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Cardiff City prepare to entertain Burnley at Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Bluebirds are clearly on top, having won 20 and lost only 7 of the 37 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ninian Park was just last season, in April 2009, with Cardiff City running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Mon 13 Apr | Cardiff City | 3-1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 09 Dec | Burnley | 2 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 26 Apr | Burnley | 3 - 3 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 06 Oct | Cardiff City | 2 - 1 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Mon 09 Apr | Burnley | 2 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 11 Nov | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 14 Jan | Cardiff City | 3 - 0 | Burnley | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 7 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Burnley is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. The Clarets's have scored 8 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 10.
Cardiff City are holding the final promotion place in the Npower Championship, and have accumulated 37 points from the 21 games they have played so far. Burnley's 29 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 5 |
| Burnley | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cardiff City are not exactly setting the world alight at Ninian Park at the moment, but your FootyMad team are quietly confident that they can ease past Burnley in this game. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Burnley | Not won in previous 9 away matches. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |