FootyMAD Crewe Alexandra match preview

History of the Cardiff City v Crewe Alexandra fixture

Cardiff prepare to entertain Crewe Alexandra at Ninian Park on Saturday evening, hoping to improve on a record of draws against their opponents.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Ninian Park was less than a year ago, in September 2002, the Bluebirds carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League Division Two match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003	Sat 03 May	Crewe	1 - 1	Cardiff	LD2
2002/2003	Sat 28 Sep	Cardiff	2-1	Crewe	LD2
2000/2001	Tue 16 Jan	Crewe	2 - 1	Cardiff	FAC
2000/2001	Sat 06 Jan	Cardiff	1 - 1	Crewe	FAC
1994/1995	Sat 06 May	Crewe	0 - 0	Cardiff	LD2
1994/1995	Sat 08 Oct	Cardiff	1 - 2	Crewe	LD2
1992/1993	Sat 27 Feb	Cardiff	1 - 1	Crewe	LD3

Recent respective form guides

Cardiff City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. In this time, Bluebirds have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 4.

Crewe have an average recent record on the road, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Cardiff see themselves just below half way in the Nationwide League Division One, showing a record of 11 points from their 8 games played so far, Crewe's 13 points from 8 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Cardiff	6	3	1	2	16	10	10
Crewe	6	3	1	2	7	6	10

FootyMad's prediction ...

Bluebirds are in a rich vein of form at home as of late, but the one that FootyMad has marked this down as one of their banker draws, taking into account the quality of the opposition. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Cardiff	7 games since last home draw. Latest 2 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 2 most recent games.
Crewe	Last drawn game 6 outings ago.