Championship 2026/27, matchday 4: every number from the 12 matches

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GoalSoon · built 05 September 2026, 10:48 UTC · every figure is our own count from our own database

28 goals in 12 matches — 2.33 a game, against 2.61 across all 545 matches of 2025/26. 5 home wins, 4 draws, 3 away wins. Results, goals by minute, cards, shots, possession, xG and player ratings — all of it on one page.

Results

Match	HT	xG	Shots	On target	Home poss.
West Ham 4–2 Wolves	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Swansea 2–0 Watford	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Sheffield Utd 1–0 Bolton	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Preston 1–3 Bristol City	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Portsmouth 0–2 Derby	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Lincoln 0–0 Blackburn	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Stoke 1–0 Norwich	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
Birmingham 1–1 Southampton	—–—	—–—	—–—	—–—	—
West Brom 1–1 Charlton	—–—	0.57–0.39	15–4	3–1	71%
QPR 2–1 Cardiff	—–—	2.09–0.60	20–9	4–3	37%
Millwall 0–3 Wrexham	—–—	0.23–0.88	4–9	0–3	39%
Burnley 1–1 Middlesbrough	—–—	0.64–1.22	11–10	3–2	43%

The heaviest match was West Ham 4–2 Wolves with 6 goals. 6 of 12 matches had both clubs scoring, 4 went over 2.5 goals, and 7 clubs failed to score. 0 goals came before half-time and 28 after it; 0 arrived inside the first 15 minutes and 0 after the 75th. The earliest goal of the round came in minute None, the latest in minute None. 0 of the 0 goals were penalties and 0 were own goals; the round produced 0 yellow cards and 0 red. The minute-by-minute feed carries 0 of the 28 goals, so every count in this paragraph is a floor, not a total; the scores and half-time scores above are complete.

Every match, in detail

West Ham 4–2 Wolves 2026-09-01 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

London Stadium

Goals

none

West Ham · Wolves

no match statistics

source: events only

Swansea 2–0 Watford 2026-09-01 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

Swansea.com Stadium

Goals

none

Swansea · Watford

no match statistics

source: events only

Sheffield Utd 1–0 Bolton 2026-09-01 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

The Shay

Goals

none

Sheffield Utd · Bolton

no match statistics

source: events only

Preston 1–3 Bristol City 2026-09-01 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

Deepdale

Goals

none

Preston · Bristol City

no match statistics

source: events only

Portsmouth 0–2 Derby 2026-09-01 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

Fratton Park

Goals

none

Portsmouth · Derby

no match statistics

source: events only

Lincoln 0–0 Blackburn 2026-09-01 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

LNER stadium

Goals

none

Lincoln · Blackburn

no match statistics

source: events only

Stoke 1–0 Norwich 2026-09-01 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Bet365 Stadium

Goals

none

Stoke · Norwich

no match statistics

source: events only

Birmingham 1–1 Southampton 2026-09-01 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Goals

none

Birmingham · Southampton

no match statistics

source: events only

West Brom 1–1 Charlton 2026-09-02 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

The Hawthorns

Goals

none

Best rated

8.2 Callum Styles West Brom · 1 goal, 2 shots, 6/9 duels
7.6 Ousmane Diakité West Brom · 10/11 duels
7.5 Tyreece Campbell Charlton · 1 goal, 1 shots, 2/4 duels

West Brom · Charlton

0.57	xG	0.39
0.25	xG first half	0.08
15	Shots	4
3	On target	1
8	Shots in the box	4
7	Blocked	3
8	Corners	3
71%	Possession	29%
721	Passes	282
640	Passes completed	212
0	Saves	2
4	Fouls	16
2	Offsides	2
1	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

QPR 2–1 Cardiff 2026-09-02 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

Loftus Road

Goals

none

Best rated

8.9 Rumarn Burrell QPR · 2 goals, 4 shots, 6/16 duels
7.9 Perry Ng Cardiff · 1 goal, 3 shots, 5/8 duels
7.9 Gabriel Osho Cardiff · 8/10 duels

QPR · Cardiff

2.09	xG	0.60
0.78	xG first half	0.31
20	Shots	9
4	On target	3
17	Shots in the box	5
7	Blocked	2
3	Corners	4
37%	Possession	63%
342	Passes	583
270	Passes completed	515
2	Saves	2
10	Fouls	12
2	Offsides	0
0	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Millwall 0–3 Wrexham 2026-09-02 18:45 UTC · half-time None–None

The Den

Goals

none

Best rated

8.3 Jacques Ekomié Wrexham · 1 goal, 1 shots, 8/10 duels
7.6 Kieffer Moore Wrexham · 1 goal, 1 shots, 7/14 duels
7.3 Max Cleworth Wrexham · 2 shots, 8/19 duels

Millwall · Wrexham

0.23	xG	0.88
0.23	xG first half	0.11
4	Shots	9
0	On target	3
1	Shots in the box	8
1	Blocked	3
1	Corners	2
39%	Possession	61%
350	Passes	566
263	Passes completed	473
1	Saves	0
11	Fouls	14
0	Offsides	1
2	Yellow cards	1

source: full match archive

Burnley 1–1 Middlesbrough 2026-09-02 19:00 UTC · half-time None–None

Turf Moor

Goals

none

Best rated

8.5 Aidan Morris Middlesbrough · 1 goal, 2 shots, 7/9 duels
7.6 Radek Vitek Middlesbrough · 2 saves, 2/2 duels
7.6 Ugo Raghouber Burnley · 1 goal, 1 shots, 1/4 duels

Burnley · Middlesbrough

0.64	xG	1.22
0.30	xG first half	1.09
11	Shots	10
3	On target	2
6	Shots in the box	4
4	Blocked	3
5	Corners	1
43%	Possession	57%
390	Passes	541
301	Passes completed	466
1	Saves	2
11	Fouls	8
2	Offsides	6
2	Yellow cards	2

source: full match archive

Every club, one row each

Club		Opponent	Score	xG	Shots	OT	In box	Cor	Poss	Passes	Saves	Fouls	Yel
Wrexham	A	Millwall	3–0	0.88	9	3	8	2	61%	566	0	14	1
West Ham	H	Wolves	4–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Bristol City	A	Preston	3–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Derby	A	Portsmouth	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Swansea	H	Watford	2–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
QPR	H	Cardiff	2–1	2.09	20	4	17	3	37%	342	2	10	0
Sheffield Utd	H	Bolton	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Stoke	H	Norwich	1–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Birmingham	H	Southampton	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Burnley	H	Middlesbrough	1–1	0.64	11	3	6	5	43%	390	1	11	2
Charlton	A	West Brom	1–1	0.39	4	1	4	3	29%	282	2	16	1
Middlesbrough	A	Burnley	1–1	1.22	10	2	4	1	57%	541	2	8	2
Southampton	A	Birmingham	1–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
West Brom	H	Charlton	1–1	0.57	15	3	8	8	71%	721	0	4	1
Blackburn	A	Lincoln	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Lincoln	H	Blackburn	0–0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Cardiff	A	QPR	1–2	0.60	9	3	5	4	63%	583	2	12	2
Bolton	A	Sheffield Utd	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Norwich	A	Stoke	0–1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Wolves	A	West Ham	2–4	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Preston	H	Bristol City	1–3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Portsmouth	H	Derby	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Watford	A	Swansea	0–2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0
Millwall	H	Wrexham	0–3	0.23	4	0	1	1	39%	350	1	11	2

West Brom had the most of the ball (71 per cent); QPR took the most shots (20).

Goals against xG

xG is the provider's shot-quality model, not ours; we publish it because it is the same measure across every match here. One matchday is far too small to call anyone lucky — this is a record of what happened, not a verdict.

Club	Opponent	Goals	xG	Goals − xG	Conceded	xG faced	Saved against xG
Wrexham	Millwall	3	0.88	+2.12	0	0.23	+0.23
Charlton	West Brom	1	0.39	+0.61	1	0.57	-0.43
West Brom	Charlton	1	0.57	+0.43	1	0.39	-0.61
Cardiff	QPR	1	0.60	+0.40	2	2.09	+0.09
Burnley	Middlesbrough	1	0.64	+0.36	1	1.22	+0.22
QPR	Cardiff	2	2.09	-0.09	1	0.60	-0.40
Middlesbrough	Burnley	1	1.22	-0.22	1	0.64	-0.36
Millwall	Wrexham	0	0.23	-0.23	3	0.88	-2.12

Wrexham scored 2.12 goals more than the model expected of their chances; Millwall scored 0.23 fewer. The last column is the same subtraction at the other end: how many goals a club conceded against the xG of the shots it faced.

One column we removed. The feed also carries a field called “goals prevented”, which looks like a goalkeeping measure. In all 12 matches of this round it is identical for both clubs (West Brom–Charlton -0.38, QPR–Cardiff -0.45, Millwall–Wrexham +0.00, and so on), so it cannot be a per-club number and we do not publish it rather than guess at what it means.

Scorers and assists

4 of the 28 goals have an assist recorded against them. Assists come from the full match archive where it has arrived (3 matches) and from the live event feed otherwise, which records fewer of them — so this is a floor, not a count.

Player	Club	Goals	Assists
Rumarn Burrell	QPR	2	0
Aidan Morris	Middlesbrough	1	0
Callum Styles	West Brom	1	0
Perry Ng	Cardiff	1	0
Tyreece Campbell	Charlton	1	0
Ugo Raghouber	Burnley	1	0
Ollie Tanner	Cardiff	0	1
Ronnie Edwards	QPR	0	1
Sebastian Berhalter	Middlesbrough	0	1
Zeki Amdouni	Burnley	0	1

Player ratings, top 25

Ratings are the provider's, over the 4 matches whose player detail has arrived; 160 player appearances in total.

Player	Club	Rating	Min	G	A	Sh	Key p.	Duels	Tkl	Int	Saves
Rumarn Burrell	QPR	8.9	90	2	0	4	3	6/16	0	0	0
Aidan Morris	Middlesbrough	8.5	90	1	0	2	1	7/9	3	2	0
Jacques Ekomié	Wrexham	8.3	76	1	0	1	0	8/10	4	1	0
Callum Styles	West Brom	8.2	90	1	0	2	3	6/9	5	1	0
Perry Ng	Cardiff	7.9	90	1	0	3	1	5/8	3	5	0
Gabriel Osho	Cardiff	7.9	90	0	0	0	0	8/10	3	1	0
Ousmane Diakité	West Brom	7.6	90	0	0	0	0	10/11	2	1	0
Kieffer Moore	Wrexham	7.6	73	1	0	1	2	7/14	2	1	0
Radek Vitek	Middlesbrough	7.6	90	0	0	0	1	2/2	1	0	2
Ugo Raghouber	Burnley	7.6	90	1	0	1	0	1/4	0	1	0
Tyreece Campbell	Charlton	7.5	90	1	0	1	0	2/4	1	1	0
Arthur Okonkwo	Charlton	7.3	90	0	0	0	0	0/0	0	0	2
Isaac Price	West Brom	7.3	90	0	0	1	2	2/4	1	0	0
Rabby Nzingoula	West Brom	7.3	45	0	0	2	0	6/8	1	1	0
Tariq Lamptey	QPR	7.3	72	0	0	1	1	7/11	3	0	0
Alfie Lloyd	QPR	7.3	81	0	0	2	0	4/9	0	0	0
Max Cleworth	Wrexham	7.3	90	0	0	2	0	8/19	2	0	0
Jayson Molumby	West Brom	7.2	90	0	0	1	1	6/9	1	1	0
Conor Coventry	Charlton	7.2	89	0	0	0	0	2/5	2	1	0
George Campbell	West Brom	7.2	90	0	0	0	1	3/4	1	0	0
Ivan Mesík	Charlton	7.2	30	0	0	0	1	1/1	1	0	0
Nicolas Madsen	QPR	7.2	71	0	0	0	1	2/3	1	3	0
Joel Bagan	Cardiff	7.2	90	0	0	0	0	4/6	1	0	0
Daniel Imray	Wrexham	7.2	23	0	1	0	2	3/5	1	0	0
Callum Doyle	Wrexham	7.2	90	0	0	0	0	7/13	1	3	0

Matchday 4 against the whole of 2025/26

One round is 12 matches and last season was 545. Every difference below is well inside what 12 matches can produce by chance; it is here as a record, not as a trend.

Measure	Matchday 4	2025/26 average	Difference
Goals per match	2.33	2.61	-0.27
Goals in the first half, per match	0.00	1.21	-1.21
Shots per club	10.2	12.6	-2.4
Shots on target per club	2.4	4.1	-1.7
xG per club	0.83	1.28	-0.46
Corners per club	3.4	5.2	-1.8
Passes per club	472	401	+71
Fouls per club	10.8	10.7	+0.0
Yellow cards per club	1.38	1.89	-0.51
Saves per club	1.2	2.8	-1.5
Home wins (share)	0.42	0.41	+0.01
Draws (share)	0.33	0.26	+0.07

Where these numbers come from

Our own database, built from the same feed every match here uses. Team figures for 4 of 12 matches, goals and cards by minute for all 12, player-level detail for 4. Crowds and referees are as published for the 0 matches that carry them . Nothing on this page is a projection.

What is missing, stated plainly. the event feed is missing 28 of the 28 goals, so goal minutes, penalties and the scorer table are floors; 8 of the 12 matches (West Ham–Wolves, Swansea–Watford, Sheffield Utd–Bolton, Preston–Bristol City, Portsmouth–Derby, Lincoln–Blackburn, Stoke–Norwich, Birmingham–Southampton) have team figures but no player-level detail yet — the archive feed delivers those a day later, so player ratings below cover 4 matches, not 12; attendance is published for 0 of 12 matches, so there is no average to give.

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