England · Season 2025-26. Table, fixtures and results on TalkFuse.
| # | Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middlesbrough | 57 | 26 | 19 | 12 | 88 | 60 | 97 |
| 2 | Southampton | 56 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 101 | 66 | 96 |
| 3 | Coventry City | 46 | 28 | 11 | 7 | 97 | 45 | 95 |
| 4 | Millwall | 56 | 27 | 14 | 15 | 79 | 66 | 95 |
| 5 | Ipswich Town | 46 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 80 | 47 | 84 |
| 6 | Swansea City | 54 | 23 | 12 | 19 | 70 | 65 | 81 |
| 7 | Wrexham | 54 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 78 | 77 | 81 |
| 8 | Hull City | 49 | 23 | 11 | 15 | 73 | 66 | 80 |
| 9 | Birmingham City | 54 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 69 | 67 | 75 |
| 10 | Bristol City | 54 | 21 | 12 | 21 | 70 | 71 | 75 |
| 11 | Norwich City | 54 | 22 | 8 | 24 | 79 | 73 | 74 |
| 12 | Derby County | 54 | 21 | 11 | 22 | 74 | 73 | 74 |
| 13 | Queens Park Rangers | 54 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 71 | 80 | 71 |
| 14 | Sheffield United | 54 | 20 | 9 | 25 | 75 | 77 | 69 |
| 15 | Stoke City | 54 | 19 | 11 | 24 | 64 | 68 | 68 |
| 16 | West Bromwich Albion | 54 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 58 | 66 | 67 |
| 17 | Watford | 54 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 60 | 75 | 65 |
| 18 | Charlton Athletic | 54 | 16 | 17 | 21 | 51 | 68 | 65 |
| 19 | Preston North End | 54 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 63 | 77 | 64 |
| 20 | Portsmouth | 53 | 16 | 15 | 22 | 58 | 74 | 63 |
| 21 | Blackburn Rovers | 54 | 15 | 16 | 23 | 54 | 68 | 61 |
| 22 | Leicester City | 46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 58 | 68 | 52 |
| 23 | Oxford United | 46 | 11 | 14 | 21 | 45 | 59 | 47 |
| 24 | Sheffield Wednesday | 46 | 2 | 12 | 32 | 29 | 89 | 18 |
| 25 | West Ham United | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 15 |
| 26 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 14 |
| 27 | Lincoln City | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 11 |
| 28 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 10 |
| 29 | Cardiff City | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 |
| 30 | Burnley | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 |
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