League One preview: Can Charlton Athletic edge out victory against Forest Green Rovers?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 13.September
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

League One: What this match might lack in glamour it should pay back in tempo and attitude. Let's go: Charlton Athletic - Forest Green Rovers!

Insights:
  • Charlton Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in League One

Charlton Athletic and Forest Green Rovers should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

Charlton Athletic have collected seven points from their first three League One games here at The Valley, a promising start.

No payout for Charlton in their previous match, an away game at Bolton Wanderers that ended in defeat 1-3. The first defeat after going undefeated in three league matches. Attacking player Rak-Sakyi bettered all teammates in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.64 out of 10. Rak-Sakyi served one assist, hit one key pass and had 21 successful passes (of 25 total).

Ahead of that game, a home victory against Gillingham in the EFL Trophy. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charlton Athletic handle that role? We have found 15 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

The Charlton Athletic manager Garner has got the team scoring with 7 from 3 home games in the league. From these home matches, Charlton have conceded only 2 goals.

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Forest Green Rovers form and stats

Forest Green Rovers are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).

Forest Green Rovers go into this game after a win, the home game against Accrington Stanley that ended 2-1. That win felt good as this team had gone five league fixtures without winning. Midfielder Peart-Harris was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.81. Peart-Harris served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Shrewsbury Town.

Forest Green Rovers have conceded 7 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticS. Fraser
S. Fraser
3 goals
Charlton AthleticJ. Rak-Sakyi
J. Rak-Sakyi
2 goals
Charlton AthleticM. Leaburn
M. Leaburn
2 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Forest Green Rovers missing players

Charlton Athletic Forest Green Rovers
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
7 3 0 Played P 1 3 7
2 2 0 Won W 1 1 2
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 1
2 0 0 Lost L 0 1 4
11 7 0 Scored S 2 3 6
9 2 0 Conceded C 1 7 15
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
71% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
43% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 71%
43% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 14%
14% 33% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 14%
71% 67% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 57%
14% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
14% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 43%
 
4.7 6.3 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 4 4
6.3 7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.3 5.1
1.1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3.3 2.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.4 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 17 9.7 10
3.1 5.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 8 4.3 4.4
50% 44% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 23% 19%
 
13.4 9.3 0 Shots against (avg) S A 8 13 11
3.4 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3.7 4.6
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Forest Green Rovers's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Charlton Athletic have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Charlton Athletic have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Forest Green Rovers have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Forest Green Rovers have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Forest Green Rovers have the most conceded goals in the first half (9) in League One
  • Forest Green Rovers haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Ipswich Town 7 5 2 0 14 4 3 1 2 0 6 3 4 4 0 0 8 1 10 17
2 Portsmouth 7 5 2 0 15 6 4 3 1 0 9 3 3 2 1 0 6 3 9 17
3 Plymouth Argyle 7 5 0 2 13 9 3 3 0 0 5 0 4 2 0 2 8 9 4 15
4 Sheffield Wednesday 7 4 1 2 12 7 4 2 1 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 3 2 5 13
5 Cambridge United 7 4 1 2 11 10 4 4 0 0 9 4 3 0 1 2 2 6 1 13
6 Peterborough United 7 4 0 3 14 8 3 3 0 0 9 0 4 1 0 3 5 8 6 12
7 Exeter City 7 3 2 2 10 5 4 3 0 1 8 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 5 11
8 Bolton Wanderers 7 3 2 2 8 6 4 3 0 1 7 3 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 11
9 Derby County 7 3 2 2 7 6 4 3 0 1 7 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 1 11
10 Barnsley 7 3 1 3 9 8 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 1 1 2 5 5 1 10
11 Oxford United 7 3 1 3 7 7 4 2 1 1 5 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 0 10
12 Charlton Athletic 7 2 3 2 11 9 3 2 1 0 7 2 4 0 2 2 4 7 2 9
13 Shrewsbury Town 7 2 3 2 5 6 3 0 1 2 0 4 4 2 2 0 5 2 -1 9
14 Wycombe Wanderers 7 2 2 3 10 10 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 1 1 2 5 7 0 8
15 Fleetwood Town 7 1 5 1 7 7 4 1 3 0 3 2 3 0 2 1 4 5 0 8
16 Bristol Rovers 7 2 2 3 10 11 4 1 2 1 5 5 3 1 0 2 5 6 -1 8
17 Port Vale 7 2 2 3 7 10 4 1 2 1 4 4 3 1 0 2 3 6 -3 8
18 Milton Keynes Dons 7 2 1 4 7 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 1 0 3 4 5 -1 7
19 Accrington Stanley 7 1 4 2 9 11 4 0 3 1 6 8 3 1 1 1 3 3 -2 7
20 Lincoln City 7 1 4 2 6 11 3 0 3 0 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 7 -5 7
21 Forest Green Rovers 7 2 1 4 6 15 4 1 0 3 3 8 3 1 1 1 3 7 -9 7
22 Cheltenham Town 7 1 2 4 6 10 3 0 0 3 3 7 4 1 2 1 3 3 -4 5
23 Morecambe 7 0 4 3 4 12 3 0 2 1 1 5 4 0 2 2 3 7 -8 4
24 Burton Albion 7 0 1 6 8 20 3 0 0 3 0 7 4 0 1 3 8 13 -12 1

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.