League One preview: Can Charlton Athletic edge out victory against Cheltenham Town?

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

Let's look at this action-packed game in the League One. Charlton Athletic is in the 19th position after completing five fixtures. They welcome Cheltenham Town who are placed 16th after six fixtures.

Insights:
  • Cheltenham Town have yet to win a game away.

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

Charlton Athletic have played 3 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).

Charlton Athletic's last game was hosting Crawley Town and winning 6-1. As mentioned above, Charlton Athletic "killed" Crawley Town in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Previous to that game, a League One home match hosting Crewe Alexandra in a game that was won 2-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Charlton handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eight wins, three draws and three defeats.

The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Charlton Athletic here at The Valley in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). From these home matches, Charlton have conceded only 2 goals.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Still no away game victory in the League One for Cheltenham Town with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.

Cheltenham's last game was the home draw against Milton Keynes Dons (1-1). Midfielder Liam Sercombe was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.14. Sercombe .

Prior to that match, the Cheltenham manager M. Duff faced defeat when travelling to Bristol Rovers and losing 0-2.

Cheltenham are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and one defeat. From a total of three matches.

Cheltenham Town are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 4 away goals from 3 games (in the league). Cheltenham's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 5 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

Cheltenham TownC. Wright
C. Wright
3 goals
CharltonJ. Stockley
J. Stockley
2 goals
Cheltenham TownA. Williams
A. Williams
2 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Cheltenham Town missing players

Charlton Athletic Cheltenham Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
5 3 0 Played P 2 3 6
1 1 0 Won W 0 0 1
1 1 0 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 2
4 2 0 Scored S 3 4 8
6 2 0 Conceded C 4 5 10
80% 67% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
80% 67% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
40% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 33% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 33% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 17%
40% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 100%
40% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
40% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
6 7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 5.5 5 4.2
4.6 4.7 0 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5 5.3
1.8 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 13 0 Shots (avg) S ( 13 11.3 10.8
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6.5 5 4.5
27% 22% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 23% 27% 30%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Cheltenham Town's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Cheltenham Town have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Cheltenham Town have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Cheltenham Town have yet to win a game away.
  • Cheltenham Town 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 Sunderland 5 4 0 1 8 4 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 4 12
2 Accrington Stanley 6 4 0 2 6 5 3 3 0 0 4 1 3 1 0 2 2 4 1 12
3 Sheffield Wednesday 5 3 1 1 5 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 10
4 Wigan Athletic 5 3 1 1 6 3 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 1 0 1 3 2 3 10
5 Portsmouth 5 3 1 1 4 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 10
6 Wycombe Wanderers 5 3 1 1 8 6 2 2 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 5 5 2 10
7 Oxford United 6 3 1 2 9 8 3 3 0 0 6 2 3 0 1 2 3 6 1 10
8 Burton Albion 5 3 1 1 5 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 10
9 AFC Wimbledon 6 2 3 1 11 9 3 1 2 0 7 5 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 9
10 Milton Keynes Dons 6 2 3 1 11 9 3 2 0 1 5 3 3 0 3 0 6 6 2 9
11 Rotherham United 5 3 0 2 5 3 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 9
12 Cambridge United 5 2 2 1 7 4 3 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 1 1 2 3 3 8
13 Plymouth Argyle 5 2 2 1 6 4 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 8
14 Bolton Wanderers 5 2 2 1 9 8 2 1 1 0 5 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 8
15 Morecambe 5 2 1 2 6 5 3 2 0 1 3 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 7
16 Cheltenham Town 6 1 3 2 8 10 3 1 1 1 4 5 3 0 2 1 4 5 -2 6
17 Gillingham 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 2 4 -1 5
18 Fleetwood Town 5 1 1 3 5 7 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 4
19 Charlton Athletic 5 1 1 3 4 6 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 4
20 Lincoln City 5 1 1 3 4 7 2 1 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -3 4
21 Ipswich Town 5 0 3 2 8 10 3 0 3 0 6 6 2 0 0 2 2 4 -2 3
22 Shrewsbury Town 6 1 0 5 2 9 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 0 0 3 0 4 -7 3
23 Crewe Alexandra 5 0 1 4 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 5 -6 1
24 Doncaster Rovers 5 0 1 4 1 7 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 0 3 0 5 -6 1

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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.