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Cardiff City are ready to welcome Colchester United to Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to improve on a poor record between the sides. The visitors have won 5 of the 10 previous games, with the Bluebirds winning just 4.
The previous match played between the two at Ninian Park was more than three years back, in April 2003, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a League Division Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Sat 04 Nov | Colchester U. | 3 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Wed 24 Aug | Colchester U. | 0 - 2 | Cardiff City | LGEC |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 19 Apr | Cardiff City | 0-3 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 2002/2003 | Fri 20 Dec | Colchester U. | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 06 Apr | Colchester U. | 0 - 1 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
| 2001/2002 | Tue 20 Nov | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Fri 17 Mar | Cardiff City | 3 - 2 | Colchester U. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City have lost just once in their last six home games, winning four and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the Bluebirds, with 4 goals against.
In complete contrast to Cardiff City, Colchester U. are having a torrid time on their travels, managing a paltry 2 draws from the last six matches. U's have conceded 10 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Cardiff City are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola Championship, and have accumulated 37 points from the 20 games they have played so far. Colchester U. lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 30 from their 20 games so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| Colchester U. | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Cardiff City may be coming up against a decent side in Colchester U., but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Bluebirds. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Colchester U. | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 7 away matches. Last drawn game 6 outings ago. |