Championship duel: Close contest expected between Charlton Athletic and Reading

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Competition: England Championship
Competition: Sat 11.July
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

Season ticket holders at The Valley haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Charlton Athletic languishing in the 20th position so far. The guesting Reading will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

It's no vacation for neither Charlton nor Reading as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Charlton Athletic are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. Reading are still fighting for top positions and their benefits.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

Charlton Athletic have collected 29 points from their Championship home games so far after 8-5-8.

In their previous game, the manager L. Bowyer led his Charlton to a defeat in the Championship match away at Brentford. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The Valley. Before that game, the home loss against Millwall with the scoreline 0-1.

Dillon Phillips had a busy but productive day in the Brentford match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.

This is expected to be a close game, with Charlton Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Charlton Athletic as a small favourite), we find six games. Charlton Athletic has won four of these, drawn zero and lost two.

There will be little rest for Charlton after this match as they are travelling to Birmingham City for a Championship game in only four days.

Charlton Athletic are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 21 games. Charlton Athletic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 24 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Reading form and stats

The visitors are W7-D7-L7 on the road this term. That's in the Championship.

The Reading goalkeeper Rafael Cabral Barbosa is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 180 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

There were no winners in Reading's previous match, a Championship home game that ended 0-0 vs Huddersfield Town (placed 18th). Before that one, a nice away victory 5-0 at Luton Town.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Reading in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Reading, one draw and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Middlesbrough in just three days.

Reading have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 21 league away games 29 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (20 so far).

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Reading - Charlton Athletic 0-2. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: five wins for Charlton Athletic, one draw and four wins for Reading. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.

Top Goalscorers

ReadingY. Meïté
Y. Meïté
12 goals
CharltonL. Taylor
L. Taylor
11 goals
ReadingG. Puşcaş
G. Puşcaş
10 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Reading missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Charlton Athletic Reading
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
42 21 6 Played P 7 21 42
12 8 2 Won W 3 7 14
10 5 0 Drew D 2 7 11
20 8 4 Lost L 2 7 17
47 26 5 Scored S 12 29 53
57 24 9 Conceded C 5 20 48
95% 95% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 95% 95%
64% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 71% 76% 76%
55% 48% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 38% 45%
31% 33% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 19% 17%
2% 5% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 7%
52% 48% 33% BTTS BTTS 43% 52% 48%
21% 24% 17% Clean Sheets C S 43% 24% 29%
31% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 29% 29% 29%
 
4.2 4.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.9 4.4 5
6.7 6.4 6.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.9 5.7 5.4
2.3 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.8 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
358 169 65 Total Shots T S 68 227 484
131 61 24 Shots on Target S O 31 80 160
36% 43% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 39% 36% 33%

  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 41 23 9 9 63 34 20 12 5 3 30 14 21 11 4 6 33 20 29 78
2 West Bromwich Albion 41 21 14 6 71 40 20 9 8 3 40 25 21 12 6 3 31 15 31 77
3 Brentford 42 22 9 11 75 34 21 13 5 3 42 16 21 9 4 8 33 18 41 75
4 Fulham 42 21 10 11 56 44 21 13 2 6 33 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 12 73
5 Nottingham Forest 42 18 14 10 54 42 21 10 4 7 24 21 21 8 10 3 30 21 12 68
6 Cardiff City 42 16 16 10 60 54 21 9 9 3 30 20 21 7 7 7 30 34 6 64
7 Derby County 41 16 13 12 56 53 21 11 8 2 31 15 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 61
8 Swansea City 41 15 15 11 52 48 21 9 5 7 26 22 20 6 10 4 26 26 4 60
9 Blackburn Rovers 42 16 11 15 59 55 21 9 8 4 28 20 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 59
10 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
11 Preston North End 41 16 10 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 20 5 7 8 16 22 2 58
12 Bristol City 41 15 10 16 53 60 20 7 5 8 26 30 21 8 5 8 27 30 -7 55
13 Reading 42 14 11 17 53 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 21 7 7 7 29 20 5 53
14 Queens Park Rangers 41 15 8 18 60 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 20 7 3 10 22 30 -6 53
15 Sheffield Wednesday 41 14 10 17 50 56 20 7 6 7 17 25 21 7 4 10 33 31 -6 52
16 Wigan Athletic 41 13 11 17 45 53 20 8 6 6 23 22 21 5 5 11 22 31 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 12 13 16 51 64 20 6 6 8 30 35 21 6 7 8 21 29 -13 49
18 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 49 63 21 7 6 8 24 27 21 5 5 11 25 36 -14 47
19 Stoke City 41 13 7 21 54 61 21 9 3 9 33 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -7 46
20 Charlton Athletic 42 12 10 20 47 57 21 8 5 8 26 24 21 4 5 12 21 33 -10 46
21 Hull City 41 12 9 20 56 72 21 7 3 11 29 35 20 5 6 9 27 37 -16 45
22 Middlesbrough 41 10 14 17 40 53 21 6 8 7 18 23 20 4 6 10 22 30 -13 44
23 Barnsley 42 10 12 20 46 67 21 6 8 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 42
24 Luton Town 42 11 8 23 47 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 21 4 2 15 18 45 -32 41

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Table
  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 41 23 9 9 63 34 20 12 5 3 30 14 21 11 4 6 33 20 29 78
2 West Bromwich Albion 41 21 14 6 71 40 20 9 8 3 40 25 21 12 6 3 31 15 31 77
3 Brentford 42 22 9 11 75 34 21 13 5 3 42 16 21 9 4 8 33 18 41 75
4 Fulham 42 21 10 11 56 44 21 13 2 6 33 23 21 8 8 5 23 21 12 73
5 Nottingham Forest 42 18 14 10 54 42 21 10 4 7 24 21 21 8 10 3 30 21 12 68
6 Cardiff City 42 16 16 10 60 54 21 9 9 3 30 20 21 7 7 7 30 34 6 64
7 Derby County 41 16 13 12 56 53 21 11 8 2 31 15 20 5 5 10 25 38 3 61
8 Swansea City 41 15 15 11 52 48 21 9 5 7 26 22 20 6 10 4 26 26 4 60
9 Blackburn Rovers 42 16 11 15 59 55 21 9 8 4 28 20 21 7 3 11 31 35 4 59
10 Millwall 41 14 17 10 48 44 20 8 8 4 28 22 21 6 9 6 20 22 4 59
11 Preston North End 41 16 10 15 52 50 21 11 3 7 36 28 20 5 7 8 16 22 2 58
12 Bristol City 41 15 10 16 53 60 20 7 5 8 26 30 21 8 5 8 27 30 -7 55
13 Reading 42 14 11 17 53 48 21 7 4 10 24 28 21 7 7 7 29 20 5 53
14 Queens Park Rangers 41 15 8 18 60 66 21 8 5 8 38 36 20 7 3 10 22 30 -6 53
15 Sheffield Wednesday 41 14 10 17 50 56 20 7 6 7 17 25 21 7 4 10 33 31 -6 52
16 Wigan Athletic 41 13 11 17 45 53 20 8 6 6 23 22 21 5 5 11 22 31 -8 50
17 Birmingham City 41 12 13 16 51 64 20 6 6 8 30 35 21 6 7 8 21 29 -13 49
18 Huddersfield Town 42 12 11 19 49 63 21 7 6 8 24 27 21 5 5 11 25 36 -14 47
19 Stoke City 41 13 7 21 54 61 21 9 3 9 33 26 20 4 4 12 21 35 -7 46
20 Charlton Athletic 42 12 10 20 47 57 21 8 5 8 26 24 21 4 5 12 21 33 -10 46
21 Hull City 41 12 9 20 56 72 21 7 3 11 29 35 20 5 6 9 27 37 -16 45
22 Middlesbrough 41 10 14 17 40 53 21 6 8 7 18 23 20 4 6 10 22 30 -13 44
23 Barnsley 42 10 12 20 46 67 21 6 8 7 28 33 21 4 4 13 18 34 -21 42
24 Luton Town 42 11 8 23 47 79 21 7 6 8 29 34 21 4 2 15 18 45 -32 41

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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.