Bristol City vs Cardiff City prediction | 19 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Bristol City
Ranking: #371 overall, #47 in England

62.6 → 60.5 (-2.1 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 25 Apr Birmingham (A) 61.4 -0.2
2-0 02 May Stoke City (H) 61.9 +0.5
0-2 15 Aug Millwall (H) 60.7 -1.2
2-2 22 Aug Birmingham (A) 61.1 +0.4
2-1 29 Aug Portsmouth (H) 60.5 -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

Bristol City vs Cardiff City: by the numbers

Bristol City trail Cardiff City by 50 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 4 in England.

Cardiff City arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +0.5 rating points over their last 10 matches against Bristol City's -2.1.

Last time these teams played, on 15 Feb 2025, Bristol City lost 0.3 rating points.

Bristol City first climbed to joint #125 in our European rankings on 2 Mar 2019.

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