Championship: Table & Standings
Bravsen Intelligence automatically monitors English Championship matches and publishes investigations for every statistical anomaly. An investigation opens when a match's Crime Index exceeds 60% — indicating a significant divergence between team xG figures and the actual score. First investigations for Championship will appear after upcoming matches.
The English Championship is Europe's longest and arguably least predictable league: 46 rounds, a brutal calendar and a table where anyone beats anyone. For a statistical model it is a stress test — and a perfect hunting ground for anomalies.
Championship Stats: Match Reviews And xG
Every second-tier English game gets a complete Bravsen Intelligence review: shots, possession, set pieces, cards — and an xG valuation of what each side created. The marathon schedule makes the Championship the league of tired matches, where conversion swings wildly both ways; such results are flagged by the anomaly index and dissected separately.
Championship Results: The Race For The EPL In Numbers
Every round here reshuffles the promotion race and the survival scrap — and every strange score can cost a club its season. We show which wins were earned by football and which were gifted by the opponent: goal minutes, conversion, head-to-head series and table context in the reviews above.
Championship History And Format
England's second tier has existed in its current form since 2004. The format is a marathon: 24 clubs, 46 rounds, plus play-offs for the final promotion spot. The top two go up to the Premier League automatically, and the play-off final at Wembley is called the richest game in football — victory is worth hundreds of millions in television revenue.
How many teams go up from the Championship?
Three per season: two automatically, one through the play-offs contested by 3rd to 6th place.
Why is the Championship so unpredictable?
46 rounds and calendar congestion erase class differences: fatigue destabilises finishing, and the anomaly index fires here more often than in slower-paced leagues.