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Watford travel to take on Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Tuesday evening, and have come away with little in previous meetings, having been beaten a depressing 10 out of 15 times.
The last time the two teams met at Cardiff was amazingly over twenty years ago, in April 1982, with Cardiff running out comfortable 2 - 0 winners in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1981/1982 | Sat 03 Apr | Cardiff | 2 - 0 | Watford | DIV2 |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 14 Nov | Watford | 0 - 0 | Cardiff | DIV2 |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 07 Mar | Watford | 4 - 2 | Cardiff | DIV2 |
| 1980/1981 | Sat 04 Oct | Cardiff | 1 - 0 | Watford | DIV2 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 02 Feb | Cardiff | 1 - 0 | Watford | DIV2 |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 15 Sep | Watford | 1 - 1 | Cardiff | DIV2 |
| 1971/1972 | Sat 18 Dec | Cardiff | 2 - 0 | Watford | DIV2 |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City have only performed averagely at home, winning 3 and losing 2 of their last six. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 14 goals for the Bluebirds, with 6 goals against.
The away form of Watford is pretty dire, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. Hornets have conceded 8 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Cardiff's 20 points from 14 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Watford find themselves struggling down in 17th position in the league having picked up 16 points from their 14 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| Watford | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Bluebirds, as the Hornets have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff | Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Watford | 12 games since last away draw. |