Preston North End vs Cardiff City prediction | 1 May 2027 | xGtoday

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pre-match analysis

1 May 2027
Championship
Preston North End Rating: 59.3
H
31%
D
28%
Cardiff City Rating: 64.5
A
40%
Preston North End
Ranking: #413 overall, #48 in England

61.5 → 59.3 (-2.2 over last 10 games)

Rating
4-0 13 Oct 26 Birmingham (A) 61.2 -0.5
4-1 17 Oct 26 Wrexham (A) 61.0 -0.2
1-1 24 Oct 26 West Brom (H) 60.9 -0.1
2-0 31 Oct 26 Stoke City (A) 59.9 -1.0
2-3 03 Nov 26 Sheff Utd (H) 59.3 -0.6
Cardiff City
Ranking: #242 overall, #36 in England

61.7 → 64.5 (+2.8 over last 10 games)

Rating
2-1 10 Oct 26 Blackburn (A) 62.8 -0.8
5-1 13 Oct 26 Watford (H) 63.5 +0.7
2-2 17 Oct 26 Boro (A) 63.3 -0.2
1-0 24 Oct 26 Birmingham (H) 64.5 +1.2
3-0 31 Oct 26 Wolves (A) 64.5 0.0

Preston North End vs Cardiff City: by the numbers

Preston North End trail Cardiff City by 171 places in our proprietary European rankings, and by 12 in England.

Over their last 10 matches Cardiff City have moved +2.8 rating points, against -2.2 for Preston North End.

Cardiff City lost 0.3 rating points in the last contest between these two, on 8 April 2025.

The best xGtoday rating Preston North End have ever held is 68.9, first set on 9 February 2019.

The highest Cardiff City have ever stood in our European rankings is #77, first reached on 9 December 2018.