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History of the Cardiff City v Bradford City fixture

Cardiff play host to Bradford City at Ninian Park on Saturday evening,

The last time the two teams met at Cardiff was back in March 1995, over five years ago, as the visitors ran out cosy 2-4 winners in a League Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
1994/1995	Tue 28 Mar	Cardiff	2-4	Bradford City	LD2
1994/1995	Sun 30 Oct	Bradford City	2 - 3	Cardiff	LD2
1993/1994	Sat 07 May	Bradford City	2 - 0	Cardiff	LD2
1993/1994	Sat 27 Nov	Cardiff	1 - 1	Bradford City	LD2
1982/1983	Wed 16 Feb	Bradford City	4 - 2	Cardiff	DIV3
1982/1983	Tue 19 Oct	Cardiff	1 - 0	Bradford City	DIV3
1930/1931	Wed 04 Feb	Bradford City	2 - 1	Cardiff	DIV2

Recent respective form guides

Cardiff City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. Only 4 goals have been registered in this time, with 5 in the wrong end.

Bradford City have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Bantams have hit 6 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Cardiff's 1 points from 1 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Bradford City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Nationwide League Division One, picking up 1 from their 1 games so far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Cardiff	6	2	3	1	3	3	9
Bradford City	6	1	0	5	2	12	3

FootyMad's prediction ...

Its a close one to call, but I think that Bluebirds's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Bradford City. Home Win

Sequence statistics:
Cardiff	Unbeaten in the last 3 home games. Unbeaten run of 5 matches.
Bradford City	Lost each of the previous 4 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 4 games. No win in the 4 most recent games.