First half table
England Championship First Half Table
The England Championship table as it would stand if every match had ended at half-time: three points for leading at the interval, one for level. Counted from 156 matches played in 2026, using the half-time score alone.
Half-time standings
One season, not a pooled record: a table is a statement about one campaign, so these are the most recent 156 matches this competition has on record, with 24 clubs. Points, goals and goal difference all come from the half-time score, so a side that led 1-0 at the interval and lost 1-3 takes three points here.
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Southampton | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 27 |
| 2 | Stoke City | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 24 |
| 3 | Middlesbrough | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 24 |
| 4 | Millwall | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 21 |
| 5 | West Ham United | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 21 |
| 6 | Queens Park Rangers | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 19 |
| 7 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 19 |
| 8 | Birmingham City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 19 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 10 | Sheffield United | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 18 |
| 11 | Cardiff City | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 17 |
| 12 | Norwich City | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 13 | Burnley | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| 14 | Swansea City | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 16 |
| 15 | West Bromwich Albion | 13 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 16 | Bristol City | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Portsmouth | 13 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 9 | -2 | 15 |
| 18 | Wrexham | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 15 |
| 19 | Bolton Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 11 | -1 | 14 |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 21 | Derby County | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | -8 | 14 |
| 22 | Preston North End | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 13 |
| 23 | Charlton Athletic | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 12 | -8 | 10 |
| 24 | Watford | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 9 |
Counted from 156 matches · 2026.
What this table says
- Southampton tops it on 27 points from 13 matches, 8 of which they led at half-time.
- Southampton has scored the most first-half goals, 13 in 13 matches.
- Stoke City has conceded the fewest, 4.
- Watford sits bottom on 9.
How a first-half table differs from the real one
It is the same competition scored at the interval instead of at full time, so it says which sides start matches on the front foot and which spend the opening 45 minutes chasing. A club that routinely goes in level and wins late finishes well below its real position here; one that leads early and is pegged back finishes above it.
- Points are 3 for a half-time lead, 1 for level.The competition’s own rules are deliberately not applied: no deductions, no bonus points, no play-off split. This answers “what if the whistle went at 45”, and importing a deduction would make it half one thing and half another.
- It is not a prediction. Every figure is counted from matches already played. A side top of this table is a side that has led at half-time often, which is a fact about the past rather than an estimate of the next match.
- A match with no posted half-time score is counted by nobody. Treating one as 0-0 would hand out a draw that never happened and understate both clubs.
For how often this competition’s first halves produce goals rather than who leads them, see England Championship first half goals stats.
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