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Bristol City face a trip to Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 36 games played, Robins have recorded 13 wins, and Cardiff City have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2008, the Bluebirds carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Mar | Cardiff City | 2 - 1 | Bristol City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 15 Dec | Bristol City | 1 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 13 May | Bristol City | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | D2PO |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 May | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Bristol City | D2PO |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 22 Apr | Bristol City | 2 - 0 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Dec | Cardiff City | 0 - 2 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 29 Dec | Cardiff City | 1 - 3 | Bristol City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Bluebirds, with 5 goals against.
Bristol City have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Robins's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 7 against.
Cardiff City's 6 points from 4 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Bristol City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 8 points from 4 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 12 |
| Bristol City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for Robins could well see them head back from Ninian Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 6 matches. |
| Bristol City | 9 games since last away draw. No win in the 2 most recent games. |