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The EFL Championship 2026/27 begins with West Ham, Wolves and Burnley chasing an immediate return to the Premier League, while Wrexham keeps its extraordinary climb through English football alive.

Total xTears

1,120.50

Avg xT per match

11.79

Absolute chaos

5.62

Late drama

3.23

All-out war

3.71

Referee scandal

0.49

Scheduled matches

The next reports waiting to happen.

Matchday 9

West Ham crest

West Ham

VS
QPR crest

QPR

Matchday 9

West Brom crest

West Brom

VS
Birmingham City crest

Birmingham City

Matchday 9

Swansea City crest

Swansea City

VS
Norwich City crest

Norwich City

Matchday 9

Charlton Athletic crest

Charlton Athletic

VS
Bristol City crest

Bristol City

Matchday 9

Watford crest

Watford

VS
Burnley crest

Burnley

Matchday 9

Preston North End crest

Preston North End

VS
Millwall crest

Millwall

Matchday 9

Sheffield Utd crest

Sheffield Utd

VS
Lincoln City crest

Lincoln City

Matchday 9

Blackburn Rovers crest

Blackburn Rovers

VS
Cardiff City crest

Cardiff City

Matchday 9

Bolton Wanderers crest

Bolton Wanderers

VS
Stoke City crest

Stoke City

Matchday 9

Derby County crest

Derby County

VS
Wrexham crest

Wrexham

Heart-Racing Games

Adrenaline Match

20.12

xT
Southampton crest

Southampton

10.16 xT

3-1
Stoke City crest

Stoke City

9.96 xT

Matchday 222 Aug 2026St. Mary's Stadium
Norwich City crestBurnley crest

Norwich City 4-1 Burnley

Matchday 3|29 Aug 2026

17.76

xT
Middlesbrough crestNorwich City crest

Middlesbrough 4-3 Norwich City

Matchday 7|12 Sept 2026

17.58

xT
Blackburn Rovers crestMillwall crest

Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Millwall

Matchday 7|12 Sept 2026

17.55

xT
Cardiff City crestCharlton Athletic crest

Cardiff City 3-1 Charlton Athletic

Matchday 8|19 Sept 2026

17.07

xT
Stoke City crestSheffield Utd crest

Stoke City 2-1 Sheffield Utd

Matchday 8|19 Sept 2026

16.49

xT

xT XI

CL
Southampton crest14.16

C. Larin

WL
Middlesbrough crest13.77

W. Lankshear

MT
Norwich City crest10.13

M. Touré

TG
Bolton Wanderers crest8.13

T. Gale

OA
Blackburn Rovers crest8.02

O. Afolayan

MK
West Ham crest7.98

M. Kanté

KM
West Ham crest9.25

K. Mavropanos

PN
Birmingham City crest6.30

P. Neumann

JC
Norwich City crest6.05

J. Córdoba

RG
Wolves crest5.73

Rodrigo Gomes

MH
West Ham crest0.89

M. Hermansen

Pain Meter

1
West Ham crest

West Ham

8 played

8.01

xT for

2
Norwich City crest

Norwich City

8 played

7.09

xT for

3
Southampton crest

Southampton

8 played

7.04

xT for

4
Stoke City crest

Stoke City

8 played

6.61

xT for

5
Blackburn Rovers crest

Blackburn Rovers

8 played

6.54

xT for

Player Leaders

1

C. Larin

Southampton crestSouthampton | Forward

14.16

xT
2

W. Lankshear

Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough | Forward

13.77

xT
3

M. Touré

Norwich City crestNorwich City | Forward

10.13

xT
4

K. Mavropanos

West Ham crestWest Ham | Defender

9.25

xT
5

Amin Nabizada

Watford crestWatford | Forward

9.25

xT
6

F. Draper

Lincoln City crestLincoln City | Forward

8.82

xT
7

T. Gale

Bolton Wanderers crestBolton Wanderers | Midfielder

8.13

xT
8

O. Afolayan

Blackburn Rovers crestBlackburn Rovers | Midfielder

8.02

xT
9

M. Kanté

West Ham crestWest Ham | Midfielder

7.98

xT
10

V. Castellanos

West Ham crestWest Ham | Forward

7.76

xT
11

R. Jiménez

Wolves crestWolves | Forward

7.73

xT
12

J. Morgan

West Brom crestWest Brom | Forward

7.32

xT
13

E. Galbraith

Stoke City crestStoke City | Midfielder

7.28

xT
14

L. Dykes

Millwall crestMillwall | Forward

7.27

xT
15

M. Munetsi

Wolves crestWolves | Midfielder

7.24

xT
16

J. Bowen

West Ham crestWest Ham | Midfielder

7.22

xT
17

K. Moore

Wrexham crestWrexham | Forward

7.16

xT
18

Carlos Vicente

Birmingham City crestBirmingham City | Forward

7.16

xT
19

J. Moylan

Cardiff City crestCardiff City | Midfielder

6.87

xT
20

S. Gallagher

Stoke City crestStoke City | Forward

6.84

xT

League Pain Table

League Pain Table
#
1West Ham crestWest Ham64.1040.9913.147.474.403.401.13
2Norwich City crestNorwich City56.7553.5513.797.402.634.080.43
3Southampton crestSouthampton56.3053.7513.766.934.724.590.86
4Stoke City crestStoke City52.9250.6212.946.053.724.770.91
5Blackburn Rovers crestBlackburn Rovers52.3549.2812.705.612.804.640.71
6Birmingham City crestBirmingham City48.8343.7311.576.163.723.250.30
7Millwall crestMillwall48.7060.8913.707.384.044.441.45
8Burnley crestBurnley48.6153.7712.806.013.634.360.64
9Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough47.7846.1311.746.333.032.570.00
10Lincoln City crestLincoln City47.1437.9410.644.102.833.730.57
11Swansea City crestSwansea City46.9936.5410.444.132.373.310.39
12Cardiff City crestCardiff City46.2948.9911.915.323.464.360.20
13Bristol City crestBristol City45.7651.0312.105.653.623.610.72
14Watford crestWatford45.7242.2410.993.802.354.480.00
15QPR crestQPR45.4536.3410.224.301.983.330.18
16Bolton Wanderers crestBolton Wanderers44.6251.1211.976.673.533.130.68
17Wolves crestWolves44.1844.4312.666.513.163.390.76
18Derby County crestDerby County43.7649.2411.635.503.993.860.16
19West Brom crestWest Brom43.4339.9110.424.982.943.250.39
20Preston North End crestPreston North End43.2048.6011.485.423.133.420.18
21Sheffield Utd crestSheffield Utd42.3746.2811.085.492.773.350.20
22Wrexham crestWrexham36.7348.5210.664.662.882.990.00
23Charlton Athletic crestCharlton Athletic35.7147.7010.434.353.443.740.54
24Portsmouth crestPortsmouth32.8138.9110.254.732.322.830.46

All statistics use finished matches in this competition edition with available xT data.