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Barnsley face a trip to Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Tuesday evening, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Tykes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 11 and win only 4 of the 18 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in May 2008, with Cardiff City running out comfortable 3 - 0 winners in a Championship match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Tue 16 Sep | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 04 May | Cardiff City | 3 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2007/2008 | Sun 06 Apr | Barnsley | 0 - 1 | Cardiff City | FAC |
| 2007/2008 | Sat 29 Sep | Barnsley | 1 - 1 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Fri 02 Feb | Cardiff City | 2 - 0 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 2006/2007 | Sat 05 Aug | Barnsley | 1 - 2 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 08 Feb | Cardiff City | 1 - 1 | Barnsley | LGE1 |
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 7 and conceded 0 during this period.
Barnsley have an average recent record on the road, winning 2 of the last six, but losing the other 4. Tykes have conceded 12 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.
Cardiff City lie just outside the playoff positions in the Coca-Cola Championship, picking up 53 points from their 32 games so far. Barnsley find themselves struggling down in 18th position in the league having picked up 39 points from their 33 matches.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Bluebirds, as the Tykes have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | 7 games since last away draw. 4 games since last defeat. |