FootyMAD's Cardiff City match preview

History of the Cardiff City v Wimbledon fixture

Wimbledon travel to take on Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, and will hope to continue their unbeaten record at the ground. Out of their two previous meetings, the Dons have won one, and drawn the other.

The last time the two teams met at Cardiff City was just over four years ago, in September 1999, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a League Cup match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2003/2004	Sat 22 Nov	Wimbledon	0 - 1	Cardiff City	LD1
1999/2000	Tue 21 Sep	Wimbledon	3 - 1	Cardiff City	LC
1999/2000	Tue 14 Sep	Cardiff City	1 - 1	Wimbledon	LC
1984/1985	Sat 11 May	Wimbledon	2 - 1	Cardiff City	DIV2
1984/1985	Sat 15 Dec	Cardiff City	1 - 3	Wimbledon	DIV2

Recent respective form guides

Cardiff City have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.

Wimbledon have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. While the Dons have hit 5 goals, 12 have hit the back of the wrong net.

Cardiff City's 63 points from 44 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 11th position. Wimbledon find themselves stuck right at the bottom of the division. Their 44 games have yielded only 25 points.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Cardiff City	6	2	2	2	6	8	8
Wimbledon	6	1	1	4	9	13	4

FootyMad's prediction ...

FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Bluebirds, as the Dons have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win

Sequence statistics:
Cardiff City	8 games since last home draw.
Wimbledon	32 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games.