Cardiff vs Birmingham Prediction & Preview - Championship

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Cardiff City vs Birmingham City prediction and preview: kick-off time, team news and recent form for the Championship game at Cardiff City Stadium.

Cardiff City put five past Watford at home 11 days before Birmingham City arrive in south Wales, a 5-1 win that looked like a side finally finding its range in front of goal. Birmingham have been doing something quieter and more useful. The two meet in the Championship on Saturday 24 October 2026, kick-off 15:00 BST at Cardiff City Stadium, with Birmingham holding 13 points from their last six games against Cardiff's 8.

What time is Cardiff City vs Birmingham City kick-off?

Cardiff City vs Birmingham City kicks off at 15:00 BST on Saturday 24 October 2026 at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff. It is a Championship fixture between Brian Barry-Murphy's Cardiff City and Chris Davies' Birmingham City.

The 5-1 against Watford was not the whole Cardiff City story

Before that win came a 1-2 defeat away at Blackburn Rovers, 14 days before this game. After it came a 2-2 draw away to Middlesbrough, 7 days before this game. That is Cardiff in a sentence: 12 goals scored and 8 conceded across their last six, won 2, drew 2, lost 2.

No clean sheets in any of those six. Both sides scored in five of them, and four of the six produced three goals or more. Cardiff are entertaining and they are leaky, and the two facts are the same fact.

Cardiff City are a different team at Cardiff City Stadium

Two of three won at home, none of three won away. The home run reads 5-1 against Watford, 3-1 against Charlton Athletic 35 days before this match, and a 1-1 draw with Stoke City 46 days before. The road trips brought a 0-1 at Bolton Wanderers 42 days before, the Blackburn loss, and the point at Middlesbrough.

So this is the venue where Cardiff have earned most of what they have. It needs to be.

Birmingham City have won four of their last six

Chris Davies' side beat Queens Park Rangers 3-0 at St Andrew's 7 days before this fixture and Preston North End 4-0 at home 11 days before. Sandwiched around those: a 1-0 win away at West Bromwich Albion 14 days before, a 2-2 home draw with Middlesbrough 35 days before, and a 2-1 win away at Derby County 42 days before. The only defeat in the set was 1-2 at Norwich City, 45 days before this game.

Thirteen goals scored, five conceded, three clean sheets. Birmingham have not failed to score in any of the six, and they have won two of three away from home. That last number is the one that matters most on Saturday afternoon.

Team news for Cardiff City vs Birmingham City

Gabriel Osho is suspended for Cardiff after his red card at Middlesbrough, while Dylan Lawlor (hamstring) is out until after the November international break and Calum Chambers is still working back from a knee problem; Rubin Colwill (ankle), Perry Ng (back) and Ronan Kpakio (dead leg) are all doubts, with Barry-Murphy saying of Colwill, "he's close, but we're not quite sure about him yet" (Brit Brief). Yousef Salech is available again after a shoulder injury (Sports Mole). For Birmingham, Marc Leonard's Achilles problem is not expected to clear until January, Kristoffer Lund has missed the last three games, and Davies said of Paik Seung-ho that "he's still a few weeks away from it" (Brit Brief).

Cardiff City vs Birmingham City prediction

Our prediction for Cardiff City vs Birmingham City in the Championship on Saturday 24 October 2026 is a 1-2 away win for Birmingham City at Cardiff City Stadium. Cardiff have kept no clean sheets in their last six and Birmingham have failed to score in none of theirs, which points one way at least at one end of the pitch. Cardiff's home record of two wins in three is real, but 13 points against 8, and five goals conceded against eight, is a gap in the visitors' favour.

Our prediction: Cardiff City 1-2 Birmingham City

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