Bristol City - Cardiff

Logo Bristol City
Bristol City
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Championship Season 2026 - Round 22
Planned
Logo Cardiff
Cardiff
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Match preview

Bristol City take on Cardiff in Championship at Ashton Gate on 19 December 2026.

The most recent match for Bristol City was a 3-2 win over Bolton, preceded by a 0-0 draw with Stoke City.

The most recent match for Cardiff was a 0-3 defeat against Wolves, preceded by a 1-0 win over Birmingham.

The numbers favour Bristol City, with 18 points and 17 goals conceded in 13 matches, against 14 points and 20 goals conceded in 13 matches for Cardiff.

The record over the 18 previous meetings: 6 wins for Bristol City, 9 wins for Cardiff and 3 draws. See every meeting between Bristol City and Cardiff.

Our algorithm predicts Bristol City to win, with a probability of 43%.

Team forms

Previous confrontations (H2H)

6 Bristol City
3 Draw
9 Cardiff
28% Over 2.5 goals
39% Both teams scored
2.1 Goals per match
Logo Bristol City 4 | Logo Cardiff 8 Clean sheets
Biggest win: Cardiff 2-0 Bristol City (2023)
Most goals: Bristol City 3-2 Cardiff (2022)
Goals scored all matches
Logo Bristol City
0.89
Logo Cardiff
1.22
Goals in home matches
Logo Bristol City
1.11
Logo Cardiff
1.00
Goals in away matches
Logo Bristol City
0.67
Logo Cardiff
1.44
Above is calculated based on the below matches
Full H2H of Bristol City and Cardiff →

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Stadion

Stadion name

Ashton Gate

Capacity

27000

Address

Ashton Road
Bristol

table 2026

Championship
Team Pts
Middlesbrough Middlesbrough 25
Birmingham Birmingham 23
Stoke City Stoke City 23
Swansea Swansea 23
West Ham United West Ham United 22
Wolves Wolves 21
West Brom West Brom 21
Southampton Southampton 20
QPR QPR 20
Sheffield Utd Sheffield Utd 19
Blackburn Blackburn 18
Portsmouth Portsmouth 18
Norwich Norwich 15
Millwall Millwall 15
Bristol City Bristol City 15
Lincoln Lincoln 15
Cardiff Cardiff 14
Wrexham Wrexham 14
Bolton Bolton 14
Charlton Charlton 14
Watford Watford 11
Burnley Burnley 8
Derby Derby 7
Preston Preston 5
Complete table

Possible line-up

This possible line-up is based on both teams' past line-ups, especially the most recent one. The actual line-up may differ and will be shown here as soon as it is announced.
Logo Bristol City Bristol City — Formation: 4-2-3-1
40
Bradley Collins
19
George Tanner
15
Luke McNally
2
Lisav Naif Eissat
3
Cameron Pring
12
Jason Knight
6
Brian De Keersmaecker
21
Rio Cardines
23
Dominic Ballard
8
Joe Williams
9
Lorent Tolaj
9
Yousef Salech
16
Chris Willock
8
Jack Moylan
11
Ollie Tanner
18
Alexander Robertson
27
Joel Colwill
23
Calum Scanlon
3
Joel Bagan
2
William Fish
38
Perry Ng
1
Nathan Trott
Cardiff — Formation: 4-2-3-1 Logo Cardiff