Getting Away With It

Are Derby County getting away with it?

Points won against the points their chances (xG) usually earn.

Well below average Probably real

−6.0 pts

League avg
−0.3
Gap
−5.7
Rank
23rd/24
matches
11
Derby County
Points won 6
Points their chances usually earn 12.0
Goals scored 9
Expected goals (xG) 10.6
Finishing: goals − xG −1.6
Goals conceded 20
Expected goals against 18.2
Keeping: conceded − xG against (minus is good) +1.8

Getting Away With It table

League avg −0.3 pts

#Club PtsxPtsG−xGGA−xGA+/− Verdict
1 Stoke City 19 10.7 +8.1 −2.5 +8.3 Well above average
2 West Bromwich Albion 20 14.0 +0.3 −3.9 +6.0 Well above average
3 Swansea City 23 17.9 −1.7 −4.3 +5.1 Well above average
4 Blackburn Rovers 15 10.3 +6.2 −3.4 +4.7 Well above average
5 Sheffield United 15 12.4 +2.9 −2.4 +2.6 Above average
6 Southampton 21 18.5 +1.3 −4.1 +2.5 Above average
7 Charlton Athletic 14 11.9 −1.2 −1.9 +2.1 Above average
8 West Ham United 22 20.7 +6.1 −0.9 +1.3 Above average
9 Birmingham City 20 18.8 +0.6 −2.6 +1.2 Average
10 Bolton Wanderers 14 13.1 −0.4 −0.7 +0.9 Average
11 Watford 11 10.2 −2.3 −1.7 +0.8 Average
12 Middlesbrough 22 21.6 +0.2 +4.7 +0.4 Average
13 Queens Park Rangers 17 17.7 −1.9 −1.1 −0.7 Average
14 Wrexham 14 15.1 +2.7 +2.9 −1.1 Average
15 Portsmouth 15 16.7 −1.0 +1.2 −1.7 Average
16 Bristol City 14 15.9 −2.8 0.0 −1.9 Average
17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 18 20.2 0.0 +5.0 −2.2 Below average
18 Millwall 15 17.9 −2.4 +2.8 −2.9 Below average
19 Lincoln City 12 15.1 −4.7 +4.0 −3.1 Below average
20 Burnley 8 12.0 +3.0 +3.5 −4.0 Below average
21 Cardiff City 11 15.8 −2.2 −2.0 −4.8 Well below average
22 Norwich City 9 14.0 +1.5 +3.8 −5.0 Well below average
23 Derby County 6 12.0 −1.6 +1.8 −6.0 Well below average
24 Preston North End 4 13.2 −4.1 +8.3 −9.2 Well below average

Game by game

Running total of points won, against the points their chances usually earn. Right now: −6.0 pts.

Game 1: at Charlton Athletic 1-2. 0 pts, 1.4 expected Game 2: v Cardiff City 2-2. 1 pts, 2.5 expected Game 3: v Swansea City 0-3. 1 pts, 2.8 expected Game 4: at Portsmouth 2-0. 4 pts, 3.9 expected Game 5: at West Ham United 0-3. 4 pts, 3.9 expected Game 6: v West Bromwich Albion 0-1. 4 pts, 6.0 expected Game 7: v Birmingham City 1-2. 4 pts, 6.4 expected Game 8: at Burnley 1-1. 5 pts, 8.7 expected Game 9: v Wrexham 1-1. 6 pts, 9.4 expected Game 10: at Queens Park Rangers 1-4. 6 pts, 10.3 expected Game 11: v Stoke City 0-1. 6 pts, 12.0 expected Points 6 Deserved 12.0 Game 1 Game 11
How it works

Every match's expected goals (xG) for and against are turned into the chance of a win, draw or loss, assuming goals arrive at random at the rate xG suggests. Adding those up gives the points a side's chances would usually earn. This is the gap between that and the points actually won: above average means more points than their chances deserved. Most of the gap comes from finishing (goals scored against xG) and keeping (goals conceded against the xG of chances faced), both shown alongside. The rest is timing, such as winning 1-0 rather than 4-3. Current season only (xG is only available from 2026-27), league games only.

/ = roughly the top or bottom 15% of the league, / the next 20%, the middle. “Could be chance” means the gap is small enough to be luck. League games only.