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Cardiff City travel to take on Watford at Vicarage Road Stadium at lunchtime on Sunday, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Bluebirds will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 9 and win only 3 of the 16 games.
The last time the two teams met at Watford was amazingly over twenty years ago, in November 1981, when they played out a goalless draw in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Tue 28 Oct | Cardiff City | 3 - 0 | Watford | LD1 |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 03 Apr | Cardiff City | 2 - 0 | Watford | DIV2 |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 14 Nov | Watford | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | DIV2 |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 07 Mar | Watford | 4 - 2 | Cardiff City | DIV2 |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 04 Oct | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Watford | DIV2 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 02 Feb | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Watford | DIV2 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 15 Sep | Watford | 1 - 1 | Cardiff City | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Watford have collected 2 wins and 3 draws from their last six home matches. These low-scoring games have seen just 5 goals scored and conceded.
The away form of Cardiff City however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The Bluebirds's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Watford are hovering perilously just above the relegation zone, with 26 points from 25 matches. Cardiff City's 35 points from 25 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Watford | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Bluebirds's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Watford, believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Watford | Failed to win in previous 3 home matches. Not won in the 5 most recent games. |
| Cardiff City | 4 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |