Big-shot Sunderland visit Charlton Athletic after their 3-0-result vs Wigan Athletic. Check out our thorough preview!
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Charlton Athletic at their home stadium (The Valley) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 7 defeats. It's trouble wherever Charlton Athletic are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now, regardless of arena. They really need to get back to winning ways.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 353 minutes without scoring a league goal. Lee was the last player to find the net.
No payout for Charlton Athletic in their previous match, an away game at Sheffield Wednesday that ended in defeat 0-2. Purrington (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.0/10. Purrington hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the home game against Milton Keynes Dons that was lost 0-2.Charlton Athletic has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. 23 goals have been conceded.
Sunderland form and stats
Playing away, Sunderland have won 6 games, drawn 6 and suffered 6 defeats in the League One this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Sunderland, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Wigan Athletic (placed 2nd) last time out. Attacker Stewart got a player rating of 8.32 in the game. "Man of the match" Stewart scored two goals.
Ahead of that game was the 1-1 draw at home against Burton Albion.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fleetwood Town in just three days.
Sunderland are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 27 times in 18 away games so far. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Sunderland have conceded 33 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent archived match between these participants is the Sunderland - Charlton Athletic 0-1 played earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: five - two - one (Charlton Athletic wins - draws - Sunderland wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() R. Stewart 22 goals | ![]() C. Washington 9 goals | ![]() J. Stockley 7 goals |
Charlton Athletic missing players
Sunderland missing players
| Charlton Athletic | Sunderland | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 34 | 17 | 7 | Played | P | 7 | 18 | 35 |
| 11 | 7 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | 17 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 17 | 7 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 41 | 24 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 27 | 61 |
| 47 | 23 | 10 | Conceded | C | 16 | 33 | 47 |
| 97% | 94% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 82% | 88% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 94% | 86% |
| 50% | 41% | 14% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 72% | 66% |
| 21% | 35% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 29% | 33% | 31% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| 53% | 35% | 14% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 61% | 57% |
| 26% | 41% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 24% | 29% | 71% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 22% | 14% |
| 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.1 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 12.4 | 10 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.1 | 14.1 |
| 3.6 | 4.2 | 2.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.6 | 5 |
| 33% | 33% | 17% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 33% | 35% |
| 10.7 | 10.6 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.1 | 13.4 | 12.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
- Sunderland have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Sunderland 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 | Rotherham United | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 37 | 14 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 5 | 42 | 75 |
| 2 | Wigan Athletic | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 56 | 32 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 15 | 24 | 66 |
| 3 | Milton Keynes Dons | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 57 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 22 | 66 |
| 4 | Oxford United | 35 | 18 | 8 | 9 | 65 | 43 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 39 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 21 | 22 | 62 |
| 5 | Sunderland | 35 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 61 | 47 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 33 | 14 | 59 |
| 6 | Sheffield Wednesday | 33 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 47 | 35 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 58 |
| 7 | Plymouth Argyle | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 15 | 56 |
| 8 | Wycombe Wanderers | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 55 | 46 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 55 |
| 9 | Ipswich Town | 35 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 53 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 19 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 53 |
| 10 | Bolton Wanderers | 35 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 55 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 28 | 8 | 51 |
| 11 | Portsmouth | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 48 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 44 | 53 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 28 | -9 | 46 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 30 | -3 | 44 |
| 14 | Burton Albion | 35 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 42 | 47 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -5 | 44 |
| 15 | Cheltenham Town | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 44 | 56 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 31 | -12 | 41 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 47 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 24 | -6 | 39 |
| 17 | Shrewsbury Town | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 31 | 35 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 19 | -4 | 37 |
| 18 | Lincoln City | 33 | 9 | 8 | 16 | 37 | 46 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -9 | 35 |
| 19 | Fleetwood Town | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 47 | 56 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 31 | -9 | 33 |
| 20 | AFC Wimbledon | 34 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 39 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 24 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 29 | -14 | 33 |
| 21 | Morecambe | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 44 | 64 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 35 | -20 | 31 |
| 22 | Gillingham | 35 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 55 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 25 | -27 | 30 |
| 23 | Doncaster Rovers | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 28 | 68 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 40 | -40 | 29 |
| 24 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 60 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 34 | -32 | 25 |