Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City prediction | 17 Oct 2026 | xGtoday


Middlesbrough
Ranking: #74 overall, #19 in England

73.7 → 74.3 (+0.6 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 12 May Southampton (A) 73.9 -0.5
1-0 23 May Hull City (A) 73.6 -0.3
2-1 15 Aug Lincoln City (H) 73.8 +0.2
2-1 22 Aug Blackburn (A) 73.9 +0.1
3-1 29 Aug West Brom (H) 74.3 +0.4
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

Middlesbrough vs Cardiff City: by the numbers

Middlesbrough sit 247 places above Cardiff City in our European rankings, and 24 places above them in England.

Over their last 10 matches Middlesbrough have moved +0.6 rating points, against +0.5 for Cardiff City.

Last time these teams played, on 4 Jan 2025, Middlesbrough lost 0.4 rating points.

The best xGtoday rating Middlesbrough have ever held is 74.6, first set on 24 Oct 2023.

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