Championship time spent leading or trailing during matches

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Average time spent leading, level in goals, trailing

Total Lead durations (overall) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Blackburn  45 23.9% 50.6% 25.6% Bristol City  45 24.8% 50.8% 24.4% Burnley  45 37.9% 54.8% 7.3% Cardiff City  45 17.4% 50.5% 32% Coventry City  45 28.4% 44.8% 26.8% Derby County  45 23.5% 50.7% 25.8% Hull City  45 16.6% 57.4% 26% Leeds Utd  45 45.7% 40.4% 13.9% Luton Town  45 20.2% 52.4% 27.5% Middlesbrough  45 27.5% 53.6% 18.9% Millwall  45 21.1% 52.8% 26.1% Norwich City  45 21.8% 45.7% 32.5% Oxford Utd  45 17.2% 53.9% 28.9% Plymouth  45 13.1% 48% 38.8% Portsmouth  45 23.5% 51.9% 24.6% Preston  45 23.1% 54% 22.9% QP Rangers  45 17.6% 51.3% 31.1% Sheffield Utd  45 41.6% 46.7% 11.7% Sheffield Wed  45 20% 52.5% 27.5% Stoke City  45 16.3% 57.7% 25.9% Sunderland  45 34.6% 49.8% 15.7% Swansea City  45 29.1% 46.8% 24.1% Watford  45 20.7% 43.6% 35.7% West Brom  45 25.3% 57.3% 17.4% League average 24.6% 50.8% 24.6% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Blackburn  23 29.1% 50% 20.9% Bristol City  22 32% 54.6% 13.3% Burnley  22 37.3% 60.3% 2.4% Cardiff City  23 21.7% 53.5% 24.7% Coventry City  22 30.6% 44.8% 24.6% Derby County  22 33.5% 45.4% 21.1% Hull City  23 16.2% 60% 23.7% Leeds Utd  23 62.7% 31.4% 5.9% Luton Town  23 20.8% 63.5% 15.7% Middlesbrough  23 29.8% 53% 17.2% Millwall  23 29.5% 50.7% 19.8% Norwich City  22 33.9% 43.7% 22.4% Oxford Utd  23 26% 47.2% 26.8% Plymouth  22 20.6% 48.9% 30.5% Portsmouth  22 32.5% 51.6% 15.9% Preston  23 25% 58.9% 16.1% QP Rangers  23 22.1% 50.6% 27.3% Sheffield Utd  22 50.1% 39.7% 10.2% Sheffield Wed  23 22.9% 55.9% 21.2% Stoke City  23 23.3% 61.2% 15.6% Sunderland  22 41.4% 42.6% 16% Swansea City  22 39.4% 44.3% 16.3% Watford  22 23.9% 49.7% 26.4% West Brom  22 30.4% 55.2% 14.4% League average 30.5% 50.8% 18.7% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Blackburn  22 18.3% 51.3% 30.4% Bristol City  23 17.9% 47.1% 35% Burnley  23 38.6% 49.6% 11.9% Cardiff City  22 12.9% 47.4% 39.7% Coventry City  23 26.3% 44.8% 28.9% Derby County  23 13.9% 55.8% 30.2% Hull City  22 17.1% 54.5% 28.4% Leeds Utd  22 27.9% 49.9% 22.2% Luton Town  22 19.5% 40.8% 39.7% Middlesbrough  22 25.1% 54.2% 20.7% Millwall  22 12.3% 55.1% 32.6% Norwich City  23 10.2% 47.6% 42.2% Oxford Utd  22 8.1% 60.9% 31.1% Plymouth  23 6% 47.2% 46.8% Portsmouth  23 14.9% 52.2% 32.9% Preston  22 21.2% 48.8% 30.1% QP Rangers  22 12.9% 52.1% 35% Sheffield Utd  23 33.5% 53.4% 13.1% Sheffield Wed  22 17% 48.9% 34.1% Stoke City  22 9.1% 54.1% 36.8% Sunderland  23 28.1% 56.6% 15.4% Swansea City  23 19.3% 49.2% 31.5% Watford  23 17.5% 37.8% 44.7% West Brom  23 20.5% 59.3% 20.2% League average 18.7% 50.8% 30.5%

Note: this table shows how long each team has spent leading, level in goals, or trailing during their matches. For this table, to allow for averaging duration values based on a total of 90 minutes per match, goals scored on the 45th minute and during added time of the first half are all considered to be scored on the 45th minute, and all goals scored on the 90th minute and during added time of the second half are considered scored on the 90th minute.

Example for a team (Team A) having played a total of 3 games:

Game 1: Team A vs Opponent B, final score 0-0 (minutes in the lead: 0, minutes played: 90)

Game 2: Team A vs Opponent C, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 88th minute (minutes in the lead: 2, minutes played: 90)

Game 3: Team A vs Opponent D, final score 1-0, goal scored on the 65th minute (minutes in the lead: 25, minutes played: 90)

The 3 games played by Team A would give the following values, regarding total minutes played and time spent in the lead:
  - Total minutes team A has been in the lead: 27
  - Total minutes played by team A: 270
  - Percentage of minutes that team A has been in the lead: 10%
  - Avg minutes per game that team A has spent leading (based on 90 min per game): 9 minutes

Some additional context information on the Lead Duration table and other related tables is provided in the Lead durations blog article.

See also:

Goal types