Match preview League One: Charlton Athletic - Plymouth Argyle at The Valley

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

Charlton Athletic have performed better than Plymouth Argyle so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all you need to know about the upcoming game:

Insights:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Plymouth Argyle is in the worst form (1-0-5)

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 7 League One games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-1-2 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to The Valley after being equal after 90 minutes with Swindon Town (placed 22nd) on their last time out; the League One game ended 2-2. Previous to that game, a home match hosting AFC Wimbledon in a game that was won 5-2.

The hometeam coach L. Bowyer made a successful contribution in the game against Swindon Town, bringing on Chuks Aneke who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Charlton's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played three games, won two matches, drawn one and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Charlton after this match as they are travelling to Peterborough United for a League One game in only three days.

Charlton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Valley with 12 goals in 7 league matches. On the other hand, Charlton Athletic have conceded 8 goals.

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Plymouth Argyle form and stats

There's been little loot from Plymouth Argyle's travels as they have only collected 2 points from 8 away games in the League One. Plymouth Argyle, who have the fewest points (2) away in League One, only have 0 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 2 draws. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in ten away games in a row.

Impressive finishing from Ryan Hardie secured the home win 1-0 against Milton Keynes Dons in their previous game. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Crewe Alexandra wasn't a success with a 1-2 loss.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Plymouth when being an outsider away as they are today, we find two matches with the visitors losing one time, drawing one and winning zero games.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Oxford United in just three days.

The visitors have scored 7 goals from 8 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. For Plymouth, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Charlton six wins, two draws and Plymouth Argyle two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Plymouth ArgyleL. Jephcott
L. Jephcott
8 goals
Charlton AthleticC. Aneke
C. Aneke
6 goals
CharltonC. Washington
C. Washington
6 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Plymouth Argyle missing players

Charlton Athletic Plymouth Argyle
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
17 7 4 Played P 3 8 18
9 4 2 Won W 0 0 6
4 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
4 2 1 Lost L 3 6 8
27 12 8 Scored S 0 7 23
18 8 5 Conceded C 4 19 32
94% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 57% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 75% 78%
29% 43% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 56%
29% 43% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 28%
18% 29% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
41% 43% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 56%
47% 43% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 17%
18% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 100% 50% 28%
 
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 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.8
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
10.2 9.7 10 Shots (avg) S ( 8.7 13.4 13.7
3.5 3.1 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.4 3.9
46% 55% 62% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 26% 33%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Plymouth Argyle has the fewest points (2) away in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle has the the worst goal difference (-12) away in League One
  • Plymouth Argyle have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Plymouth Argyle have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Plymouth Argyle have yet to win a game away.
  • Plymouth Argyle haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Plymouth Argyle is in the worst form (1-0-5)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Portsmouth 19 10 5 4 32 15 10 4 3 3 14 8 9 6 2 1 18 7 17 35
2 Lincoln City 18 11 2 5 24 15 9 5 0 4 11 11 9 6 2 1 13 4 9 35
3 Hull City 18 11 1 6 29 18 8 5 0 3 8 6 10 6 1 3 21 12 11 34
4 Doncaster Rovers 17 10 3 4 32 19 9 6 2 1 19 10 8 4 1 3 13 9 13 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 Ipswich Town 18 10 2 6 23 19 10 7 0 3 12 9 8 3 2 3 11 10 4 32
7 Charlton Athletic 17 9 4 4 27 18 7 4 1 2 12 8 10 5 3 2 15 10 9 31
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 19 9 2 8 24 20 10 6 1 3 16 9 9 3 1 5 8 11 4 29
10 Fleetwood Town 19 8 4 7 27 17 10 5 3 2 16 7 9 3 1 5 11 10 10 28
11 Sunderland 17 7 7 3 23 14 9 3 3 3 9 10 8 4 4 0 14 4 9 28
12 Blackpool 18 8 3 7 19 20 9 5 1 3 11 10 9 3 2 4 8 10 -1 27
13 Gillingham 18 8 2 8 22 22 10 4 1 5 10 13 8 4 1 3 12 9 0 26
14 Plymouth Argyle 18 6 4 8 23 32 10 6 2 2 16 13 8 0 2 6 7 19 -9 22
15 AFC Wimbledon 18 5 6 7 24 29 8 2 2 4 13 16 10 3 4 3 11 13 -5 21
16 Milton Keynes Dons 19 4 7 8 20 24 9 2 5 2 12 11 10 2 2 6 8 13 -4 19
17 Oxford United 17 5 4 8 20 24 8 3 2 3 12 10 9 2 2 5 8 14 -4 19
18 Bristol Rovers 16 5 4 7 18 24 8 2 1 5 8 14 8 3 3 2 10 10 -6 19
19 Rochdale 18 5 4 9 23 30 9 1 4 4 7 15 9 4 0 5 16 15 -7 19
20 Northampton Town 19 5 3 11 16 35 10 2 2 6 5 16 9 3 1 5 11 19 -19 18
21 Shrewsbury Town 17 3 8 6 18 24 8 0 5 3 10 13 9 3 3 3 8 11 -6 17
22 Swindon Town 19 5 2 12 24 37 10 4 1 5 12 14 9 1 1 7 12 23 -13 17
23 Wigan Athletic 18 4 3 11 16 31 9 2 2 5 11 18 9 2 1 6 5 13 -15 15
24 Burton Albion 19 2 7 10 23 36 9 2 2 5 13 18 10 0 5 5 10 18 -13 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.