EFL League One table 2026/27 season: England, points and home and away records
updated 2026-08-31The EFL League One table covers 24 clubs over 3 matches each. Points run three for a win and one for a draw, so the order follows points first, then goal difference and goals scored.
| # | Club | P | W | D | L | Goals | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blackpool | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | +5 | 7 |
| 2 | Huddersfield Town | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | +4 | 7 |
| 3 | Stockport County | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +5 | 6 |
| 4 | Sheffield Wednesday | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +5 | 6 |
| 5 | Mansfield Town | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | +3 | 6 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| 7 | Notts County | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | +1 | 5 |
| 8 | Oxford United | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
| 9 | Barnsley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 4 |
| 10 | Cambridge United | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Burton Albion | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Plymouth Argyle | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Luton Town | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 4 |
| 15 | Bromley | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | -4 | 4 |
| 16 | Milton Keynes Dons | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 18 | Peterborough United | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Stevenage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 2 |
| 20 | Doncaster Rovers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 2 |
| 21 | Leicester City | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 2 |
| 22 | Wycombe Wanderers | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -4 | 2 |
| 23 | Reading | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 1 |
| 24 | Wigan Athletic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
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EFL League One table: how to read points and goal difference
The gap from top to bottom is 7 points. Blackpool lead on 7 with a difference of +5; Wigan Athletic sit last on 0. Blackpool and Huddersfield Town are level on points, with goal difference deciding first place.
Stockport County score most with 9 goals. Blackpool defend best, conceding 2, while Luton Town have shipped 10 — the spread between those two says how uneven the league is at the back.
A club takes 1.33 points per match on average and scores 4.4 goals across the season. The median is 4 points (Burton Albion), with 7 clubs above it. The median describes a league better than the mean does: one runaway side pulls the mean up and barely moves the median.
The drop zone is 2 points from safety: Leicester City sit 21th on 2, against Wigan Athletic on 0. Those are the numbers that decide the closing weeks.
EFL League One home and away: split points
The EFL League One table recomputes separately for home fixtures and for away ones. They are the same matches split by venue, so points in the two tables always sum back to the overall one.
Mansfield Town take the most at home, 6 points from 2 matches, while Barnsley lead away on 4 — more often different clubs than you would expect.
Mansfield Town depend on their ground most: 6 points at home against 0 away, a gap of 6. Barnsley show the smallest split at -4. Across the league a club takes 0.1 more points at home than away.
EFL League One: goals, averages and difference
Across 35 matches the league has produced 106 goals, 3.03 per game. Home sides win 34% of the time, both teams score in 69%, and 57% finish over 2.5.
Cambridge United carry the flattest goal difference at 0 — clubs on those numbers usually sit mid-table, equally far from the title and the drop.
How the EFL League One table looked in earlier seasons is in the archive: England, year by year, with final tables for every division and zone.
EFL League One: division size and what it changes
The size of a division changes how its figures read. With 24 clubs each plays 3 matches, and a run of three or four results moves a position further than it would in a league twice the size: the sample is smaller, so chance weighs more.
For the same reason the points gap between neighbouring places tends to be narrower here and the middle of the table reorders more often. Goal difference is especially useful in a division this size, because it accumulates across every match and depends less on who a club happened to face recently.
Comparing this division with others on absolute numbers — goals scored, points taken — means little where the number of rounds differs. What compares is the relative measures: points per match, scoring rate, the share of draws.
England: the divisions and where EFL League One sits
We cover 4 divisions in England. Above this one sit Premier League, EFL Championship. Below it run EFL League Two, computed on the same rules.
Milton Keynes Dons have drawn most at 3, Stockport County fewest at 0. Leyton Orient defend best on the road, conceding 0 away from home.
EFL League One: match results and head-to-head
The widest result of the season is Sheffield Wednesday against Bromley, 7-2, a margin of 5. The highest-scoring match is Sheffield Wednesday against Bromley at 7-2, 9 goals in all.
12 of 35 matches ended level, 34%. The draw rate is among the steadiest numbers a league produces: it moves less from season to season than goals scored or final positions do.
Any two clubs can be compared in the panel alongside, which reads the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Common questions
How are points awarded in the EFL League One table?
Three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. A side with more wins can still sit below one that draws often, but only where the number of matches played differs.
What separates clubs level on points?
Goal difference first, then goals scored. Blackpool currently lead EFL League One on 7 points with a difference of +5.
How does the home table differ from the overall one?
The home table counts only matches played at home and the away table only those on the road. They are the same fixtures, so the two sets of points add back to the overall table. A mid-table club is often in the top three of one of them.
How many goals does a match produce on average?
3.03 per game across 35 matches. Both teams score in 69% of them and 57% finish over 2.5 goals.
Where are previous seasons?
In the country archive: England, final tables year by year, split by division and, where they existed, by territorial zone.
How can two clubs be compared?
Through the head-to-head panel: pick two sides and it returns the score of their meetings this season, read from the same results grid the home and away tables are computed from.
Season metrics
- Goals per match
- 3.03
- Home wins
- 34%
- Both scored
- 69%
- Over 2.5
- 57%
Head to head
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