7.5
5	Swansea	14	21	20.2	16	17.7	+2.5	+0.8
6	West Brom	14	20	21.7	15	18.5	+3.2	-1.7
7	Southampton	14	29	23.2	14	19.1	+4.1	+5.8
8	West Ham United	14	36	31.2	21	18.2	+13.0	+4.8
9	Sheffield Utd	14	20	18.4	17	17.8	+0.6	+1.6
10	Portsmouth	13	17	14.4	14	15.9	-1.5	+2.6
11	QPR	14	22	23.6	17	15.0	+8.6	-1.6
12	Norwich	14	27	19.0	24	20.6	-1.6	+8.0
13	Millwall	14	23	26.4	24	18.6	+7.8	-3.4
14	Blackburn	13	18	13.5	20	22.1	-8.6	+4.5
15	Bristol City	14	16	18.3	19	20.5	-2.2	-2.3
16	Wrexham	14	17	16.8	19	16.4	+0.4	+0.2
17	Bolton Wanderers	14	19	18.0	26	27.1	-9.1	+1.0
18	Cardiff City	14	22	26.0	23	21.2	+4.8	-4.0
19	Lincoln City	14	14	18.2	24	22.3	-4.1	-4.2
20	Watford	14	13	14.6	23	25.1	-10.5	-1.6
21	Charlton	14	11	15.3	22	21.9	-6.6	-4.3
22	Burnley	14	18	17.8	26	22.0	-4.2	+0.2
23	Derby	14	11	14.7	29	28.2	-13.5	-3.7
24	Preston	14	12	14.7	30	23.5	-8.8	-2.7

Champions LeagueEuropa LeagueRelegationxG coverage: 167 of 168 matches, backfill in progress2026/27 from verified match records

Table FAQs

Who is top of the EFL Championship table?

Middlesbrough, with 28 points from 14 matches (W8 D4 L2).

What is the xG view of the table?

The xG view aggregates verified per-match expected goals for each team over the covered matches, beside the goals actually scored and conceded in those same matches. It shows who has been outperforming or underperforming the quality of their chances. Coverage counts are shown, and missing data is left blank rather than inferred.

Live 2026/27 EFL Championship standings from SportSignals verified match records. The xG view aggregates per-match expected goals over covered matches.

Team

Pts

Form

+11

+13

+15

+15

-1

-2

-3

-2

-7

-1

-10

-10

-11

-8

-18

-18

xG aggregated from verified per-match records. Goals columns count the same covered matches as the xG columns, so the delta compares like with like. Missing coverage is left blank, never inferred.

Team

xG matches

xGF

xGA

xGD

Goals vs xG

Middlesbrough

26.9

13.9

+13.0

+3.1

Wolves