Football betting preview: Charlton Athletic vs Accrington Stanley

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Fri 08.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

The Charlton Athletic & Accrington Stanley managers L. Bowyer and J. Coleman are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the League One league table.

Insights:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Charlton Athletic have to build on here at The Valley in the League One.

Charlton are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Hull City. Preceding that game was the home draw versus Plymouth Argyle that ended 2-2.

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 as a small favourite), we find ten games. Charlton Athletic has won four of these, drawn zero and lost six.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Rochdale are coming to town in four days.

The Charlton fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 14 goals in 8 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 10 goals have been conceded. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Accrington Stanley form and stats

The visitors are W4-D1-L3 on the road this term. That's in the League One.

187 minutes! That's how long the Accrington goalkeeper Nathan Baxter and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Accrington delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Blackpool (placed 13th) in their previous match; a League One game. Preceding that game was the away victory against Gillingham with the score of 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Accrington Stanley playing away and similar expectations, we found 15 relevant matches. Results were four Accrington wins, five draws and six defeats.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The EFL Trophy trip to Lincoln City.

The travelling fans enjoy Accrington's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 8 league matches away. It's worth mentioning that 7 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Accrington Stanley have conceded 11 goals in these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 6 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last two games between these two teams, there's one Charlton Athletic victory, one draw and zero Accrington Stanley wins. Over/under statistics; zero of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticC. Aneke
C. Aneke
6 goals
CharltonC. Washington
C. Washington
6 goals
Accrington StanleyD. Charles
D. Charles
6 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Accrington Stanley missing players

Charlton Athletic Accrington Stanley
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 8 1 Played P 1 8 16
9 4 0 Won W 0 4 9
5 2 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 2 1 Lost L 1 3 4
29 14 1 Scored S 0 14 23
22 10 3 Conceded C 2 11 17
95% 88% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 88%
79% 62% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 69%
32% 50% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 62% 50%
32% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 19%
16% 25% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 12%
42% 50% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 44%
42% 38% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 38% 50%
21% 25% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 12% 19%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.9 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.4 1.1
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
10 10.2 11 Shots (avg) S ( 17 14.4 13.7
3.3 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 5.5 4.3
46% 58% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 32% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Accrington Stanley have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Accrington Stanley haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than 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 Lincoln City 20 13 2 5 31 17 10 6 0 4 16 12 10 7 2 1 15 5 14 41
2 Hull City 19 12 1 6 31 18 9 6 0 3 10 6 10 6 1 3 21 12 13 37
3 Portsmouth 19 10 5 4 32 15 10 4 3 3 14 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 17 35
4 Doncaster Rovers 18 10 3 5 32 20 10 6 2 2 19 11 8 4 1 3 13 9 12 33
5 Peterborough United 18 10 2 6 29 19 8 6 1 1 20 8 10 4 1 5 9 11 10 32
6 Charlton Athletic 19 9 5 5 29 22 8 4 2 2 14 10 11 5 3 3 15 12 7 32
7 Ipswich Town 18 10 2 6 23 19 10 7 0 3 12 9 8 3 2 3 11 10 4 32
8 Accrington Stanley 16 9 3 4 23 17 8 5 2 1 9 6 8 4 1 3 14 11 6 30
9 Crewe Alexandra 20 9 3 8 25 21 11 6 2 3 17 10 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 30
10 Fleetwood Town 20 8 5 7 28 18 10 5 3 2 16 7 10 3 2 5 12 11 10 29
11 Sunderland 18 7 8 3 23 14 9 3 3 3 9 10 9 4 5 0 14 4 9 29
12 Oxford United 20 8 4 8 30 27 9 4 2 3 14 10 11 4 2 5 16 17 3 28
13 Blackpool 20 8 3 9 20 23 9 5 1 3 11 10 11 3 2 6 9 13 -3 27
14 Gillingham 20 8 2 10 23 26 10 4 1 5 10 13 10 4 1 5 13 13 -3 26
15 Plymouth Argyle 21 7 5 9 28 37 12 7 2 3 19 16 9 0 3 6 9 21 -9 26
16 Milton Keynes Dons 21 6 7 8 26 25 10 3 5 2 14 11 11 3 2 6 12 14 1 25
17 Shrewsbury Town 20 5 9 6 21 25 9 1 5 3 11 13 11 4 4 3 10 12 -4 24
18 Bristol Rovers 18 6 4 8 20 27 9 3 1 5 10 15 9 3 3 3 10 12 -7 22
19 Northampton Town 21 6 4 11 19 36 12 3 3 6 8 17 9 3 1 5 11 19 -17 22
20 AFC Wimbledon 20 5 6 9 25 33 9 2 2 5 14 18 11 3 4 4 11 15 -8 21
21 Rochdale 18 5 4 9 23 30 9 1 4 4 7 15 9 4 0 5 16 15 -7 19
22 Wigan Athletic 20 5 4 11 21 35 10 2 3 5 12 19 10 3 1 6 9 16 -14 19
23 Swindon Town 20 5 2 13 25 41 11 4 1 6 13 18 9 1 1 7 12 23 -16 17
24 Burton Albion 22 2 7 13 28 50 11 2 2 7 17 27 11 0 5 6 11 23 -22 13

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.