Match-goers at The Valley haven’t witnessed many home wins this season, with Charlton Athletic rotting in the 21st place. The visiting Portsmouth will believe to defend their higher league place in this game.
- Charlton Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Portsmouth have scored 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 Portsmouth.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
Charlton Athletic have collected 4 points from their League One home games so far after 1-1-2.
Charlton Athletic manager N. Adkins and his team return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Gillingham (placed 19th) in the League One. Midfield player Albie Morgan got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Morgan hit two key passes.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wycombe Wanderers (1-2).This is expected to be a close game, with Charlton Athletic perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Charlton Athletic as a small favourite), we find eleven games. Charlton Athletic has won two of these, drawn one and lost eight.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Charlton Athletic as they have a new game in only three days, a League One match thankfully also at home. Bolton Wanderers are visiting.
Charlton aren't scoring a lot here at The Valley in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Charlton have conceded 4 in these home matches.
Portsmouth form and stats
The visitors are W1-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Portsmouth has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
Portsmouth's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Plymouth Argyle that finished 2-2. Goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu made a total of six saves, making him a hero against Plymouth Argyle. Heavily contributing to the draw after 90 minutes. Midfielder Lee Brown was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.33. Brown scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 25 successful passes (of 30 total).
The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Cambridge United.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Portsmouth in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Portsmouth, two draws and four defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Portsmouth manager D. Cowley as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Burton Albion.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Portsmouth's away games in the league this season with only 1 goal from 4 matches. The Portsmouth defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these participants: Charlton won six, Portsmouth triumphed in four and we saw zero draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  J. Stockley 2 goals |   L. Brown 2 goals | D. Jaiyesimi 1 goals |
Charlton Athletic missing players
Portsmouth missing players
| Charlton Athletic | Portsmouth | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | 4 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 75% | 88% |
| 88% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 50% | 25% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 25% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 75% | 38% |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | 5.5 |
| 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6 | 12.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| 2.9 | 2.5 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.9 |
| 30% | 30% | 100% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 9% | 30% |
- Charlton Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Portsmouth have scored away.
- Portsmouth have won significantly less corners away then at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Wigan Athletic | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| 2 | Sunderland | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| 4 | Plymouth Argyle | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 |
| 5 | Wycombe Wanderers | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 6 | Rotherham United | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | AFC Wimbledon | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Bolton Wanderers | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Cheltenham Town | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Burton Albion | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 12 |
| 11 | Accrington Stanley | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 12 |
| 12 | Portsmouth | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| 13 | Sheffield Wednesday | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Cambridge United | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Oxford United | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Morecambe | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 |
| 17 | Fleetwood Town | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -4 | 7 |
| 20 | Ipswich Town | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 6 |
| 21 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | -4 | 5 |
| 22 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | -6 | 5 |
| 23 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -7 | 5 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -6 | 4 |