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Cardiff City face a trip to Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park Stadium on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 9 of the 18 previous games, with the hosts winning just 4.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in January 2010, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 16 Jan | Scunthorpe U. | 1 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2009/2010 | Sat 08 Aug | Cardiff City | 4 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 19 Apr | Scunthorpe U. | 3 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 27 Oct | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | CHMP |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 17 Feb | Cardiff City | 3 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sat 16 Sep | Scunthorpe U. | 0 - 2 | Cardiff City | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 05 Feb | Scunthorpe U. | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Scunthorpe United's disastrous home run has meant they have managed only 2 draws from the last six matches. While Iron have scored 5, a worringly large 15 have been leaked at the other end.
Cardiff City's away form is none too clever either, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the Bluebirds, and 5 goals against.
Scunthorpe U. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 20 points from their 16 matches. Cardiff City are holding the final promotion place in the Npower Championship, and have accumulated 33 points from the 16 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Scunthorpe U. | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 9 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cardiff City are in reasonable form away from home coming into this match, and the Madmen are quite confident that they should come away with a comfortable victory from this contest. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Scunthorpe U. | Been beaten in each of their previous 3 home matches. Failed to win in previous 7 home matches. Not drawn a match in their last 7 . |
| Cardiff City | Undefeated in last 4 away games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |