League Two xG Table 2026/27

Grimsby Town have created the most this season, 28.3 xG from 14 matches. Cheltenham Town have scored 8.1 more than their chances were worth, the biggest gap in the league, while Bristol Rovers have scored 6.1 fewer than theirs.

#	Team	P	xG	xGA	xGD	xG/G	G	G-xG
1	Grimsby Town	14	28.3	17.4	+11.0	2.02	24	-4.3
2	Chesterfield	14	24.0	14.2	+9.8	1.71	24	+0.0
3	York City	14	23.6	16.7	+6.9	1.68	24	+0.4
4	Shrewsbury Town	14	20.6	14.6	+6.0	1.47	17	-3.6
5	Barnet	13	22.3	16.9	+5.5	1.72	28	+5.7
6	Bristol Rovers	14	23.1	18.1	+5.0	1.65	17	-6.1
7	Accrington Stanley	14	19.9	15.9	+4.0	1.42	23	+3.1
8	Port Vale	12	15.7	12.3	+3.4	1.31	10	-5.7
9	Salford City	14	17.2	14.7	+2.4	1.23	25	+7.8
10	Oldham Athletic	14	19.6	17.8	+1.7	1.40	15	-4.6
11	Exeter City	14	15.1	15.5	-0.4	1.08	11	-4.1
12	Walsall	13	20.2	20.8	-0.5	1.56	21	+0.8
13	Rotherham United	14	18.1	19.2	-1.1	1.29	18	-0.1
14	Newport County	14	15.4	16.8	-1.4	1.10	20	+4.6
15	Fleetwood Town	14	17.3	19.6	-2.3	1.24	18	+0.7
16	Crewe Alexandra	14	15.0	17.6	-2.7	1.07	17	+2.0
17	Gillingham	14	16.1	19.6	-3.5	1.15	20	+3.9
18	Tranmere Rovers	14	15.7	19.5	-3.8	1.12	19	+3.3
19	Colchester United	13	15.3	19.1	-3.8	1.18	12	-3.3
20	Crawley Town	12	16.2	20.6	-4.3	1.35	13	-3.2
21	Northampton Town	13	10.5	15.0	-4.5	0.81	9	-1.5
22	Swindon Town	14	17.6	22.6	-5.0	1.26	15	-2.6
23	Cheltenham Town	14	14.9	22.6	-7.6	1.07	23	+8.1
24	Rochdale	14	11.1	25.6	-14.6	0.79	17	+5.9
	League average	13.7	18.0	18.0	0.0	1.32	18.3	+0.3

#	Team	P	xG	xGA	xGD	xG/G	G	G-xG
1	Grimsby Town	7	17.0	6.2	+10.8	2.43	13	-4.0
2	Bristol Rovers	7	16.4	7.1	+9.3	2.34	11	-5.4
3	Chesterfield	7	13.8	5.8	+8.0	1.97	16	+2.2
4	Port Vale	6	11.4	3.8	+7.6	1.90	8	-3.4
5	York City	7	13.1	6.4	+6.8	1.88	16	+2.9
6	Accrington Stanley	7	11.4	6.1	+5.3	1.63	13	+1.6
7	Exeter City	7	10.2	4.9	+5.3	1.46	8	-2.2
8	Barnet	7	13.5	8.7	+4.8	1.93	15	+1.5
9	Colchester United	6	9.0	5.5	+3.4	1.49	6	-3.0
10	Salford City	7	9.0	5.6	+3.4	1.29	9	-0.0
11	Swindon Town	7	11.3	8.0	+3.3	1.62	12	+0.7
12	Fleetwood Town	7	9.3	6.0	+3.3	1.33	10	+0.7
13	Newport County	7	9.3	6.3	+3.0	1.32	14	+4.7
14	Shrewsbury Town	7	9.4	6.8	+2.6	1.35	8	-1.4
15	Walsall	6	9.9	7.9	+2.0	1.66	10	+0.1
16	Oldham Athletic	7	9.0	7.7	+1.3	1.28	11	+2.0
17	Tranmere Rovers	7	9.8	9.8	+0.0	1.40	12	+2.2
18	Rotherham United	7	10.3	11.1	-0.8	1.47	13	+2.7
19	Northampton Town	7	5.8	7.0	-1.2	0.83	4	-1.8
20	Gillingham	7	8.0	9.5	-1.5	1.14	8	+0.0
21	Crewe Alexandra	7	8.1	9.8	-1.7	1.16	12	+3.9
22	Crawley Town	6	7.4	11.1	-3.7	1.23	6	-1.4
23	Cheltenham Town	7	7.5	12.1	-4.6	1.06	14	+6.5
24	Rochdale	7	6.8	12.9	-6.1	0.97	10	+3.2
	League average	6.8	10.3	7.8	0.0	1.50	10.8	+0.5

#	Team	P	xG	xGA	xGD	xG/G	G	G-xG
1	Shrewsbury Town	7	11.2	7.8	+3.4	1.60	9	-2.2
2	Chesterfield	7	10.2	8.4	+1.8	1.45	8	-2.2
3	Barnet	6	8.9	8.2	+0.7	1.48	13	+4.1
4	Oldham Athletic	7	10.6	10.2	+0.5	1.52	4	-6.6
5	Grimsby Town	7	11.3	11.2	+0.1	1.62	11	-0.3
6	York City	7	10.4	10.3	+0.1	1.49	8	-2.4
7	Rotherham United	7	7.8	8.1	-0.3	1.11	5	-2.8
8	Crawley Town	6	8.9	9.5	-0.6	1.48	7	-1.9
9	Crewe Alexandra	7	6.8	7.8	-1.0	0.98	5	-1.8
10	Salford City	7	8.1	9.1	-1.0	1.16	16	+7.9
11	Accrington Stanley	7	8.5	9.8	-1.4	1.21	10	+1.5
12	Gillingham	7	8.2	10.2	-2.0	1.16	12	+3.8
13	Walsall	7	10.3	12.9	-2.6	1.47	11	+0.7
14	Cheltenham Town	7	7.5	10.5	-3.0	1.07	9	+1.5
15	Northampton Town	6	4.7	8.0	-3.3	0.79	5	+0.3
16	Tranmere Rovers	7	5.9	9.7	-3.8	0.84	7	+1.1
17	Port Vale	6	4.3	8.5	-4.2	0.71	2	-2.3
18	Bristol Rovers	7	6.7	11.0	-4.3	0.95	6	-0.7
19	Newport County	7	6.1	10.5	-4.4	0.87	6	-0.1
20	Fleetwood Town	7	8.0	13.6	-5.6	1.15	8	-0.0
21	Exeter City	7	4.9	10.6	-5.7	0.71	3	-1.9
22	Colchester United	7	6.3	13.6	-7.3	0.91	6	-0.3
23	Swindon Town	7	6.3	14.6	-8.3	0.90	3	-3.3
24	Rochdale	7	4.2	12.8	-8.5	0.61	7	+2.8
	League average	6.8	7.8	10.3	0.0	1.14	7.5	-0.2

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League Two matches this season only, 14 rounds so far. Sorted by xG difference. xG figures come from Understat.

What the xG table tells you

Expected goals, or xG, rates every shot by how often similar chances are scored. A tap in from a few yards might be worth well over half a goal, while a hopeful effort from long range is worth a few hundredths. Add up a side's chances and you get the number of goals they could have expected to score.

xGA is the same count for the shots a side allows, and xGD is the gap between the two. A positive xGD means a club creates more than it gives away, which shows the balance of play even when results have not caught up yet. The per game figure lets clubs with different numbers of matches be compared fairly.

G-xG compares actual goals with xG. A high figure means a team has scored more than its chances were worth, which is hard to keep up for a whole season. A low figure points to wasted chances, poor finishing or a goalkeeper in good form at the other end.

A single big chance can move these numbers a long way, so read early season tables as a snapshot of what has happened rather than a settled verdict. The home and away tabs show whether a side's chance creation travels.

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