Pick of the stats - Cardiff City v Preston North End
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Cardiff City's current five-match winless run is their worst since they sacked Erol Bulut in September.
The Welsh side have lost their past two at home, which followed a sequence of four successive victories at the Cardiff City Stadium.
Preston North End are one of only four Championship sides yet to win away from home this season.
Cardiff have lost two of their past three league games against Preston, having remained unbeaten against the Lancashire side across their prior seven such meetings (W4 D3).
Preston have won just two of their past 14 away league games against Cardiff (D6 L6), failing to score in four of their past five such matches.
Preston have only won three of their past 24 away league games against Welsh sides (D6 L15), although one of those was at Cardiff last term (2-0).
Cardiff have lost both of their past two midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) league games, last losing three in a row in November 2022.
Preston's Paul Heckingbottom has won each of his past four Championship meetings with Cardiff (all with Sheffield United) since a 1-0 defeat with Barnsley in November 2017.
