Betting preview: Charlton Athletic vs Barnsley should be interesting

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Sat 01.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

An important duel in the bottom section of the Championship, with both Charlton Athletic and Barnsley experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic “six-pointer” with the home team placed 21st and the visitors in 23rd place.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

The story so far in the Championship for Charlton Athletic at their home stadium (The Valley) is 5 wins, 5 draws and 5 defeats.

Charlton Athletic's previous game was a Championship match also played at home, ending 2-1 versus Barnsley (placed 23rd). The home side are looking to build on that result. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Fulham that ended 0-0.

The Charlton Athletic fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 20 in 15 matches. On the other hand, Charlton Athletic have conceded 18 goals.

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Barnsley form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Barnsley so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-10 (win-draw-lose). It's a growing despair in Barnsley as they have recorded three consecutive losses. Three might be a magic number, but there's been little wizardry in Barnsley's last three away games as they have all been lost.

Barnsley play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 1-2 to Charlton Athletic (placed 21st). Preceding that game, the 2-4 loss visiting Portsmouth's place.

Barnsley had apparently made the football gods angry before the game against Charlton Athletic, losing the match after hitting the woodwork three times.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Barnsley as they have only managed to score 11 times from 14 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Barnsley have conceded 25 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Charlton Athletic - Barnsley 2-1. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Charlton Athletic wins - draws - Barnsley wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

BarnsleyC. Chaplin
C. Chaplin
10 goals
BarnsleyC. Woodrow
C. Woodrow
9 goals
Charlton AthleticL. Taylor
L. Taylor
8 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Barnsley missing players

Charlton Athletic Barnsley
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
30 16 3 Played P 4 15 30
8 6 1 Won W 0 1 5
9 5 0 Drew D 1 3 9
13 5 2 Lost L 3 11 16
39 22 3 Scored S 1 12 36
42 19 3 Conceded C 5 27 56
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 87% 93%
73% 62% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 67% 80%
63% 56% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 53% 60%
33% 38% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 27% 40%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 17%
63% 56% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 53% 67%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 13% 10%
23% 25% 67% Failed to Score F T 75% 47% 30%
 
4.2 3.8 1.3 Corners For (avg) C F 5.5 4.7 5.3
6.7 6.6 4.7 Corners Against (avg) C A 5.2 5.9 5.2
2.2 1.9 1.3 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.8 2.4
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 1
 
254 118 25 Total Shots T S 47 187 410
97 40 5 Shots on Target S O 8 50 119
40% 55% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 12% 24% 30%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Barnsley have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored 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 Leeds United 29 16 7 6 46 26 14 8 4 2 22 12 15 8 3 4 24 14 20 55
2 West Bromwich Albion 29 14 11 4 51 33 14 6 6 2 30 20 15 8 5 2 21 13 18 53
3 Nottingham Forest 29 14 9 6 40 28 14 7 3 4 18 15 15 7 6 2 22 13 12 51
4 Fulham 29 14 7 8 42 30 15 9 2 4 26 16 14 5 5 4 16 14 12 49
5 Brentford 29 14 5 10 44 22 14 8 3 3 25 10 15 6 2 7 19 12 22 47
6 Bristol City 29 13 8 8 43 40 14 6 4 4 20 18 15 7 4 4 23 22 3 47
7 Preston North End 29 13 7 9 42 34 15 10 2 3 31 18 14 3 5 6 11 16 8 46
8 Swansea City 29 12 9 8 34 33 15 7 3 5 19 16 14 5 6 3 15 17 1 45
9 Millwall 29 11 11 7 38 35 14 8 4 2 23 14 15 3 7 5 15 21 3 44
10 Blackburn Rovers 29 12 7 10 42 36 15 7 6 2 19 13 14 5 1 8 23 23 6 43
11 Cardiff City 30 10 13 7 42 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 15 2 7 6 20 31 -1 43
12 Sheffield Wednesday 29 12 6 11 40 33 14 6 4 4 14 15 15 6 2 7 26 18 7 42
13 Derby County 30 10 10 10 35 39 16 9 5 2 23 11 14 1 5 8 12 28 -4 40
14 Hull City 29 11 6 12 41 38 15 6 2 7 22 19 14 5 4 5 19 19 3 39
15 Reading 30 10 8 12 36 34 14 6 1 7 19 18 16 4 7 5 17 16 2 38
16 Queens Park Rangers 29 11 5 13 47 53 15 6 4 5 29 27 14 5 1 8 18 26 -6 38
17 Middlesbrough 29 8 11 10 29 36 15 6 6 3 15 14 14 2 5 7 14 22 -7 35
18 Birmingham City 29 9 7 13 35 46 14 5 3 6 20 21 15 4 4 7 15 25 -11 34
19 Huddersfield Town 29 8 8 13 33 45 15 4 5 6 16 21 14 4 3 7 17 24 -12 32
20 Stoke City 30 9 4 17 36 46 15 5 3 7 19 20 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 31
21 Charlton Athletic 29 7 9 13 37 41 15 5 5 5 20 18 14 2 4 8 17 23 -4 30
22 Wigan Athletic 29 6 8 15 27 44 14 5 4 5 14 18 15 1 4 10 13 26 -17 26
23 Barnsley 29 5 9 15 35 54 15 4 6 5 24 29 14 1 3 10 11 25 -19 24
24 Luton Town 29 7 3 19 37 63 14 5 3 6 23 24 15 2 0 13 14 39 -26 24

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The English Football League Championship (usually shortened to the Championship) is the second highest division in the English football league system. 24 teams play 46 fixtures from August to May, meeting each other twice. The Championship is the wealthiest second-level division in the world.