Charlton Athletic vs Bristol City: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England Championship
Date: Thu 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

Struggling Charlton Athletic will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bristol City in the upcoming league round. It's 18th vs 8th and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Championship. That game, against Sheffield Wednesday, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Bristol City.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

4-3-5 (win-draw-lost) are the Championship numbers at home for Charlton Athletic so far this season. The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in eleven attempts.

Charlton Athletic manager L. Bowyer and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Queens Park Rangers (placed 14th) in the Championship. The points were shared before that, a home game that ended 2-2 versus Hull City.

Charlton Athletic's goalie Dillon Phillips played a big part in securing one point against Queens Park Rangers with a stunning 7 saves.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Charlton Athletic as they are travelling to their away game against Derby County in the Championship. That match is four days after this one.

Charlton Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 12 games. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Bristol City form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Bristol City playing as the away team in the Championship this season. It's a growing despair in Bristol City as they have recorded three consecutive losses.

Bristol City aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 186 league minutes without a goal. C. O'Dowda was the last player to find the net.

Two away games in a row for Bristol City, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-1 versus Sheffield Wednesday in the Championship. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Blackburn Rovers.

A new game in only three days for Bristol City, the Championship home match versus Luton Town. Busy days.

The travelling fans enjoy Bristol City's attacking play in away games, having scored 18 goals in 12 league matches away. In the opposite end, Bristol City have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Bristol City - Charlton Athletic 2-1, played this season. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Charlton Athletic, 2 draws and 4 wins for Bristol City. Over 2,5 goals: 3 times; under 2,5 goals: 6 games.

Top Goalscorers

Bristol CityA. Weimann
A. Weimann
7 goals
Charlton AthleticL. Taylor
L. Taylor
6 goals
Charlton AthleticC. Gallagher
C. Gallagher
6 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Bristol City missing players

Charlton Athletic Bristol City
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 4 Played P 4 12 23
6 4 0 Won W 2 5 9
7 3 3 Drew D 1 4 8
10 5 1 Lost L 1 3 6
30 15 5 Scored S 6 18 34
32 14 6 Conceded C 7 19 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
74% 58% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 78%
61% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 61%
35% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 33% 35%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 13%
61% 50% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 75% 65%
17% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 22%
22% 25% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 17% 22%
 
4 3.2 4.5 Corners For (avg) C F 5 4.2 4.5
6.9 6.6 4.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.2 7.5 6.9
2.3 2 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.9 1.6
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
196 87 41 Total Shots T S 40 111 244
74 29 11 Shots on Target S O 12 36 76
41% 52% 45% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 45%
Key stats in Championship this season:
  • Bristol City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Bristol City haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Charlton Athletic have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
  • Charlton Athletic have won significantly less corners at home than away.
  • Charlton Athletic 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 West Bromwich Albion 23 14 8 1 46 24 11 6 5 0 29 16 12 8 3 1 17 8 22 50
2 Leeds United 23 14 5 4 36 15 11 7 3 1 18 7 12 7 2 3 18 8 21 47
3 Sheffield Wednesday 23 11 6 6 34 20 11 6 4 1 13 7 12 5 2 5 21 13 14 39
4 Fulham 23 11 5 7 35 25 12 7 2 3 23 14 11 4 3 4 12 11 10 38
5 Preston North End 23 11 5 7 35 27 12 9 2 1 29 13 11 2 3 6 6 14 8 38
6 Brentford 23 11 4 8 34 18 11 6 3 2 19 7 12 5 1 6 15 11 16 37
7 Swansea City 23 10 7 6 30 27 12 5 2 5 16 15 11 5 5 1 14 12 3 37
8 Blackburn Rovers 23 10 5 8 30 28 12 6 4 2 15 10 11 4 1 6 15 18 2 35
9 Bristol City 23 9 8 6 34 33 11 4 4 3 16 14 12 5 4 3 18 19 1 35
10 Nottingham Forest 22 9 7 6 28 23 10 4 2 4 10 11 12 5 5 2 18 12 5 34
11 Hull City 23 9 6 8 37 31 12 6 2 4 21 14 11 3 4 4 16 17 6 33
12 Cardiff City 23 8 9 6 34 32 11 7 3 1 18 9 12 1 6 5 16 23 2 33
13 Millwall 23 8 9 6 29 30 11 5 4 2 17 13 12 3 5 4 12 17 -1 33
14 Queens Park Rangers 23 9 5 9 37 44 12 4 4 4 21 24 11 5 1 5 16 20 -7 32
15 Birmingham City 23 8 4 11 24 34 11 5 2 4 13 12 12 3 2 7 11 22 -10 28
16 Reading 22 7 5 10 28 27 11 5 0 6 17 16 11 2 5 4 11 11 1 26
17 Derby County 23 6 8 9 21 31 12 5 5 2 14 9 11 1 3 7 7 22 -10 26
18 Charlton Athletic 23 6 7 10 30 32 12 4 3 5 15 14 11 2 4 5 15 18 -2 25
19 Huddersfield Town 23 6 7 10 26 35 12 3 4 5 12 15 11 3 3 5 14 20 -9 25
20 Middlesbrough 23 5 9 9 21 32 12 5 4 3 11 11 11 0 5 6 10 21 -11 24
21 Luton Town 23 6 2 15 28 47 11 4 2 5 16 17 12 2 0 10 12 30 -19 20
22 Barnsley 23 4 7 12 31 46 12 3 5 4 21 24 11 1 2 8 10 22 -15 19
23 Wigan Athletic 23 4 7 12 20 35 11 4 3 4 11 14 12 0 4 8 9 21 -15 19
24 Stoke City 23 5 3 15 25 37 12 3 2 7 14 18 11 2 1 8 11 19 -12 18

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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.