Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Charlton Athletic & Milton Keynes Dons face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the EFL Trophy. All the pre-match information is available here!
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.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
Action has already taken place for Charlton in EFL Trophy as they have defeated Leyton Orient, Crawley Town, Aston Villa U21 and Southampton U21 to reach the 3rd Round. Charlton participated in EFL Trophy the last season, where they reached the group stage.5 victories, 3 draws and 5 defeats. That’s what Charlton Athletic have to build on here at The Valley in the League One. 3W-0D-1L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the EFL Trophy for Charlton Athletic.
Washington was the last player to score a league goal for Charlton Athletic and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Charlton Athletic haven't scored in 181 minutes.
The Charlton fans got no joy from their last match, a League One game also here at The Valley: A 0-1 defeat against Wycombe Wanderers. Defender Famewo got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.44/10. Famewo hit one key pass and won 8 of 13 duels.
Heartbreak before that as Charlton Athletic lost 0-1 at Plymouth Argyle's place.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 twelve games. Charlton Athletic has won four of these, drawn one and lost seven.
Charlton has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 13 matches. It's worth mentioning that 12 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 15 goals have been conceded.
Milton Keynes Dons form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Wycombe Wanderers, Leyton Orient, Aston Villa U21 and Burton Albion in order to reach 3rd round of EFL Trophy. They also participated in EFL Trophy last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in League One matches, Milton Keynes Dons have produced an overall stat of 5-3-3 so far. Total EFL Trophy statistics for Milton Keynes Dons: 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss.
Milton Keynes Dons's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Gillingham that finished 0-0. Midfielder O'Riley was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.84. O'Riley hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
Before that one, a nice away victory 3-2 at Lincoln City.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Milton playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were three Milton Keynes Dons wins, four draws and six defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Milton now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League One game at Accrington Stanley is waiting in only four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Milton Keynes Dons are regular goalscorers on their travels. 16 goals have been conceded by Milton in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these teams: Charlton won three, Milton Keynes Dons were winners in five and we saw two draws. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  S. Twine 11 goals |   C. Washington 7 goals |  J. Stockley 7 goals |
Charlton Athletic missing players
Milton Keynes Dons missing players
| Charlton Athletic | Milton Keynes Dons | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 33 | Scored | S | 23 | 43 | ||
| 27 | 16 | Conceded | C | 14 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 6.1 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.8 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 35% | ||
| 10.9 | 10.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 10.4 | ||
| 4.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Rotherham United | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 28 | 50 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 24 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 47 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 49 |
| 3 | Wigan Athletic | 21 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 10 | 20 | 45 |
| 4 | Wycombe Wanderers | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 13 | 10 | 45 |
| 5 | Oxford United | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 43 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | Milton Keynes Dons | 23 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 42 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 13 | 39 |
| 8 | Sheffield Wednesday | 23 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 37 |
| 9 | Portsmouth | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 36 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 21 | -9 | 34 |
| 11 | Ipswich Town | 24 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 39 | 34 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 5 | 32 |
| 12 | Burton Albion | 23 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 13 | Charlton Athletic | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 1 | 29 |
| 14 | Cheltenham Town | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 43 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 23 | -13 | 29 |
| 15 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 29 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 17 | -4 | 26 |
| 16 | Bolton Wanderers | 23 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 20 | -5 | 26 |
| 17 | Cambridge United | 23 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -6 | 26 |
| 18 | AFC Wimbledon | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 20 | -5 | 25 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 23 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 43 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 23 | -7 | 22 |
| 20 | Lincoln City | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 24 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 23 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 30 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -16 | 20 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 23 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 18 |
| 23 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 25 | -21 | 18 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 22 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 26 | -26 | 16 |
