There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Charlton Athletic leading Oxford United by 7 points.
The hosts Charlton Athletic saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the League One. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Northampton Town.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
1 victory, 1 draw and 1 defeat. That’s what Charlton Athletic have to build on here at The Valley in the League One.
The Charlton goalkeeper Ben Amos is looking to record 90 more "clean sheet" minutes as his team have now played 362 minutes without conceding a goal in the League One.
Charlton Athletic enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Northampton Town's place. The match ended 2-0 with Darren Pratley scoring. Before that match, a win away at Blackpool.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Charlton Athletic have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn zero and lost four.
Charlton Athletic are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Portsmouth awaits in four days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Charlton here at The Valley in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games). Charlton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 3 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Oxford United form and stats
1-0-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Oxford United in their League One matches away. With two straight losses from their last two away games, Oxford are hoping that it's time for some travel points again.
The supporters enjoyed Oxford United's previous game versus Milton Keynes Dons (placed 23rd), a League One 3-2 win played at home. Prior to that match, the Oxford manager K. Robinson faced defeat when travelling to Peterborough United and losing 0-2.
World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager K. Robinson when Olamide Shodipo scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 86th minute.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Oxford playing away and similar expectations, we found eleven relevant matches. Results were five Oxford United wins, three draws and three defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The League One trip to Fleetwood Town.
The visiting Oxford have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 5 goals from 4 games. For Oxford, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Charlton victories, five draws and three Oxford United wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Taylor 3 goals |   C. Washington 2 goals |  J. Forster-Caskey 1 goals |
Charlton Athletic missing players
Oxford United missing players
| Charlton Athletic | Oxford United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | 2 | 1 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 86% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 57% | 33% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 25% | 33% |
| 14% | 33% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 50% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 29% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.3 | 1.7 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | 28 | 12 | Total Shots | T S | 23 | 69 | 91 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 10 | 24 | 31 |
| 39% | 29% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 21% | 26% |
- All of Oxford United's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Oxford United have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
- Oxford United have scored at least twice as many goals away as Charlton Athletic have scored home.
- Oxford United 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 | Lincoln City | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 2 | Hull City | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Peterborough United | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Ipswich Town | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Sunderland | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | Charlton Athletic | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 9 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 11 | Bristol Rovers | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 11 |
| 12 | Fleetwood Town | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 13 | Crewe Alexandra | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
| 14 | Gillingham | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 10 |
| 15 | Rochdale | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -1 | 9 |
| 17 | Blackpool | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -5 | 7 |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Northampton Town | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -7 | 7 |
| 20 | Shrewsbury Town | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 6 |
| 21 | Swindon Town | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 22 | Oxford United | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 6 |
| 23 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -4 | 5 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
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