Championship 2017/18

Wolves won the 2017/18 Championship with 99 points, 9 points ahead of Cardiff. Wolves, Cardiff and Fulham were promoted. Barnsley, Burton and Sunderland were relegated. 2.55 goals per game over 552 matches; home sides won 43% and 27% were drawn.

Final table

		P		D	L					Outcome
1	Wolves · Champions	46	30	9	7	82	39	+43	99	Champions
2	Cardiff · Promoted	46	27	9	10	69	39	+30	90	Promoted
3	Fulham · Promoted	46	25	13	8	79	46	+33	88	Promoted
4	Aston Villa	46	24	11	11	72	42	+30	83
5	Middlesbrough	46	22	10	14	67	45	+22	76
6	Derby	46	20	15	11	70	48	+22	75
7	Preston	46	19	16	11	57	46	+11	73
8	Millwall	46	19	15	12	56	45	+11	72
9	Brentford	46	18	15	13	62	52	+10	69
10	Sheffield United	46	20	9	17	62	55	+7	69
11	Bristol City	46	17	16	13	67	58	+9	67
12	Ipswich	46	17	9	20	57	60	-3	60
13	Leeds	46	17	9	20	59	64	-5	60
14	Norwich	46	15	15	16	49	60	-11	60
15	Sheffield Wednesday	46	14	15	17	59	60	-1	57
16	QPR	46	15	11	20	58	70	-12	56
17	Nottingham Forest	46	15	8	23	51	65	-14	53
18	Hull	46	11	16	19	70	70	0	49
19	Birmingham	46	13	7	26	38	68	-30	46
20	Reading	46	10	14	22	48	70	-22	44
21	Bolton	46	10	13	23	39	74	-35	43
22	Barnsley · Relegated	46	9	14	23	48	72	-24	41	Relegated
23	Burton · Relegated	46	10	11	25	38	81	-43	41	Relegated
24	Sunderland · Relegated	46	7	16	23	52	80	-28	37	Relegated

Watch the season unfold Where teams in each position finished

Where this season ranks

2.55 goals per game: 13th lowest of 34 complete Championship seasons on file.
Champions’ 99 points: 8th highest of 34 seasons with 24 clubs.

Season in numbers

Measure	2017/18	League average
Goals per game	2.55	2.57
Home wins	43%	45%
Draws	27%	27%
Away wins	30%	28%
Goalless draws	9%	8%
Home advantageHome minus away points per game	0.39 pts/game	0.49 pts/game
Champions’ points	99	94
Most points relegated	41	46
Fewest points safe	43	49

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