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Cardiff City prepare to entertain Stoke City at Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The Bluebirds are clearly on top, winning 53.33% of the games played between the two.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ninian Park was less than a year ago, in November 2003, with Cardiff City running out comfortable 3-1 winners in a League Division One match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Dec | Stoke City | 2 - 3 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 08 Nov | Cardiff City | 3-1 | Stoke City | CHMP |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 01 May | Cardiff City | 0 - 2 | Stoke City | D2P |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 28 Apr | Stoke City | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | D2P |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 22 Jan | Cardiff City | 2 - 0 | Stoke City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Wed 19 Dec | Stoke City | 1 - 1 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Sun 30 Apr | Stoke City | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 7 to 6.
Stoke City have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The Potters's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 5 goals for and 3 against.
Cardiff City find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 4 points from their 4 matches. Stoke City are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 8 points from 4 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Stoke City | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cardiff City are not in a rich vein of form at the moment, and your Madmen see things getting no better with Stoke City running out comfortable winners. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Stoke City | Not won in previous 3 away matches. |