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Cardiff City face a trip to Colchester United at Layer Road Ground on Saturday afternoon,
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2005, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a League Cup match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Wed 24 Aug | Colchester U. | 0 - 2 | Cardiff City | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Cardiff City | 0 - 3 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Fri 20 Dec | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 20 Nov | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Fri 17 Mar | Cardiff City | 3 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Tue 23 Nov | Colchester U. | 0 - 3 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Colchester United have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the U's, with 6 goals against.
The Bluebirds have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occasions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the Bluebirds, and 5 goals against.
Colchester U.'s 21 points from 15 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Cardiff City are leading the way in the Coca-Cola Championship, with their 15 games giving them a return of 33 points.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 10 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cardiff City are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Colchester U.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Colchester U. | Won 5 successive home games. 11 games since last home draw. |
| Cardiff City | 5 games since last away draw. |