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 Birmingham City  11 29.5% 58.2% 12.3% Blackburn  11 33.7% 46.4% 19.9% Bolton  12 14.4% 63.1% 22.4% Bristol City  11 19.2% 48.5% 32.3% Burnley  11 26.7% 39.3% 34% Cardiff City  11 22.1% 44.1% 33.7% Charlton  11 14.7% 56.6% 28.7% Derby County  11 19.5% 33.1% 47.4% Lincoln City  11 21.1% 52.9% 26% Middlesbrough  12 34.6% 46.3% 19.1% Millwall  11 31.1% 44.9% 23.9% Norwich City  11 26.4% 36.3% 37.4% Portsmouth  11 23.5% 46.7% 29.8% Preston  11 23.6% 36.7% 39.7% QP Rangers  11 24.9% 50.6% 24.4% Sheffield Utd  11 23.8% 64.7% 11.4% Southampton  11 36.7% 52.8% 10.5% Stoke City  11 36.1% 48.6% 15.4% Swansea City  11 34.3% 47.7% 18% Watford  11 14.1% 39.4% 46.5% West Brom  11 20.6% 57.5% 21.9% West Ham Utd  11 40.6% 38.1% 21.3% Wolverhampton  11 26.8% 52.2% 21% Wrexham  11 23.5% 51% 25.5% League average 25.9% 48.2% 25.9% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Birmingham City  6 27.4% 61.9% 10.7% Blackburn  5 34.7% 43.3% 22% Bolton  6 14.8% 54.8% 30.4% Bristol City  6 21.9% 36.9% 41.3% Burnley  6 27.4% 48.7% 23.9% Cardiff City  5 36.2% 28.4% 35.3% Charlton  5 14% 77.6% 8.4% Derby County  6 15% 39.3% 45.7% Lincoln City  5 1.8% 51.6% 46.7% Middlesbrough  6 25% 48.7% 26.3% Millwall  6 34.8% 38.7% 26.5% Norwich City  6 32.6% 44.8% 22.6% Portsmouth  5 24.7% 43.8% 31.6% Preston  5 18% 46.4% 35.6% QP Rangers  5 28% 36.7% 35.3% Sheffield Utd  5 10.4% 75.1% 14.4% Southampton  6 50.7% 47.4% 1.9% Stoke City  5 37.3% 48.2% 14.4% Swansea City  6 35% 50.7% 14.3% Watford  6 24.4% 41.1% 34.4% West Brom  6 20.2% 56.1% 23.7% West Ham Utd  5 45.1% 24.9% 30% Wolverhampton  5 31.3% 46.7% 22% Wrexham  6 15.6% 63.9% 20.6% League average 26.1% 48.2% 25.7% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Birmingham City  5 32% 53.8% 14.2% Blackburn  6 33% 48.9% 18.1% Bolton  6 14.1% 71.5% 14.4% Bristol City  5 16% 62.4% 21.6% Burnley  5 25.8% 28% 46.2% Cardiff City  6 10.4% 57.2% 32.4% Charlton  6 15.4% 39.1% 45.6% Derby County  5 24.9% 25.8% 49.3% Lincoln City  6 37.2% 54.1% 8.7% Middlesbrough  6 44.3% 43.9% 11.9% Millwall  5 26.7% 52.4% 20.9% Norwich City  5 18.9% 26% 55.1% Portsmouth  6 22.6% 49.1% 28.3% Preston  6 28.3% 28.5% 43.1% QP Rangers  6 22.4% 62.2% 15.4% Sheffield Utd  6 35% 56.1% 8.9% Southampton  5 19.8% 59.3% 20.9% Stoke City  6 35% 48.9% 16.1% Swansea City  5 33.6% 44% 22.4% Watford  5 1.8% 37.3% 60.9% West Brom  5 21.1% 59.1% 19.8% West Ham Utd  6 36.9% 49.1% 14.1% Wolverhampton  6 23% 56.9% 20.2% Wrexham  5 33.1% 35.6% 31.3% League average 25.7% 48.2% 26.1%

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