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Nijmegen 4
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Union SG 4

H. Be'er Sheva 0
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Lech Poznan 1

Sunderland 1
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Sturm Graz 1

Marseille 0
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Juventus 2

Rennes 2
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Ararat-Armenia 0

AZ 4
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Ferencvaros 4

Torreense 1
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OFI Crete 0

B. Leverkusen 2
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Plzen 1

Levski Sofia 2
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Lillestrom 0

Real Sociedad 6
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Celje 2

Salzburg 2
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Bournemouth 3

AC Milan 0
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Jagiellonia 0

Anderlecht 3
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Besiktas 2

Crystal Palace 2
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Hoffenheim 3

Lyon 0
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Omonia 1

Benfica 4
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Olympiacos 1

Sparta Prague 0
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Celtic 1

Celta Vigo 2
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Kairat 1

Panathinaikos 5
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Trabzonspor 2

Hearts 0
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Pafos 1

Riga FC 1
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Inter Escaldes 1

U Craiova 3
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Getafe 2

Lugano 5
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Kauno Zalgiris 1

Brann 4
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Jablonec 0

Brighton 0
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Red Star 2

Copenhagen 2
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Nordsjaelland 2

CSKA Sofia 2
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Saburtalo Tbilisi 1

Mjallby AIF 1
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Braga 2

Gent 0
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Lincoln 1

FC Twente 4
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Borac Banja Luka 2

KuPS 0
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Thun 0

Hajduk Split 1
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Midtjylland 0

Sint-Truiden 1
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Monaco 3

Freiburg 0
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Aarhus 1

Egnatia Rrogozhine 1
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Ajax 2

Atalanta 0
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Palmeiras 0

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Championship 2026-27 stats: table, results and top scorers

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Swansea City	11	7	2	2	16	8	8	23
2	West Ham United	11	6	4	1	30	12	18	22
3	Middlesbrough	11	6	4	1	22	16	6	22
4	Birmingham City	11	5	5	1	20	11	9	20
5	West Bromwich Albion	11	6	2	3	15	12	3	20
6	Stoke City	11	6	1	4	18	16	2	19
7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	11	5	3	3	19	16	3	18
8	Southampton	11	6	3	2	21	10	11	17
9	Queens Park Rangers	11	4	5	2	15	12	3	17
10	Blackburn Rovers	11	4	3	4	17	16	1	15
11	Sheffield United	11	4	3	4	15	14	1	15
12	Millwall	11	4	3	4	18	18	0	15
13	Portsmouth	11	4	3	4	14	14	0	15
14	Wrexham	11	3	5	3	15	16	-1	14
15	Bolton Wanderers	11	4	2	5	15	18	-3	14
16	Bristol City	11	4	2	5	12	15	-3	14
17	Charlton Athletic	11	3	5	3	10	15	-5	14
18	Lincoln City	11	3	3	5	9	19	-10	12
19	Cardiff City	11	2	5	4	18	17	1	11
20	Watford	11	3	2	6	10	19	-9	11
21	Norwich City	11	3	0	8	17	21	-4	9
22	Burnley	11	1	5	5	16	21	-5	8
23	Derby County	11	1	3	7	9	20	-11	6
24	Preston North End	11	1	1	9	9	24	-15	4

Championship full table

Form Guide

Pos	Team	Last six (oldest first)	Pts
1	West Ham United	W W D D W W	14
2	Birmingham City	L W D W W W	13
3	Stoke City	D W W W L W	13
4	Southampton	W W L W W D	13
5	Swansea City	L W W W W L	12
6	Middlesbrough	W D D W W D	12
7	West Bromwich Albion	W D L L W W	10
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	W W L L W D	10
9	Blackburn Rovers	L W D W W L	10
10	Bolton Wanderers	L W W L W D	10
11	Sheffield United	W L L W L W	9
12	Portsmouth	D D L W W D	9
13	Wrexham	D L W D L W	8
14	Cardiff City	D L W L W D	8
15	Queens Park Rangers	D D D D W L	7
16	Lincoln City	W W L L L D	7
17	Millwall	L D D W L D	6
18	Watford	W L L L L W	6
19	Burnley	D L D W D L	6
20	Bristol City	L L W D L L	4
21	Charlton Athletic	D D L D D L	4
22	Norwich City	W L L L L L	3
23	Derby County	L L D D L L	2
24	Preston North End	L L D L L L	1

Full form guide

Home Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Southampton	6	5	1	0	16	4	12	16
2	Middlesbrough	6	4	2	0	14	9	5	14
3	Swansea City	6	3	2	1	7	3	4	11
4	West Bromwich Albion	6	3	2	1	9	6	3	11
5	West Ham United	5	3	1	1	15	5	10	10
6	Birmingham City	6	2	4	0	14	7	7	10
7	Watford	6	3	1	2	8	9	-1	10
8	Cardiff City	5	2	3	0	12	6	6	9
9	Stoke City	5	3	0	2	10	6	4	9
10	Blackburn Rovers	5	3	0	2	9	7	2	9
11	Charlton Athletic	5	2	3	0	4	2	2	9
12	Queens Park Rangers	5	2	2	1	8	5	3	8
13	Millwall	6	2	2	2	11	8	3	8
14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	5	2	2	1	9	7	2	8
15	Wrexham	6	2	2	2	10	8	2	8
16	Sheffield United	5	2	1	2	7	6	1	7
17	Portsmouth	5	2	1	2	8	9	-1	7
18	Norwich City	6	2	0	4	10	10	0	6
19	Bolton Wanderers	5	2	0	3	6	7	-1	6
20	Bristol City	6	2	0	4	3	6	-3	6
21	Burnley	6	0	4	2	8	10	-2	4
22	Preston North End	5	1	0	4	4	9	-5	3
23	Derby County	6	0	2	4	4	10	-6	2
24	Lincoln City	5	0	2	3	3	12	-9	2

Away Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	West Ham United	6	3	3	0	15	7	8	12
2	Swansea City	5	4	0	1	9	5	4	12
3	Birmingham City	5	3	1	1	6	4	2	10
4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	6	3	1	2	10	9	1	10
5	Lincoln City	6	3	1	2	6	7	-1	10
6	Stoke City	6	3	1	2	8	10	-2	10
7	West Bromwich Albion	5	3	0	2	6	6	0	9
8	Queens Park Rangers	6	2	3	1	7	7	0	9
9	Middlesbrough	5	2	2	1	8	7	1	8
10	Portsmouth	6	2	2	2	6	5	1	8
11	Sheffield United	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8
12	Bristol City	5	2	2	1	9	9	0	8
13	Bolton Wanderers	6	2	2	2	9	11	-2	8
14	Millwall	5	2	1	2	7	10	-3	7
15	Blackburn Rovers	6	1	3	2	8	9	-1	6
16	Wrexham	5	1	3	1	5	8	-3	6
17	Southampton	5	1	2	2	5	6	-1	5
18	Charlton Athletic	6	1	2	3	6	13	-7	5
19	Burnley	5	1	1	3	8	11	-3	4
20	Derby County	5	1	1	3	5	10	-5	4
21	Norwich City	5	1	0	4	7	11	-4	3
22	Cardiff City	6	0	2	4	6	11	-5	2
23	Watford	5	0	1	4	2	10	-8	1
24	Preston North End	6	0	1	5	5	15	-10	1

Best Defence

Pos	Team	Goals against	Avg per game	Clean sheets
1	Swansea City	8	0.73	5
2	Southampton	10	0.91	3
3	Birmingham City	11	1.00	4
4	West Ham United	12	1.09	4
5	West Bromwich Albion	12	1.09	2
6	Queens Park Rangers	12	1.09	2
7	Sheffield United	14	1.27	4
8	Portsmouth	14	1.27	3
9	Bristol City	15	1.36	1
10	Charlton Athletic	15	1.36	3
11	Middlesbrough	16	1.45	2
12	Stoke City	16	1.45	3
13	Wolverhampton Wanderers	16	1.45	2
14	Blackburn Rovers	16	1.45	2
15	Wrexham	16	1.45	2
16	Cardiff City	17	1.55	0
17	Millwall	18	1.64	4
18	Bolton Wanderers	18	1.64	3
19	Lincoln City	19	1.73	4
20	Watford	19	1.73	1
21	Derby County	20	1.82	1
22	Norwich City	21	1.91	0
23	Burnley	21	1.91	1
24	Preston North End	24	2.18	0

Full defence stats

Best Attack

Pos	Team	Goals scored	Avg per game	Top scorer
1	West Ham United	30	2.73	Jarrod Bowen (6)
2	Middlesbrough	22	2.00	Will Lankshear (9)
3	Southampton	21	1.91	Cyle Larin (7)
4	Birmingham City	20	1.82	Liam Millar (4)
5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	19	1.73	Fer López (4)
6	Stoke City	18	1.64	Ethan Galbraith (3)
7	Millwall	18	1.64	Lyndon Dykes (4)
8	Cardiff City	18	1.64	Jack Moylan (6)
9	Blackburn Rovers	17	1.55	Andri Gudjohnsen (6)
10	Norwich City	17	1.55	Mohamed Touré (5)
11	Swansea City	16	1.45	Adam Idah (4)
12	Burnley	16	1.45	Zeki Amdouni (3)
13	West Bromwich Albion	15	1.36	Isaac Price (4)
14	Queens Park Rangers	15	1.36	Paul Smyth (3)
15	Sheffield United	15	1.36	Patrick Bamford (4)
16	Wrexham	15	1.36	Kieffer Moore (5)
17	Bolton Wanderers	15	1.36	Sam Dalby (4)
18	Portsmouth	14	1.27	Marko Milovanovic (3)
19	Bristol City	12	1.09	Dom Ballard (3)
20	Charlton Athletic	10	0.91	Tyreece Campbell (4)
21	Watford	10	0.91	Amin Nabizada (3)
22	Lincoln City	9	0.82	Freddie Draper (2)
23	Derby County	9	0.82	Sammie Szmodics (3)
24	Preston North End	9	0.82	Callum Lang (3)

Full attack stats

Top Scorers

Will Lankshear (Middlesbrough)

Last goal: vs. Cardiff City (H, Oct 17, 2026)

Braces: 2, Hat-tricks: 0

goals

Cyle Larin (Southampton)

Last goal: vs. Bristol City (H, Sep 12, 2026)

Braces: 2, Hat-tricks: 0

goals

Andri Gudjohnsen (Blackburn Rovers)

Last goal: vs. West Bromwich Albion (A, Oct 17, 2026)

Braces: 1, Hat-tricks: 0

goals

Jack Moylan (Cardiff City)

Last goal: vs. Middlesbrough (A, Oct 17, 2026)

Braces: 2, Hat-tricks: 0, Penalties: 1

goals

Jarrod Bowen (West Ham United)

Last goal: vs. Lincoln City (A, Oct 14, 2026)

Braces: 1, Hat-tricks: 0, Penalties: 1

goals

Kieffer Moore (Wrexham)

Last goal: vs. Preston North End (H, Oct 17, 2026)

Braces: 0, Hat-tricks: 0

goals

Konstantinos Mavropanos (West Ham United)

Last goal: vs. Lincoln City (A, Oct 14, 2026)

Braces: 0, Hat-tricks: 0

goals

Mohamed Touré (Norwich City)

Last goal: vs. Bolton Wanderers (H, Sep 20, 2026)

Braces: 1, Hat-tricks: 0

goals

Adam Idah (Swansea City)

Last goal: vs. Norwich City (H, Oct 10, 2026)

Braces: 0, Hat-tricks: 0

goals

Fer López (Wolverhampton Wanderers)

Last goal: vs. West Bromwich Albion (H, Sep 20, 2026)

Braces: 1, Hat-tricks: 0

goals

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Championship 2025-26 stats: table, results and top scorers

League Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry City	46	28	11	7	97	45	52	95
2	Ipswich Town	46	23	15	8	80	47	33	84
3	Millwall	46	24	11	11	64	49	15	83
4	Southampton	46	22	14	10	82	56	26	80
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	14	10	72	47	25	80
6	Hull City	46	21	10	15	70	66	4	73
7	Wrexham	46	19	14	13	69	65	4	71
8	Derby County	46	20	9	17	67	59	8	69
9	Norwich City	46	19	8	19	63	56	7	65
10	Birmingham City	46	17	13	16	57	56	1	64
11	Swansea City	46	18	10	18	57	59	-2	64
12	Bristol City	46	17	11	18	59	59	0	62
13	Sheffield United	46	18	6	22	66	66	0	60
14	Preston North End	46	15	15	16	55	62	-7	60
15	Queens Park Rangers	46	16	10	20	61	73	-12	58
16	Watford	46	14	15	17	53	65	-12	57
17	Stoke City	46	15	10	21	51	56	-5	55
18	Portsmouth	46	14	13	19	49	64	-15	55
19	Charlton Athletic	46	13	14	19	44	58	-14	53
20	Blackburn Rovers	46	13	13	20	42	56	-14	52
21	West Bromwich Albion	46	13	14	19	48	58	-10	51
22	Oxford United	46	11	14	21	45	59	-14	47
23	Leicester City	46	12	16	18	58	68	-10	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday	46	2	12	32	29	89	-60	0

Form Guide

Pos	Team	Last six (oldest first)	Pts
1	Portsmouth	W W W L W D	13
2	Coventry City	D D D W W W	12
3	Southampton	W D D W D W	12
4	Millwall	W W D W D L	11
5	Hull City	D L W D W W	11
6	Birmingham City	L W D W W D	11
7	Swansea City	D W L W D W	11
8	Norwich City	W L W W D L	10
9	Ipswich Town	L D W D D W	9
10	Derby County	W L W L W L	9
11	Sheffield United	L W W L L W	9
12	West Bromwich Albion	D D W W D L	9
13	Middlesbrough	W W D D L L	8
14	Bristol City	W D L D L W	8
15	Wrexham	L L W W L D	7
16	Preston North End	D W L L W L	7
17	Oxford United	D W L L W L	7
18	Blackburn Rovers	D D L D W L	6
19	Leicester City	D L L D D W	6
20	Sheffield Wednesday	D D D L L W	6
21	Charlton Athletic	D L D L W L	5
22	Queens Park Rangers	D D L L L L	2
23	Watford	D L L L L L	1
24	Stoke City	L D L L L L	1

Home Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Coventry City	23	17	4	2	51	19	32	55
2	Ipswich Town	23	14	8	1	43	17	26	50
3	Southampton	23	12	8	3	38	19	19	44
4	Birmingham City	23	12	8	3	39	22	17	44
5	Middlesbrough	23	12	6	5	34	18	16	42
6	Millwall	23	13	3	7	33	25	8	42
7	Swansea City	23	11	6	6	34	27	7	39
8	Hull City	23	11	5	7	35	34	1	38
9	Wrexham	23	10	7	6	41	37	4	37
10	Watford	23	10	7	6	30	27	3	37
11	Derby County	23	10	6	7	31	27	4	36
12	West Bromwich Albion	23	8	10	5	28	25	3	34
13	Stoke City	23	9	6	8	34	28	6	33
14	Queens Park Rangers	23	10	3	10	40	37	3	33
15	Sheffield United	23	9	4	10	38	33	5	31
16	Bristol City	23	9	4	10	33	31	2	31
17	Preston North End	23	8	7	8	28	30	-2	31
18	Charlton Athletic	23	9	4	10	23	26	-3	31
19	Portsmouth	23	8	6	9	25	23	2	30
20	Norwich City	23	9	3	11	27	28	-1	30
21	Oxford United	23	7	8	8	24	27	-3	29
22	Leicester City	23	7	7	9	31	34	-3	28
23	Blackburn Rovers	23	4	9	10	19	27	-8	21
24	Sheffield Wednesday	23	1	7	15	14	44	-30	10

Away Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Millwall	23	11	8	4	31	24	7	41
2	Coventry City	23	11	7	5	46	26	20	40
3	Middlesbrough	23	10	8	5	38	29	9	38
4	Southampton	23	10	6	7	44	37	7	36
5	Norwich City	23	10	5	8	36	28	8	35
6	Hull City	23	10	5	8	35	32	3	35
7	Ipswich Town	23	9	7	7	37	30	7	34
8	Wrexham	23	9	7	7	28	28	0	34
9	Derby County	23	10	3	10	36	32	4	33
10	Bristol City	23	8	7	8	26	28	-2	31
11	Blackburn Rovers	23	9	4	10	23	29	-6	31
12	Sheffield United	23	9	2	12	28	33	-5	29
13	Preston North End	23	7	8	8	27	32	-5	29
14	Swansea City	23	7	4	12	23	32	-9	25
15	Queens Park Rangers	23	6	7	10	21	36	-15	25
16	Portsmouth	23	6	7	10	24	41	-17	25
17	Leicester City	23	5	9	9	27	34	-7	24
18	Stoke City	23	6	4	13	17	28	-11	22
19	Charlton Athletic	23	4	10	9	21	32	-11	22
20	Watford	23	4	8	11	23	38	-15	20
21	Birmingham City	23	5	5	13	18	34	-16	20
22	West Bromwich Albion	23	5	4	14	20	33	-13	19
23	Oxford United	23	4	6	13	21	32	-11	18
24	Sheffield Wednesday	23	1	5	17	15	45	-30	8

Best Defence

Pos	Team	Goals against	Avg per game	Clean sheets
1	Coventry City	45	0.98	17
2	Ipswich Town	47	1.02	17
3	Middlesbrough	47	1.02	14
4	Millwall	49	1.07	19
5	Southampton	56	1.22	12
6	Norwich City	56	1.22	9
7	Birmingham City	56	1.22	9
8	Stoke City	56	1.22	13
9	Blackburn Rovers	56	1.22	12
10	Charlton Athletic	58	1.26	13
11	West Bromwich Albion	58	1.26	14
12	Derby County	59	1.28	12
13	Swansea City	59	1.28	12
14	Bristol City	59	1.28	14
15	Oxford United	59	1.28	8
16	Preston North End	62	1.35	9
17	Portsmouth	64	1.39	10
18	Wrexham	65	1.41	12
19	Watford	65	1.41	7
20	Hull City	66	1.43	14
21	Sheffield United	66	1.43	10
22	Leicester City	68	1.48	6
23	Queens Park Rangers	73	1.59	10
24	Sheffield Wednesday	89	1.93	4

Best Attack

Pos	Team	Goals scored	Avg per game	Top scorer
1	Coventry City	97	2.11	Ellis Simms (10)
2	Southampton	82	1.78	Cyle Larin (8)
3	Ipswich Town	80	1.74	George Hirst (6)
4	Middlesbrough	72	1.57	Morgan Whittaker (11)
5	Hull City	70	1.52	Oliver McBurnie (7)
6	Wrexham	69	1.50	Josh Windass (10)
7	Derby County	67	1.46	Patrick Agyemang (8)
8	Sheffield United	66	1.43	Patrick Bamford (12)
9	Millwall	64	1.39	Josh Coburn (8)
10	Norwich City	63	1.37	Mohamed Touré (9)
11	Queens Park Rangers	61	1.33	Rayan Kolli (5)
12	Bristol City	59	1.28	Scott Twine (5)
13	Leicester City	58	1.26	Jordan James (7)
14	Birmingham City	57	1.24	Marvin Ducksch (8)
15	Swansea City	57	1.24	Zan Vipotnik (12)
16	Preston North End	55	1.20	Lewis Dobbin (7)
17	Watford	53	1.15	Luca Kjerrumgaard (5)
18	Stoke City	51	1.11	Sorba Thomas (6)
19	Portsmouth	49	1.07	Adrian Segecic (7)
20	West Bromwich Albion	48	1.04	Aune Heggebo (5)
21	Oxford United	45	0.98	Will Lankshear (6)
22	Charlton Athletic	44	0.96	Charlie Kelman (4)
23	Blackburn Rovers	42	0.91	Yuki Ohashi (7)
24	Sheffield Wednesday	29	0.63	Charlie McNeill (4)