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The EFL Championship 2024/25 delivered a two-club century: Leeds United took the title on goal difference and Burnley finished second, both on 100 points, the first English division ever to send two teams to that mark in the same season.

At the bottom, Luton Town suffered a second consecutive relegation and slid from the Premier League to League One in two years, with Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City joining them. The parachute became a trapdoor.

Total xTears

6,126.25

Avg xT per match

11.00

Absolute chaos

5.07

Late drama

3.23

All-out war

3.71

Referee scandal

0.49

Heart-Racing Games

All
Adrenaline Match

22.83

xT
Sheffield Wednesday crest

Sheffield Wednesday

7.55 xT

2-6
Watford crest

Watford

15.28 xT

Matchday 1302 Nov 2024Hillsborough
Watford crestBurnley crest

Watford 1-2 Burnley

Matchday 43|18 Apr 2025

22.11

xT
Norwich City crestMiddlesbrough crest

Norwich City 3-3 Middlesbrough

Matchday 12|27 Oct 2024

21.16

xT
Portsmouth crestDerby County crest

Portsmouth 2-2 Derby County

Matchday 42|12 Apr 2025

20.02

xT
Plymouth Argyle crestSunderland crest

Plymouth Argyle 3-2 Sunderland

Matchday 5|14 Sept 2024

19.40

xT
Leeds crestSwansea City crest

Leeds 2-2 Swansea City

Matchday 39|29 Mar 2025

19.39

xT

xT XI

All
WI
Sunderland crest40.13

W. Isidor

BS
Norwich City crest39.33

Borja Sainz

JP
Leeds crest38.94

J. Piroe

JB
Burnley crest36.96

J. Brownhill

TD
Blackburn Rovers crest33.93

T. Dolan

GH
Sheffield Utd crest33.21

G. Hamer

RM
Bristol City crest23.74

R. McCrorie

HB
Sheffield Utd crest18.79

H. Burrows

JF
Leeds crest18.10

Junior Firpo

KF
Norwich City crest17.58

K. Fisher

FW
Preston North End crest7.27

F. Woodman

Pain Meter

All
1
Leeds crest

Leeds

46 played

6.32

xT for

2
Norwich City crest

Norwich City

46 played

6.04

xT for

3
Portsmouth crest

Portsmouth

46 played

6.01

xT for

4
Sheffield Utd crest

Sheffield Utd

49 played

5.98

xT for

5
Watford crest

Watford

46 played

5.92

xT for

Player Leaders

All
1

W. Isidor

Sunderland crestSunderland | Forward

40.13

xT
2

Borja Sainz

Norwich City crestNorwich City | Forward

39.33

xT
3

J. Piroe

Leeds crestLeeds | Forward

38.94

xT
4

J. Windass

Sheffield Wednesday crestSheffield Wednesday | Forward

37.48

xT
5

J. Brownhill

Burnley crestBurnley | Midfielder

36.96

xT
6

T. Dolan

Blackburn Rovers crestBlackburn Rovers | Midfielder

33.93

xT
7

G. Hamer

Sheffield Utd crestSheffield Utd | Midfielder

33.21

xT
8

F. Azaz

Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough | Midfielder

32.92

xT
9

L. Cullen

Swansea City crestSwansea City | Midfielder

32.13

xT
10

J. Sargent

Norwich City crestNorwich City | Forward

30.80

xT
11

A. Mehmeti

Bristol City crestBristol City | Forward

30.67

xT
12

T. Conway

Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough | Forward

30.31

xT
13

C. Morris

Luton crestLuton | Forward

29.96

xT
14

E. Kayembe

Watford crestWatford | Midfielder

29.68

xT
15

C. Lang

Portsmouth crestPortsmouth | Forward

29.28

xT
16

V. Bayo

Watford crestWatford | Forward

29.08

xT
17

N. Wells

Bristol City crestBristol City | Forward

28.66

xT
18

Z. Flemming

Burnley crestBurnley | Forward

27.88

xT
19

M. Ivanović

Millwall crestMillwall | Forward

27.76

xT
20

M. Solomon

Leeds crestLeeds | Forward

27.61

xT

League Pain Table

League Pain Table
#
1Sheffield Utd crestSheffield Utd293.13246.6811.024.893.203.830.65
2Leeds crestLeeds290.51217.0111.035.773.713.180.45
3Norwich City crestNorwich City277.91278.0512.096.103.233.800.53
4Portsmouth crestPortsmouth276.40271.8911.925.543.274.100.68
5Sunderland crestSunderland275.33278.0511.295.053.574.470.63
6Watford crestWatford272.34269.0511.775.023.504.480.52
7Sheffield Wednesday crestSheffield Wednesday269.66271.6311.775.723.443.590.53
8QPR crestQPR265.91251.0011.245.303.263.790.49
9Preston North End crestPreston North End261.67241.6410.944.633.074.040.63
10Blackburn Rovers crestBlackburn Rovers261.25238.8310.874.843.303.970.53
11Bristol City crestBristol City256.30261.4110.795.093.093.430.48
12Plymouth Argyle crestPlymouth Argyle254.61273.7411.495.723.473.430.55
13Burnley crestBurnley253.26213.5710.154.353.324.030.57
14Coventry City crestCoventry City250.50283.3411.125.403.363.770.45
15Stoke City crestStoke City248.06253.3110.904.812.903.870.58
16West Brom crestWest Brom245.54238.6210.534.603.013.690.27
17Luton crestLuton243.65272.5811.225.072.904.080.53
18Derby County crestDerby County237.72231.5110.204.593.033.160.20
19Cardiff City crestCardiff City237.44269.6311.025.043.083.440.39
20Hull City crestHull City235.76243.4610.424.713.193.410.55
21Middlesbrough crestMiddlesbrough234.73264.7810.865.293.153.430.42
22Oxford United crestOxford United232.38276.7011.075.143.043.670.38
23Millwall crestMillwall226.67216.609.644.353.192.910.32
24Swansea City crestSwansea City225.52263.1710.624.763.243.530.40

Tournament Curiosities

xTears Curiosities

9
  1. 1The complete edition broke through 6,000 xTears and finished on 6,126.25 xT across 557 matches. Even a 100-point title race needed an emotional surcharge.
  2. 2Sheffield Wednesday 2-6 Watford was the wildest xTears match with 22.83 xT. Eight goals and a second-half flood turned Hillsborough into an emotional landslide.
  3. 3Coventry City 0-0 Millwall was pure anesthesia: no goals and just 2.34 xT, the lowest emotional temperature of the edition.
  4. 4Norwich City 3-3 Middlesbrough was the chaos monster with 15.17 xT. Middlesbrough led 3-1, missed a penalty and still watched the win dissolve.
  5. 5West Brom 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday owned late drama with 11.91 xT. Wednesday equalised at 90+3, Jayson Molumby restored West Brom's lead at 90+6 and Kyle Bartley was sent off at 90+9. Stoppage time staged an entire second match.
  6. 6Burnley 0-0 Sunderland delivered the season's crushed-hope peak at 4.64 xT. Wilson Isidor missed penalties in the 86th and 90+7 minutes, both saved by James Trafford. Two chances to escape; one merciless 0-0.
  7. 7Watford 1-2 Burnley delivered the sharpest scoreline-versus-xTears reversal and the discipline peak. Watford generated 14.28 xT to Burnley's 7.83, lost, and pushed discipline xT to 14.27.
  8. 8Sheffield United generated a competition-high 293.13 xT across the league and play-offs, while Coventry City absorbed the most pressure with 283.34 xT against. Norwich City had the highest average match temperature at 12.09 xT.
  9. 9Wilson Isidor led the individual xTears ranking with 40.13 xT and scored 13 goals for Sunderland. His season ended with the last promotion ticket in his pocket.

Overall Curiosities

8
  1. 1Leeds United won the title with 100 points and 95 goals, claiming first place over Burnley on goal difference after a six-match winning finish.
  2. 2Burnley also reached 100 points and conceded only 16 league goals. For the first time, two clubs in the same English division reached triple figures in one season.
  3. 3Sunderland came from behind to win the Sheffield United 1-2 Sunderland with Tom Watson's record-late play-off-final winner at 93:34, ending an eight-year absence from the Premier League.
  4. 4Sheffield United finished third with 90 official points after a two-point deduction, then lost a fifth EFL play-off final without ever winning promotion through one.
  5. 5Luton Town suffered consecutive relegations from the Premier League to League One, becoming only the fourth club to make that two-year fall. Plymouth Argyle and Cardiff City went down with them.
  6. 6Sheffield Wednesday 2-6 Watford was the highest-scoring match with eight goals, while Leeds 7-0 Cardiff City produced the biggest winning margin.
  7. 7Burnley became the first club in the top four English tiers to go an entire league season without conceding more than once in any match. Defensive suffering was strictly rationed.
  8. 8The full edition produced 1,367 goals across 557 matches, clearing the 1,300-goal mark before Wembley decided the final promotion place.

All statistics use finished matches in this competition edition with available xT data.