Match preview Championship: Charlton Athletic - Blackburn Rovers at The Valley

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

The visiting Blackburn Rovers side should be favourites in this visit to Charlton Athletic, as the away team holds a 11 point advantage from their 32 league games this season.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Charlton Athletic and Blackburn Rovers.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

Charlton Athletic have collected 23 points from their Championship home games so far after 6-5-5.

Happy days for Charlton Athletic in their previous game, a Championship match away at Nottingham Forest (placed 5th) that ended with a 1-0 victory. Prior to that, an away loss at Stoke City.

Charlton Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 22 goals in 16 games. On the other hand, Charlton Athletic have conceded 19 goals.

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Blackburn Rovers form and stats

Playing away, Blackburn Rovers have won 5 games, drawn 2 and suffered 8 defeats in the Championship this season.

Darragh Lenihan, Adam Armstrong and Dominic Samuel scored in Blackburn Rovers's previous match, the home game against Hull City that ended 3-0. The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Fulham.

Blackburn Rovers are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 24 times in 15 away games so far. Blackburn Rovers have conceded 24 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Blackburn Rovers - Charlton Athletic 1-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - one - six (Charlton Athletic wins - draws - Blackburn Rovers wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticL. Taylor
L. Taylor
9 goals
Blackburn RoversB. Dack
B. Dack
9 goals
Blackburn RoversA. Armstrong
A. Armstrong
9 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Blackburn Rovers missing players

Charlton Athletic Blackburn Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 16 5 Played P 4 15 32
9 6 1 Won W 1 5 13
9 5 1 Drew D 1 2 8
14 5 3 Lost L 2 8 11
41 22 7 Scored S 6 24 46
45 19 8 Conceded C 8 24 38
97% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
72% 62% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 87% 75%
62% 56% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 60% 50%
34% 38% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 22%
3% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 33% 19%
62% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 59%
19% 25% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 31%
22% 25% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 16%
 
4.2 3.9 3.6 Corners for (avg) C F 2.8 4.3 4.9
6.3 6.6 5.6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.4 4.6
2.4 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.6 1.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
270 118 38 Total Shots T S 29 123 333
102 40 15 Shots on Target S O 11 47 115
40% 55% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 51% 40%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Blackburn Rovers has the fewest points from losing position (4)
  • Blackburn Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Blackburn Rovers 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 West Bromwich Albion 32 17 11 4 57 34 15 7 6 2 32 20 17 10 5 2 25 14 23 62
2 Leeds United 32 16 8 8 47 30 15 8 4 3 22 13 17 8 4 5 25 17 17 56
3 Fulham 32 16 8 8 47 33 16 10 2 4 29 18 16 6 6 4 18 15 14 56
4 Brentford 32 16 6 10 53 26 16 9 4 3 29 13 16 7 2 7 24 13 27 54
5 Nottingham Forest 32 15 9 8 43 31 16 8 3 5 20 16 16 7 6 3 23 15 12 54
6 Preston North End 32 15 8 9 47 36 16 10 3 3 32 19 16 5 5 6 15 17 11 53
7 Bristol City 32 15 8 9 48 45 16 7 4 5 24 23 16 8 4 4 24 22 3 53
8 Cardiff City 32 12 13 7 46 43 15 8 6 1 22 12 17 4 7 6 24 31 3 49
9 Blackburn Rovers 32 13 8 11 46 38 17 8 6 3 22 14 15 5 2 8 24 24 8 47
10 Swansea City 32 12 11 9 37 37 17 7 4 6 21 19 15 5 7 3 16 18 0 47
11 Millwall 32 11 13 8 39 38 16 8 5 3 24 17 16 3 8 5 15 21 1 46
12 Sheffield Wednesday 32 12 8 12 41 35 15 6 5 4 14 15 17 6 3 8 27 20 6 44
13 Derby County 32 11 10 11 40 44 16 9 5 2 23 11 16 2 5 9 17 33 -4 43
14 Birmingham City 32 12 7 13 41 48 15 6 3 6 22 22 17 6 4 7 19 26 -7 43
15 Hull City 32 11 7 14 43 47 16 6 2 8 23 24 16 5 5 6 20 23 -4 40
16 Reading 32 10 9 13 38 37 16 6 2 8 21 21 16 4 7 5 17 16 1 39
17 Queens Park Rangers 32 11 6 15 47 56 16 6 4 6 29 28 16 5 2 9 18 28 -9 39
18 Middlesbrough 32 8 13 11 34 42 16 6 7 3 16 15 16 2 6 8 18 27 -8 37
19 Charlton Athletic 32 9 9 14 41 45 16 6 5 5 22 19 16 3 4 9 19 26 -4 36
20 Huddersfield Town 32 9 8 15 37 51 17 5 5 7 18 24 15 4 3 8 19 27 -14 35
21 Stoke City 32 10 4 18 39 49 17 6 3 8 22 23 15 4 1 10 17 26 -10 34
22 Wigan Athletic 32 7 9 16 31 48 16 5 5 6 17 22 16 2 4 10 14 26 -17 30
23 Luton Town 32 8 3 21 38 66 16 6 3 7 24 25 16 2 0 14 14 41 -28 27
24 Barnsley 32 5 10 17 37 58 17 4 7 6 25 31 15 1 3 11 12 27 -21 25

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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.