Fleetwood Town vs Charlton Athletic match preview: Even contest expected at Highbury Stadium

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 20.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Highbury Stadium (5500 seats)

Fleetwood Town will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 8 points behind Charlton Athletic.

Insights:
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Fleetwood Town and Charlton Athletic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Fleetwood Town form and stats

6-5-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League One numbers at home for Fleetwood Town so far this season.

Fleetwood are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Plymouth Argyle. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Doncaster Rovers in a game that was won 3-1.

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 Fleetwood Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn six and lost one.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Fleetwood as they are travelling to their away game against Sunderland in the League One. That match is three days after this one.

Fleetwood are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 19 goals in 14 games. Fleetwood are not conceding a lot of goals here at Highbury Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 9 from 14 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

The visitors are W8-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League One. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Charlton Athletic are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Home advantage was not enough for Charlton Athletic in their previous game, as they lost their League One-match, hosting Gillingham, 2-3. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Rochdale at their stadium, the result 2-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Charlton Athletic playing away and similar expectations, we found nine relevant matches. Results were five Charlton Athletic wins, one draw and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Charlton Athletic, the League One home match versus Burton Albion. Busy days.

Charlton Athletic have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 15 league away games 20 goals have been scored. Charlton are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 14 times in 15 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Fleetwood Town and Charlton Athletic have met before this season: Charlton Athletic - Fleetwood 3-2. As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's one Fleetwood victory, four draws and two Charlton Athletic wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Charlton AthleticC. Aneke
C. Aneke
11 goals
FleetwoodC. Camps
C. Camps
8 goals
Charlton AthleticC. Washington
C. Washington
7 goals

Fleetwood Town missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Fleetwood Town Charlton Athletic
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 15 28
9 6 2 Won W 4 8 12
8 5 2 Drew D 1 3 7
11 3 1 Lost L 0 4 9
32 19 8 Scored S 7 20 43
25 9 4 Conceded C 1 14 38
82% 79% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
50% 50% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 80% 79%
32% 29% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 20% 39%
21% 21% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 13% 36%
14% 14% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 18%
43% 43% 60% BTTS BTTS 20% 33% 46%
32% 36% 20% Clean Sheets C S 80% 53% 39%
43% 43% 40% Failed to Score F T 0% 13% 18%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.6 2.4
1 0 0 Red cards R C 1 3 6
 
10.6 12.3 14.4 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.2 11.2
3.6 4.4 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 3.5 3.7
32% 31% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 38% 41%
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Fleetwood Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded 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 Lincoln City 26 16 4 6 38 20 13 7 1 5 19 15 13 9 3 1 19 5 18 52
2 Hull City 28 15 4 9 41 24 14 8 2 4 15 8 14 7 2 5 26 16 17 49
3 Peterborough United 26 15 4 7 40 24 13 10 2 1 29 10 13 5 2 6 11 14 16 49
4 Portsmouth 26 14 6 6 44 23 15 6 4 5 22 15 11 8 2 1 22 8 21 48
5 Doncaster Rovers 25 15 3 7 43 30 13 9 2 2 25 13 12 6 1 5 18 17 13 48
6 Sunderland 27 11 11 5 39 24 14 5 5 4 18 16 13 6 6 1 21 8 15 44
7 Charlton Athletic 28 12 7 9 43 38 13 4 4 5 23 24 15 8 3 4 20 14 5 43
8 Accrington Stanley 24 12 5 7 35 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 11 5 2 4 18 16 10 41
9 Plymouth Argyle 28 11 8 9 39 43 15 8 4 3 23 19 13 3 4 6 16 24 -4 41
10 Oxford United 25 12 4 9 41 33 11 6 2 3 17 10 14 6 2 6 24 23 8 40
11 Crewe Alexandra 28 11 7 10 36 35 14 7 4 3 22 14 14 4 3 7 14 21 1 40
12 Ipswich Town 25 12 3 10 30 27 14 8 0 6 16 14 11 4 3 4 14 13 3 39
13 Milton Keynes Dons 28 10 8 10 38 33 13 4 6 3 19 15 15 6 2 7 19 18 5 38
14 Gillingham 27 11 4 12 35 37 14 5 2 7 16 20 13 6 2 5 19 17 -2 37
15 Fleetwood Town 28 9 8 11 32 25 14 6 5 3 19 9 14 3 3 8 13 16 7 35
16 Blackpool 24 10 4 10 28 26 10 6 1 3 13 10 14 4 3 7 15 16 2 34
17 Shrewsbury Town 25 8 9 8 26 28 12 3 5 4 15 15 13 5 4 4 11 13 -2 33
18 Rochdale 27 6 8 13 41 54 14 1 6 7 17 31 13 5 2 6 24 23 -13 26
19 AFC Wimbledon 26 6 7 13 29 47 11 2 2 7 14 23 15 4 5 6 15 24 -18 25
20 Bristol Rovers 26 6 6 14 24 43 12 3 1 8 11 20 14 3 5 6 13 23 -19 24
21 Wigan Athletic 26 6 6 14 27 47 13 2 4 7 14 27 13 4 2 7 13 20 -20 24
22 Swindon Town 28 7 3 18 32 53 15 5 1 9 15 23 13 2 2 9 17 30 -21 24
23 Northampton Town 27 6 6 15 20 43 14 3 3 8 8 20 13 3 3 7 12 23 -23 24
24 Burton Albion 26 5 7 14 32 51 13 3 2 8 18 28 13 2 5 6 14 23 -19 22

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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.