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Cardiff City face a trip to Preston North End at Deepdale on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 37 games played, Bluebirds have recorded 10 wins, and Preston N.E. have come away with 18 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in April 2005, with Preston N.E. running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2005/2006 | Tue 18 Oct | Cardiff City | 2 - 2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 16 Apr | Preston N.E. | 3 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Fri 19 Nov | Cardiff City | 0 - 1 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 24 Apr | Preston N.E. | 2 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 09 Dec | Cardiff City | 2 - 2 | Preston N.E. | CHMP |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 08 Apr | Preston N.E. | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | LGE1 |
| 1999/2000 | Mon 03 Jan | Cardiff City | 0 - 4 | Preston N.E. | LGE1 |
Recent respective form guides
Preston North End losing only 1 of the last six, but drawing 4 of them. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 5 to 3.
The away form of Cardiff City however, is much more impressive, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Bluebirds, and 7 goals against.
Preston N.E. see themselves just below half way in the Coca Cola Championship, showing a record of 22 points from their 18 games played so far, Cardiff City's total of 27 points from their 18 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca Cola Championship.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Preston N.E. | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Bluebirds's decent recent efforts out on the road should see them narrowly take the spoils from the match with Preston N.E., believes the FootyMad team. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Preston N.E. | Unbeaten in the last 4 home games. Unbeaten run of 7 matches. |
| Cardiff City | No sequences of note |