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Norwich City face a trip to Cardiff City at Ninian Park at lunchtime on Saturday, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 20 games played, Canaries have recorded 7 wins, and Cardiff City have come away with 10 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2007, the Bluebirds carving out a narrow 1 - 0 victory in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2007/2008 | Sat 01 Sep | Norwich City | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 10 Mar | Cardiff City | 1 - 0 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 21 Oct | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Sat 22 Apr | Cardiff City | 0 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2005/2006 | Tue 01 Nov | Norwich City | 1 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Mar | Cardiff City | 2 - 1 | Norwich City | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 13 Dec | Norwich City | 4 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City have an excellent home record, winning five and losing just one of the last six games. A total of 10 goals have been scored by the Bluebirds in those games, with 4 conceded.
The Canaries have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. The games have constituted a decent return of 8 goals for the Canaries, and 3 goals against.
Cardiff City's 43 points from 30 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 9th position. Norwich City see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 38 points from their 30 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 13 |
| Norwich City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Cardiff City is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Won 5 successive home games. 8 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Norwich City | 4 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |