Soccer betting preview: Charlton Athletic welcomes Portsmouth in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 30.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Valley (27111 seats)

A key match in League One as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Charlton Athletic in 6th position and Portsmouth placed 5th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!

Insights:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

4 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Charlton Athletic have to build on here at The Valley in the League One. Charlton have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

A strong away win for Charlton Athletic against Milton Keynes Dons the last match, as Liam Millar were on target. Before that, Charlton drew at home versus Swindon Town.

A decent goal production from Charlton Athletic in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 11 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Charlton defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Portsmouth collect 23 points from their 10 away matches in the League One. 7 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). Having won their last three away games Portsmouth has no reason to fear anyone.

Portsmouth aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 181 league minutes without a goal. B. Close was the last player to find the net.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a League One home defeat versus Lincoln City with 0-1 on the scoreboard. A loss against Hull City was the result prior to that, in a home game.

Portsmouth goalkeeper Craig MacGillivray had a great day against Lincoln City, but despite making eight saves the loss could not be avoided.

Portsmouth are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 19 times in 10 away games so far. Portsmouth are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 10 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Portsmouth - Charlton Athletic 0-2 earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's seven Charlton Athletic victories, zero draws and three Portsmouth wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthJ. Marquis
J. Marquis
11 goals
Charlton AthleticC. Aneke
C. Aneke
9 goals
CharltonC. Washington
C. Washington
7 goals

Charlton Athletic missing players

Portsmouth missing players

Charlton Athletic Portsmouth
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 11 3 Played P 3 10 23
11 4 0 Won W 3 7 12
7 4 1 Drew D 0 2 5
7 3 2 Lost L 0 1 6
38 20 1 Scored S 8 19 37
32 18 5 Conceded C 2 7 20
96% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 87%
76% 73% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 70%
36% 55% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 43%
32% 55% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 35%
16% 27% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 9%
44% 55% 33% BTTS BTTS 67% 40% 35%
40% 27% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 50% 43%
20% 27% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 20% 35%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.4 1.9 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.3 1.8 1.7
5 2 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.2 12.9 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 11.1 11.6
3.8 4.3 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.3 3.9
40% 43% 9% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 44% 42%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.

  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 23 15 3 5 35 19 12 7 1 4 19 14 11 8 2 1 16 5 16 48
2 Hull City 24 14 3 7 40 22 11 7 1 3 14 7 13 7 2 4 26 15 18 45
3 Peterborough United 23 13 4 6 36 21 11 8 2 1 25 9 12 5 2 5 11 12 15 43
4 Doncaster Rovers 21 13 3 5 37 21 12 8 2 2 22 11 9 5 1 3 15 10 16 42
5 Portsmouth 23 12 5 6 37 20 13 5 3 5 18 13 10 7 2 1 19 7 17 41
6 Charlton Athletic 25 11 7 7 38 32 11 4 4 3 20 18 14 7 3 4 18 14 6 40
7 Sunderland 23 10 9 4 30 17 12 4 4 4 12 13 11 6 5 0 18 4 13 39
8 Accrington Stanley 20 11 3 6 27 21 10 6 2 2 11 7 10 5 1 4 16 14 6 36
9 Crewe Alexandra 25 10 6 9 34 32 13 7 3 3 21 13 12 3 3 6 13 19 2 36
10 Ipswich Town 22 11 2 9 26 24 13 7 0 6 14 14 9 4 2 3 12 10 2 35
11 Oxford United 22 10 4 8 36 30 10 5 2 3 16 10 12 5 2 5 20 20 6 34
12 Gillingham 24 10 3 11 30 30 13 5 2 6 16 17 11 5 1 5 14 13 0 33
13 Plymouth Argyle 24 9 6 9 33 39 13 7 3 3 20 17 11 2 3 6 13 22 -6 33
14 Fleetwood Town 24 8 7 9 29 22 12 5 4 3 16 8 12 3 3 6 13 14 7 31
15 Blackpool 22 9 4 9 26 24 9 5 1 3 11 10 13 4 3 6 15 14 2 31
16 Milton Keynes Dons 24 7 7 10 29 30 12 4 5 3 17 13 12 3 2 7 12 17 -1 28
17 Shrewsbury Town 21 5 9 7 21 26 9 1 5 3 11 13 12 4 4 4 10 13 -5 24
18 Rochdale 24 5 8 11 38 47 12 1 6 5 16 25 12 4 2 6 22 22 -9 23
19 Bristol Rovers 22 6 5 11 22 33 10 3 1 6 10 16 12 3 4 5 12 17 -11 23
20 Northampton Town 23 6 5 12 20 38 12 3 3 6 8 17 11 3 2 6 12 21 -18 23
21 AFC Wimbledon 24 5 7 12 26 43 10 2 2 6 14 21 14 3 5 6 12 22 -17 22
22 Swindon Town 24 6 3 15 31 49 13 4 1 8 14 22 11 2 2 7 17 27 -18 21
23 Wigan Athletic 23 5 6 12 24 43 12 2 4 6 12 24 11 3 2 6 12 19 -19 21
24 Burton Albion 24 3 7 14 29 51 12 2 2 8 17 28 12 1 5 6 12 23 -22 16

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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.