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Crystal Palace pack their bags to visit Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 8 of the 22 previous games, with the hosts winning just 5.
The previous match played between the two at Ninian Park was more than three years back, in September 2000, when they played out a goalless draw in a League Cup match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 04 Oct | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | LD1 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 05 Sep | Cardiff City | 0 - 0 | Crystal Palace | LC |
| 2000/2001 | Wed 23 Aug | Crystal Palace | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | LC |
| 1984/1985 | Mon 06 May | Cardiff City | 0 - 3 | Crystal Palace | DIV2 |
| 1984/1985 | Sun 09 Dec | Crystal Palace | 1 - 1 | Cardiff City | DIV2 |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 17 Apr | Cardiff City | 0 - 2 | Crystal Palace | DIV2 |
| 1983/1984 | Tue 08 Nov | Crystal Palace | 1 - 0 | Cardiff City | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Bluebirds in those games, with 6 conceded.
Crystal Palace have an average recent record on the road, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The Eagles's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 10 goals for and 9 against.
Cardiff City's 59 points from 40 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Crystal Palace's 57 points from 39 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 |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 13 |
| Crystal Palace | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 10 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This is a game in which both sides are showing indifferent form, so the Madmen are expecting the Eagles to come away from it with a creditable draw. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | 6 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 4 matches. |
| Crystal Palace | 14 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 5 outings ago. |