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Sunderland pack their bags to visit Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The The Black Cats will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The previous match played between the two at Ninian Park was within the last three years, in December 2004, as the visitors ran out cosy 0 - 2 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2006/2007 | Tue 31 Oct | Sunderland | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 26 Feb | Sunderland | 2 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 11 Dec | Cardiff City | 0 - 2 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 21 Feb | Cardiff City | 4 - 0 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 2003/2004 | Tue 14 Oct | Sunderland | 0 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 03 May | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | Sunderland | CHMP |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 08 Dec | Sunderland | 2 - 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. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Bluebirds, with 4 goals against.
Sunderland's away form is equally impressive, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 11 goals for the The Black Cats, and 3 goals against.
Cardiff City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 63 points from their 39 games so far. Sunderland are just outside the promotion places, in 3rd, having taken 70 points from 39 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Sunderland | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 14 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Sunderland are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Cardiff City. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Won 5 successive home games. 7 games since last home draw. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Sunderland | Undefeated in last 5 away games. 13 games since last defeat. |