Birmingham City vs Cardiff City prediction | 29 Dec 2026 | xGtoday


Birmingham City
Ranking: #147 overall, #24 in England

66.9 → 69.2 (+2.3 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 09 Sep Norwich City (A) 67.2 +0.6
1-2 12 Sep Derby (A) 68.3 +1.1
2-2 19 Sep Boro (H) 67.8 -0.5
0-1 10 Oct West Brom (A) 68.8 +1.0
4-0 13 Oct Preston (H) 69.2 +0.4
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

Birmingham City vs Cardiff City: by the numbers

Cardiff City trail Birmingham City by 124 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 14 in England.

Cardiff City arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +2.5 rating points over their last 10 matches against Birmingham City's +2.3.

Last time these teams played, on 10 April 2024, Cardiff City gained 0.6 rating points.

The best xGtoday rating Birmingham City have ever held is 69.9, first set on 22 December 2018.

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