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


Birmingham City
Ranking: #199 overall, #29 in England

66.2 → 66.6 (+0.4 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 25 Apr Bristol City (H) 65.4 +0.2
1-1 02 May Portsmouth (A) 66.3 +0.9
0-0 15 Aug Sheff Utd (A) 66.9 +0.6
2-2 22 Aug Bristol City (H) 66.5 -0.4
1-2 28 Aug Wrexham (A) 66.6 +0.1
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

Birmingham City vs Cardiff City: by the numbers

Cardiff City trail Birmingham City by 122 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 14 in England.

Cardiff City arrive on the stronger recent trend, moving +0.5 rating points over their last 10 matches against Birmingham City's +0.4.

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

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

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