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Barnsley face a trip to Cardiff City at Ninian Park on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Tykes will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 12 and win only 4 of the 19 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in March 2009, with Cardiff City running out comfortable 3 - 1 winners in a Championship match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2009/2010 | Sat 21 Nov | Barnsley | 1 - 0 | Cardiff City | CHMP |
| 2008/2009 | Tue 03 Mar | Cardiff City | 3 - 1 | Barnsley | CHMP |
| 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 |
Recent respective form guides
Cardiff City are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 11 goals have been scored by the Bluebirds in those games, with 5 conceded.
In complete contrast to Cardiff City, Barnsley are having a torrid time on their travels, chalking up just 1 victory, with 5 defeats, from the last six. While the Tykes have hit 7 goals, 10 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Cardiff City's total of 49 points from their 30 games sees them sitting in the playoff places in Coca-Cola Championship. Barnsley see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola Championship, showing a record of 39 points from their 31 games played so far,
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cardiff City | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 10 |
| Barnsley | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Tykes are in poor form away, and the FootyMad team are afraid to say this game can be passed over as a comfortable defeat against Cardiff City. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cardiff City | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not won in the 2 most recent games. |
| Barnsley | Lost each of the previous 2 away matches. Not won in previous 2 away matches. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |