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Cardiff City face a trip to Preston North End at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 40 games played, Bluebirds have recorded 11 wins, and Preston N.E. have come away with 20 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2007, with Cardiff City inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the North End in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 06 Dec | Cardiff City | 2 - 0 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Dec | Preston N.E. | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Sep | Cardiff City | 2 - 2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Fri 23 Feb | Cardiff City | 4 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 09 Sep | Preston N.E. | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 19 Nov | Preston N.E. | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 18 Oct | Cardiff City | 2 - 2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Preston North End 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, 8 to 6.
Cardiff City have an average recent record on the road, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Bluebirds have hit 5 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Preston N.E. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 65 points from their 43 games so far. Cardiff City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 73 points from 42 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Not a lot has been going right generally for Cardiff City on their travels as of late, but I can certainly see them gleaning a point from their game against Preston N.E.. No-score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Preston N.E. | No sequences of note |
| Cardiff City | Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |