Championship time spent leading or trailing during matches - historical 2026

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  46 27.5% 41.9% 30.6% Blackburn  46 21% 54.7% 24.3% Bristol City  46 30.4% 40.6% 29% Charlton  46 15.7% 56.2% 28.1% Coventry City  46 38.2% 49.6% 12.2% Derby County  46 30.5% 46% 23.5% Hull City  46 31.3% 50.2% 18.5% Ipswich Town  46 32.9% 50.4% 16.8% Leicester City  46 26.1% 43.2% 30.6% Middlesbrough  46 32.9% 46.8% 20.2% Millwall  46 28.1% 54.6% 17.2% Norwich City  46 28% 47.5% 24.5% Oxford Utd  46 20.9% 47.1% 31.9% Portsmouth  46 18.4% 51% 30.6% Preston  46 28.2% 44.9% 26.9% QP Rangers  46 19.9% 46.3% 33.8% Sheffield Utd  46 27% 44.1% 28.9% Sheffield Wed  46 12.7% 41.2% 46.1% Southampton  46 35.2% 47.2% 17.6% Stoke City  46 23.7% 49.6% 26.6% Swansea City  46 24.9% 47.9% 27.2% Watford  46 17.7% 48.8% 33.6% West Brom  46 24.9% 50.4% 24.7% Wrexham  46 30.9% 46% 23.1% League average 26.1% 47.8% 26.1% Home Lead durations (at home) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Birmingham City  23 44.1% 45.7% 10.1% Blackburn  23 14.2% 61.4% 24.4% Bristol City  23 32.7% 38.3% 29% Charlton  23 17.8% 51.4% 30.8% Coventry City  23 38.6% 48.5% 12.9% Derby County  23 29% 46.3% 24.7% Hull City  23 30.4% 49.8% 19.8% Ipswich Town  23 44.6% 47.9% 7.5% Leicester City  23 33.6% 41.3% 25.1% Middlesbrough  23 34.2% 49.9% 15.9% Millwall  23 35% 49.5% 15.5% Norwich City  23 23.9% 52.6% 23.5% Oxford Utd  23 23% 47.2% 29.8% Portsmouth  23 22.6% 50.7% 26.7% Preston  23 26.6% 46.4% 27% QP Rangers  23 29.6% 44.6% 25.8% Sheffield Utd  23 28% 42.6% 29.5% Sheffield Wed  23 15.9% 45.2% 38.9% Southampton  23 37.6% 47.6% 14.8% Stoke City  23 31.3% 47.9% 20.9% Swansea City  23 28.4% 48.5% 23.2% Watford  23 25.3% 47.9% 26.8% West Brom  23 31.5% 51.9% 16.5% Wrexham  23 30.3% 43.4% 26.3% League average 29.5% 47.8% 22.7% Away Lead durations (away) in percentage based on 90 minutes per game GP Leading Level Trailing Leading Level Trailing Birmingham City  23 10.9% 38.1% 51.1% Blackburn  23 27.8% 48.1% 24.2% Bristol City  23 28.2% 42.8% 29% Charlton  23 13.5% 61% 25.5% Coventry City  23 37.9% 50.7% 11.4% Derby County  23 32% 45.7% 22.3% Hull City  23 32.1% 50.6% 17.2% Ipswich Town  23 21.1% 52.9% 26% Leicester City  23 18.6% 45.2% 36.1% Middlesbrough  23 31.7% 43.7% 24.5% Millwall  23 21.3% 59.8% 19% Norwich City  23 32% 42.4% 25.6% Oxford Utd  23 18.8% 47.1% 34.1% Portsmouth  23 14.1% 51.4% 34.5% Preston  23 29.8% 43.4% 26.8% QP Rangers  23 10.2% 48% 41.8% Sheffield Utd  23 26.1% 45.6% 28.4% Sheffield Wed  23 9.4% 37.2% 53.4% Southampton  23 32.8% 46.9% 20.3% Stoke City  23 16.2% 51.4% 32.4% Swansea City  23 21.5% 47.2% 31.3% Watford  23 10% 49.6% 40.4% West Brom  23 18.3% 48.9% 32.9% Wrexham  23 31.5% 48.6% 19.9% League average 22.7% 47.8% 29.5%

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