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Cardiff City face a trip to Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park on Tuesday evening, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 18 out of 26 times.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2006, with Cardiff City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Eagles in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Tue 06 Nov | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 30 Dec | Cardiff City | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 14 Oct | Crystal Palace | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 04 Feb | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 17 Sep | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 10 Apr | Cardiff City | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Crystal Palace are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Cardiff City have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. The Bluebirds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Crystal Palace's 49 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Cardiff City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 44 points from their 34 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cardiff City have an average recent record on the road, and this could be the reason why Crystal Palace may poach a narrow victory, according to the Madmen. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Crystal Palace | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. |
| Cardiff City | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |