League One preview: Can Charlton Athletic edge out victory against Bristol Rovers?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Tue 15.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

Charlton Athletic perform at a high level so far being 5th in the table. Bristol Rovers can look both up and down from their 15th position.

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

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 and Bristol Rovers.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

Charlton Athletic have collected 13 points from their League One home games so far after 4-1-2.

A nice win for Charlton last time playing, versus AFC Wimbledon. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-2 with Jonathan Williams, Ben Purrington, Jake Forster-Caskey, Chuks Aneke and Conor Washington scoring for the victors. A 1-1 draw away before that, with Shrewsbury Town the opponent.

As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charlton Athletic handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and zero defeats.

Charlton are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Swindon Town awaits in four days.

The Charlton Athletic fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. Charlton have conceded 8 in these home matches.

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Bristol Rovers form and stats

3 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Bristol Rovers playing as the away team in the League One this season.

Bristol are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the League One against Plymouth Argyle (placed 16th). Prior to that result Bristol won their away game at Leyton Orient in the EFL Trophy. The scoreline was 2-1.

Bristol goalie Jordi van Stappershoef was high and low in the Plymouth Argyle game, contributing seven saves towards the victory.

Bristol are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is two wins, one draw and six defeats. From a total of nine matches.

A quick return to home after this game, as Bristol Rovers are hosting Oxford United in the League One only four days away.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Bristol Rovers have scored 10 goals in 8 league games away. Bristol have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - four - one (Charlton wins - draws - Bristol Rovers wins). As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticC. Washington
C. Washington
6 goals
Charlton AthleticC. Aneke
C. Aneke
5 goals
Bristol RoversB. Hanlan
B. Hanlan
5 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players

Charlton Athletic Bristol Rovers
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
16 7 2 Played P 3 8 16
9 4 2 Won W 1 3 5
3 1 0 Drew D 1 3 4
4 2 0 Lost L 1 2 7
25 12 8 Scored S 4 10 18
16 8 4 Conceded C 6 10 24
94% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 94%
75% 57% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 62% 81%
25% 43% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 38% 38%
25% 43% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 25% 25%
19% 29% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 19%
38% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 50%
50% 43% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
19% 29% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.5 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 1.8 1.7
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 9.7 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7.7 11 10.6
3.4 3.1 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 3.2 3.2
46% 55% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 38% 35%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • 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 Hull City 16 11 1 4 27 13 7 5 0 2 8 4 9 6 1 2 19 9 14 34
2 Lincoln City 16 10 2 4 20 14 8 5 0 3 11 10 8 5 2 1 9 4 6 32
3 Portsmouth 17 9 4 4 30 15 9 4 2 3 14 8 8 5 2 1 16 7 15 31
4 Peterborough United 17 10 1 6 28 18 8 6 1 1 20 8 9 4 0 5 8 10 10 31
5 Charlton Athletic 16 9 3 4 25 16 7 4 1 2 12 8 9 5 2 2 13 8 9 30
6 Ipswich Town 17 9 2 6 21 18 9 6 0 3 10 8 8 3 2 3 11 10 3 29
7 Doncaster Rovers 15 8 3 4 27 17 8 5 2 1 17 9 7 3 1 3 10 8 10 27
8 Sunderland 16 7 6 3 22 13 8 3 2 3 8 9 8 4 4 0 14 4 9 27
9 Fleetwood Town 17 8 2 7 26 16 9 5 2 2 15 6 8 3 0 5 11 10 10 26
10 Accrington Stanley 14 8 2 4 21 17 7 5 1 1 9 6 7 3 1 3 12 11 4 26
11 Crewe Alexandra 17 7 2 8 20 18 9 5 1 3 14 8 8 2 1 5 6 10 2 23
12 Gillingham 16 7 2 7 18 19 9 4 1 4 10 11 7 3 1 3 8 8 -1 23
13 Blackpool 16 7 2 7 16 18 8 4 1 3 8 8 8 3 1 4 8 10 -2 23
14 AFC Wimbledon 16 5 5 6 22 26 7 2 2 3 12 14 9 3 3 3 10 12 -4 20
15 Bristol Rovers 16 5 4 7 18 24 8 2 1 5 8 14 8 3 3 2 10 10 -6 19
16 Plymouth Argyle 16 5 4 7 21 30 9 5 2 2 15 13 7 0 2 5 6 17 -9 19
17 Milton Keynes Dons 17 4 6 7 19 22 8 2 4 2 11 10 9 2 2 5 8 12 -3 18
18 Northampton Town 17 5 3 9 16 27 9 2 2 5 5 12 8 3 1 4 11 15 -11 18
19 Oxford United 16 4 4 8 16 24 7 2 2 3 8 10 9 2 2 5 8 14 -8 16
20 Rochdale 16 4 4 8 17 26 8 1 4 3 6 11 8 3 0 5 11 15 -9 16
21 Swindon Town 17 5 1 11 21 33 9 4 0 5 10 12 8 1 1 6 11 21 -12 16
22 Shrewsbury Town 16 2 8 6 17 24 8 0 5 3 10 13 8 2 3 3 7 11 -7 14
23 Wigan Athletic 16 4 2 10 15 25 8 2 2 4 11 13 8 2 0 6 4 12 -10 14
24 Burton Albion 17 2 7 8 21 31 8 2 2 4 12 15 9 0 5 4 9 16 -10 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.