Portsmouth vs Cardiff City prediction | 5 Sep 2026 | xGtoday


Portsmouth
Ranking: #238 overall, #34 in England

66.0 → 64.5 (-1.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-3 25 Apr Stoke City (A) 65.6 -0.1
1-1 02 May Birmingham (H) 64.8 -0.8
1-3 15 Aug QPR (H) 64.7 -0.1
1-3 22 Aug Lincoln City (A) 63.9 -0.8
2-1 29 Aug Bristol City (A) 64.5 +0.6
Cardiff City
Ranking: #321 overall, #43 in England

61.5 → 62.0 (+0.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
0-0 26 Apr West Brom (H) 61.8 0.0
4-2 03 May Norwich City (A) 61.4 -0.4
1-1 17 Aug Wrexham (H) 61.0 -0.4
2-2 22 Aug Derby (A) 61.7 +0.7
2-2 29 Aug Sheff Utd (H) 62.0 +0.3

Portsmouth vs Cardiff City: by the numbers

Cardiff City trail Portsmouth by 83 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 9 in England.

Over their last 10 matches Cardiff City have moved +0.5 rating points, against -1.5 for Portsmouth.

Cardiff City lost 0.3 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 11 Feb 2025.

Portsmouth first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 66.7 on 3 Apr 2026.

Cardiff City first climbed to #77 in our European rankings on 9 Dec 2018.