Championship 2011/12

Reading won the 2011/12 Championship with 89 points, 1 point ahead of Southampton. Reading, Southampton and West Ham were promoted. Portsmouth, Coventry and Doncaster were relegated. 2.57 goals per game over 552 matches; home sides won 43% and 27% were drawn.

Final table

		P		D	L					Outcome
1	Reading · Champions	46	27	8	11	69	41	+28	89	Champions
2	Southampton · Promoted	46	26	10	10	85	46	+39	88	Promoted
3	West Ham · Promoted	46	24	14	8	81	48	+33	86	Promoted
4	Birmingham	46	20	16	10	78	51	+27	76
5	Blackpool	46	20	15	11	79	59	+20	75
6	Cardiff	46	19	18	9	66	53	+13	75
7	Middlesbrough	46	18	16	12	52	51	+1	70
8	Hull	46	19	11	16	47	44	+3	68
9	Leicester	46	18	12	16	66	55	+11	66
10	Brighton	46	17	15	14	52	52	0	66
11	Watford	46	16	16	14	56	64	-8	64
12	Derby	46	18	10	18	50	58	-8	64
13	Burnley	46	17	11	18	61	58	+3	62
14	Leeds	46	17	10	19	65	68	-3	61
15	Ipswich	46	17	10	19	69	77	-8	61
16	Millwall	46	15	12	19	55	57	-2	57
17	Crystal Palace	46	13	17	16	46	51	-5	56
18	Peterborough	46	13	11	22	67	77	-10	50
19	Nottingham Forest	46	14	8	24	48	63	-15	50
20	Bristol City	46	12	13	21	44	68	-24	49
21	Barnsley	46	13	9	24	49	74	-25	48
22	Portsmouth · Relegated	46	13	11	22	50	59	-9	40	Relegated
23	Coventry · Relegated	46	9	13	24	41	65	-24	40	Relegated
24	Doncaster · Relegated	46	8	12	26	43	80	-37	36	Relegated

Watch the season unfold Where teams in each position finished

Where this season ranks

2.57 goals per game: 16th lowest of 34 complete Championship seasons on file.
Champions’ 89 points: 7th lowest of 34 seasons with 24 clubs.

Season in numbers

Measure	2011/12	League average
Goals per game	2.57	2.57
Home wins	43%	45%
Draws	27%	27%
Away wins	30%	28%
Goalless draws	7%	8%
Home advantageHome minus away points per game	0.38 pts/game	0.49 pts/game
Champions’ points	89	94
Most points relegated	40	46
Fewest points safe	48	49

League average: every complete Championship season on file except this one; points thresholds only from seasons with 24 clubs.