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Sheff. Utd. face a trip to Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Sunday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 32 games played, The Blades have recorded 7 wins, and Cardiff City have come away with 15 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in December 2007, the Bluebirds carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 30 Aug | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 22 Dec | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Tue 02 Oct | Sheff. Utd. | 3 - 3 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Fri 14 Apr | Cardiff City | 0 - 1 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 29 Oct | Sheff. Utd. | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Mar | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Sheff. Utd. | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 18 Dec | Sheff. Utd. | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, The Bluebirds have scored 10 and conceded 2 during this period.
Sheff. Utd. have an average recent record on the road, collecting 2 wins and 3 draws from the last six. The The Blades's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 7 goals for and 6 against.
Cardiff City's total of 63 points from their 37 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Sheff. Utd. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 63 points from 38 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 10 |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
A creditable return from recent away games for The Blades could well see them head back from Ninian Park with a share of the spoils, think the FootyMad panel. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Won 3 successive home games. 4 games since last home draw. |
| Sheff. Utd. | 6 games since last defeat. |