Cardiff City vs Stoke City prediction | 8 Sep 2026 | xGtoday


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
Stoke City
Ranking: #396 overall, #49 in England

62.0 → 59.7 (-2.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-3 25 Apr Portsmouth (H) 60.6 0.0
2-0 02 May Bristol City (A) 60.1 -0.5
1-2 15 Aug Swansea City (H) 60.2 +0.1
3-1 22 Aug Southampton (A) 59.9 -0.3
4-1 29 Aug Wolves (A) 59.7 -0.2

Cardiff City vs Stoke City: by the numbers

There are 75 places between these two in our European rankings, with Cardiff City the higher, and 6 places between them in England.

Over their last 10 matches Cardiff City have moved +0.5 rating points, against -2.3 for Stoke City.

Last time these teams played, on 12 Apr 2025, Cardiff City gained 0.2 rating points.

Cardiff City first reached their highest ever xGtoday rating of 73.9 on 8 Dec 2018.

The highest Stoke City have ever stood in our European rankings is #113, first reached on 22 Sep 2018.