League One forecast and preview: Charlton Athletic odds-on betting favourite to subdue Reading

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 21.Oct
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

Carrying a 9 point lead in the league table, Charlton Athletic regulars hope to see their adored players get maximum points from this fixture hosting Reading.

Insights:
  • Charlton Athletic have the most scored goals (15) at home in League One
  • Reading have the fewest points (0) away in League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

The total League One statistics playing at home this season for Charlton Athletic are 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Charlton Athletic's previous match was a EFL Trophy game also played at home, ending 4-2 vs Aston Villa U21. The home side hope to to build on that result.

In the match before that, Charlton hosted Blackpool and drew the League One game 2-2.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charlton Athletic handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 9 wins, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Sports gamblers, take note: A review of the 10 latest league matches highlights that 8 of them had goals from both teams.

There will be little rest for Charlton Athletic after this match as they are travelling to Lincoln City for a League One game in only three days.

The Charlton manager Hayes has got the team scoring with 15 from 7 home games in the league. Charlton Athletic have conceded 10 in these home matches.

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Reading form and stats

The visitors are W0-D0-L6 on the road this term. That's in the League One. It's all red in the travel logs of Reading, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.

The regulars enjoyed Reading's previous fixture versus Swindon Town, a EFL Trophy win (5-0) played at home.

Prior to that match, the Reading manager Salvador faced defeat when travelling to Leyton Orient and losing 1-2.

We have checked recent matches where Reading have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 18 games were 2 victories, 3 draws and 13 defeats.

A new game in only three days for Reading, the League One home match versus Fleetwood Town. Busy days.

The visitors have scored 4 goals from 6 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Reading, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Charlton Athletic won four games, one match ended in a draw and Reading have five wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven.

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticA. May
A. May
7 goals
Charlton AthleticC. Taylor
C. Taylor
4 goals
CharltonM. Leaburn
M. Leaburn
2 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Reading missing players

Charlton Athletic Reading
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
11 7 1 Played P 3 6 11
4 4 1 Won W 0 0 3
3 1 0 Drew D 0 0 1
4 2 0 Lost L 3 6 7
17 15 2 Scored S 2 4 9
14 10 1 Conceded C 5 13 15
91% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
73% 86% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 55%
64% 86% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 67% 45%
36% 57% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 18%
18% 29% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 9%
73% 86% 100% BTTS BTTS 67% 67% 45%
18% 14% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 27%
18% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 36%
 
6.3 7.4 13 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.2 5.1
5.1 4.3 4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.7 7.7 5.9
3.3 2.6 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.7 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
15.2 16.9 20 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 9.2 12.8
5 6.1 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3.5 4.6
31% 35% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 19% 18%
 
12.5 12 12 Shots against (avg) S A 18.3 17 13.1
4.3 4 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 4.2 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Charlton Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Reading have scored away.
  • Charlton Athletic have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Charlton Athletic have the most scored goals (15) at home in League One
  • Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Reading have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Reading have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Reading have lost all their away matches so far.
  • Reading have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Reading have the fewest points (0) away in League One
  • Reading have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Reading haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 12 8 4 0 21 8 7 5 2 0 11 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 13 28
2 Oxford United 11 9 0 2 23 9 6 5 0 1 12 4 5 4 0 1 11 5 14 27
3 Barnsley 12 7 1 4 25 12 6 2 0 4 13 10 6 5 1 0 12 2 13 22
4 Peterborough United 12 6 3 3 18 12 6 4 1 1 11 5 6 2 2 2 7 7 6 21
5 Stevenage 13 6 3 4 18 15 6 2 3 1 7 6 7 4 0 3 11 9 3 21
6 Bolton Wanderers 11 6 2 3 19 15 7 4 1 2 13 12 4 2 1 1 6 3 4 20
7 Blackpool 12 5 4 3 15 12 7 4 2 1 12 5 5 1 2 2 3 7 3 19
8 Wycombe Wanderers 11 6 1 4 16 15 5 3 1 1 7 5 6 3 0 3 9 10 1 19
9 Derby County 11 5 3 3 18 11 5 1 2 2 4 5 6 4 1 1 14 6 7 18
10 Leyton Orient 12 5 2 5 11 15 5 3 0 2 5 8 7 2 2 3 6 7 -4 17
11 Port Vale 12 5 2 5 11 20 5 3 0 2 5 4 7 2 2 3 6 16 -9 17
12 Exeter City 12 5 1 6 11 14 6 2 1 3 4 6 6 3 0 3 7 8 -3 16
13 Burton Albion 13 4 4 5 11 16 6 2 2 2 6 8 7 2 2 3 5 8 -5 16
14 Charlton Athletic 11 4 3 4 17 14 7 4 1 2 15 10 4 0 2 2 2 4 3 15
15 Bristol Rovers 11 4 3 4 16 13 5 2 2 1 10 5 6 2 1 3 6 8 3 15
16 Lincoln City 11 4 3 4 14 12 5 3 1 1 9 2 6 1 2 3 5 10 2 15
17 Cambridge United 12 4 3 5 12 14 7 3 2 2 8 8 5 1 1 3 4 6 -2 15
18 Shrewsbury Town 12 4 2 6 6 13 6 3 1 2 4 4 6 1 1 4 2 9 -7 14
19 Northampton Town 11 4 1 6 11 11 6 2 1 3 7 7 5 2 0 3 4 4 0 13
20 Carlisle United 13 2 5 6 11 16 7 1 3 3 5 8 6 1 2 3 6 8 -5 11
21 Fleetwood Town 11 2 2 7 8 18 5 1 0 4 2 10 6 1 2 3 6 8 -10 8
22 Reading 11 3 1 7 9 15 5 3 1 1 5 2 6 0 0 6 4 13 -6 6
23 Wigan Athletic 11 4 1 6 15 17 4 2 0 2 5 6 7 2 1 4 10 11 -2 5
24 Cheltenham Town 12 0 2 10 1 20 6 0 1 5 1 12 6 0 1 5 0 8 -19 2

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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.