Charlton Athletic host Gillingham as clear favourites: Big football preview

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

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Insights:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League One

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 Athletic and Gillingham.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

When playing at home in the League One, Charlton Athletic have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 18 games. When Charlton Athletic hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Charlton Athletic, Morecambe, Doncaster Rovers, AFC Wimbledon, Crewe Alexandra, Shrewsbury Town and Fleetwood Town), they have won 4 of 4 matches!

The supporters are hoping that Charlton will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the match against Accrington Stanley (placed 12th). Midfielder Fraser was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.0 (out of ten) in that game. Fraser hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 29 successful passes (of 35 total).

In the match before that, Charlton Athletic hosted Sunderland and drew the game 0-0.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Charlton Athletic matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, three draws and zero defeats (from six games).

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

Charlton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Charlton Athletic's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 23 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Gillingham form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Gillingham so far with only 16 points returning home. The records show 3-7-8 (win-draw-lose). Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Gillingham are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Gillingham play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Doncaster Rovers (placed 23rd). Midfield player Jackson was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.65/10. Jackson served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Bolton Wanderers.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Gillingham playing away, we found seven games. Results were zero away wins, four draws and three home wins.

A quick return to home after this game, as Gillingham are hosting Sheffield Wednesday in the League One only four days away.

The visitors have scored 17 goals from 18 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Gillingham have seen the ball go into their own net 25 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two teams involved met each other previously this match year: Gillingham - Charlton Athletic 1-1. Head-to-head statistics (for the previous ten meetings): Charlton Athletic won three games, three matches ended in a draw and Gillingham have four wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: four / six

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticC. Washington
C. Washington
9 goals
CharltonJ. Stockley
J. Stockley
8 goals
GillinghamV. Oliver
V. Oliver
8 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Gillingham missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Charlton Athletic Gillingham
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 6 18 37
11 7 4 Won W 1 3 7
7 4 0 Drew D 2 7 12
18 7 0 Lost L 3 8 18
42 24 11 Scored S 5 17 29
49 23 2 Conceded C 8 25 58
94% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 89%
81% 83% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 78% 70%
50% 39% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 28% 32%
19% 33% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 17% 19%
8% 17% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 11%
53% 33% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 56% 46%
28% 44% 75% Clean Sheets C S 17% 22% 27%
25% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 17% 28% 38%
 
5.5 5.4 6.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4 4.6
4.6 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 6.3 5
2.6 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.4 2.1
2 1 0 Red cards R C 2 3 6
 
10.9 12.1 14.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8.3 8.6 10.3
3.5 4 6.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.7 2.8 3.1
33% 33% 42% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 34% 25%
 
11 10.9 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16.3 16.8 14.8
4.1 4 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.7 5.8 4.8
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Gillingham have the fewest scored goals in the second half (14) in League One
  • Gillingham have the most matches under the total-line (19) in League One

  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 37 23 8 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 19 11 5 3 24 5 41 77
2 Wigan Athletic 35 22 7 6 60 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 17 11 4 2 34 16 27 73
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
6 Plymouth Argyle 36 19 8 9 59 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 20 65
7 Sheffield Wednesday 36 18 10 8 59 40 18 12 4 2 36 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 64
8 Wycombe Wanderers 37 17 11 9 61 47 19 10 5 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 62
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 36 16 10 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 18 6 6 6 19 18 15 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 36 14 7 15 46 58 19 11 4 4 34 26 17 3 3 11 12 32 -12 49
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Lincoln City 36 11 8 17 42 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 17 6 4 7 23 24 -7 41
17 Charlton Athletic 36 11 7 18 42 49 18 7 4 7 24 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -7 40
18 Shrewsbury Town 37 9 12 16 32 37 18 7 5 6 20 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 -5 39
19 Fleetwood Town 36 7 12 17 50 66 17 5 5 7 26 27 19 2 7 10 24 39 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 37 7 12 18 29 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 18 3 7 8 17 25 -29 33
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 46 70 19 5 7 7 27 32 18 2 4 12 19 38 -24 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 37 6 7 24 30 68 18 4 4 10 17 32 19 2 3 14 13 36 -38 25

Charlton Athletic:
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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 Rotherham United 37 23 8 6 62 21 18 12 3 3 38 16 19 11 5 3 24 5 41 77
2 Wigan Athletic 35 22 7 6 60 33 18 11 3 4 26 17 17 11 4 2 34 16 27 73
3 Milton Keynes Dons 38 21 10 7 63 38 19 10 5 4 26 17 19 11 5 3 37 21 25 73
4 Oxford United 38 20 8 10 73 48 19 12 4 3 43 23 19 8 4 7 30 25 25 68
5 Sunderland 38 19 9 10 66 48 19 13 2 4 39 15 19 6 7 6 27 33 18 66
6 Plymouth Argyle 36 19 8 9 59 39 17 10 3 4 24 14 19 9 5 5 35 25 20 65
7 Sheffield Wednesday 36 18 10 8 59 40 18 12 4 2 36 14 18 6 6 6 23 26 19 64
8 Wycombe Wanderers 37 17 11 9 61 47 19 10 5 4 33 26 18 7 6 5 28 21 14 62
9 Ipswich Town 38 16 12 10 57 39 19 9 8 2 31 19 19 7 4 8 26 20 18 60
10 Portsmouth 36 16 10 10 53 38 18 10 4 4 34 20 18 6 6 6 19 18 15 58
11 Bolton Wanderers 38 16 7 15 59 49 19 10 5 4 36 21 19 6 2 11 23 28 10 55
12 Accrington Stanley 36 14 7 15 46 58 19 11 4 4 34 26 17 3 3 11 12 32 -12 49
13 Cheltenham Town 37 11 14 12 52 60 19 8 6 5 26 25 18 3 8 7 26 35 -8 47
14 Burton Albion 38 13 8 17 48 58 19 9 4 6 31 24 19 4 4 11 17 34 -10 47
15 Cambridge United 37 11 12 14 46 58 18 7 7 4 23 19 19 4 5 10 23 39 -12 45
16 Lincoln City 36 11 8 17 42 49 19 5 4 10 19 25 17 6 4 7 23 24 -7 41
17 Charlton Athletic 36 11 7 18 42 49 18 7 4 7 24 23 18 4 3 11 18 26 -7 40
18 Shrewsbury Town 37 9 12 16 32 37 18 7 5 6 20 18 19 2 7 10 12 19 -5 39
19 Fleetwood Town 36 7 12 17 50 66 17 5 5 7 26 27 19 2 7 10 24 39 -16 33
20 AFC Wimbledon 37 6 15 16 39 58 18 2 11 5 21 26 19 4 4 11 18 32 -19 33
21 Gillingham 37 7 12 18 29 58 19 4 5 10 12 33 18 3 7 8 17 25 -29 33
22 Morecambe 37 7 11 19 46 70 19 5 7 7 27 32 18 2 4 12 19 38 -24 32
23 Doncaster Rovers 38 8 5 25 28 73 19 5 3 11 15 29 19 3 2 14 13 44 -45 29
24 Crewe Alexandra 37 6 7 24 30 68 18 4 4 10 17 32 19 2 3 14 13 36 -38 25

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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.