Cardiff City vs Southampton prediction | 12 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Cardiff City
Ranking: #271 overall, #38 in England

61.0 → 63.5 (+2.5 over last 10 games)

Rating
1-1 08 Sep Stoke City (H) 62.3 +0.8
1-0 12 Sep Bolton (A) 63.1 +0.8
3-1 19 Sep Charlton (H) 63.6 +0.5
2-1 10 Oct Blackburn (A) 62.8 -0.8
5-1 13 Oct Watford (H) 63.5 +0.7
Southampton
Ranking: #134 overall, #23 in England

70.3 → 70.2 (-0.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
3-1 08 Sep Swansea City (H) 69.5 -0.2
4-1 12 Sep Bristol City (H) 68.8 -0.7
2-1 19 Sep Wrexham (A) 69.7 +0.9
1-0 11 Oct Portsmouth (H) 69.4 -0.3
0-1 14 Oct Norwich City (A) 70.2 +0.8

Cardiff City vs Southampton: by the numbers

There are 137 places between these two in our European rankings, with Southampton the higher, and 15 places between them in England.

The recent trend shows Cardiff City on the rise, +2.5 rating points over their last 10 matches, while Southampton has gone the other way at -0.1.

Cardiff City gained 0.2 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 20 April 2024.

The best xGtoday rating Cardiff City have ever held is 73.9, first set on 8 December 2018.

The highest Southampton have ever stood in our European rankings is #23, first reached on 10 August 2020.