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Cardiff City face a trip to Coventry City at Ricoh Arena on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bluebirds will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 13 and win only 5 of the 21 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2009, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Tue 20 Oct | Cardiff City | 2 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Wed 28 Jan | Coventry City | 0 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 30 Sep | Cardiff City | 2 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 12 Feb | Coventry City | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 25 Aug | Cardiff City | 0 - 1 | Coventry City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Feb | Coventry City | 2 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 12 Aug | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Coventry City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Coventry City have been playing quite well at home, winning 3, drawing 2, and losing just 1. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 5.
The away form of Cardiff City is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Bluebirds have hit 8 goals, 15 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Coventry City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 50 points from their 36 games so far. Cardiff City's total of 52 points from their 35 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Coventry City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Sky Blues, as the Bluebirds have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Coventry City | Unbeaten in the last 5 home games. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Cardiff City | Lost each of the previous 5 away matches. Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |