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Cardiff City prepare to entertain Watford at Ninian Park on Friday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 13 wins out of 20 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ninian Park was less than a year ago, in September 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Tue 28 Dec | Watford | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Tue 14 Sep | Cardiff City | 0-3 | Watford | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 28 Dec | Watford | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 28 Oct | Cardiff City | 3 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
| 1984/1985 | Tue 09 Oct | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Watford | LGEC |
| 1984/1985 | Tue 25 Sep | Watford | 3 - 1 | Cardiff City | LGEC |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 03 Apr | Cardiff City | 2 - 0 | Watford | CHMP |
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, 6 to 5.
Watford have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Hornets have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Cardiff City's 3 points from 2 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Watford find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 1 points from their 2 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Watford | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Its a close one to call, but I think that Bluebirds's reasonable showing at home is going to see them scrape past Watford. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Won 3 successive home games. 5 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Watford | Undefeated in last 3 away games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |