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

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Competition: England League One
Date: Fri 19.April
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Kassam Stadium (12500 seats)

Oxford United will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 26 points behind Charlton Athletic.

Oxford United 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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Oxford United form and stats

10 victories, 3 draws and 8 defeats. That’s what Oxford United have to build on here at The Kassam Stadium.

The points were shared in Oxford United's previous game, also at home. Visiting AFC Wimbledon travelled back with a point after a 0-0 scoreline. Before that match, a win away at Walsall.

This is expected to be a close game, with Oxford United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Oxford United as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Oxford United has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 6.

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

The Oxford United fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium, the tally being 30 in 21 matches. On the other hand, Oxford United have conceded 24 goals.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

Playing away, Charlton Athletic have won 9 games, drawn 5 and suffered 7 defeats so far this season. Things are running smoothly for Charlton Athletic who hasn't tasted defeat in their last eleven matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Fleetwood Town. Momentum is building for Charlton Athletic in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Charlton Athletic are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the League One against Luton Town. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Wycombe Wanderers at their stadium, the result 1-0.

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 45 relevant matches. Results were 18 Charlton Athletic wins, 10 draws and 17 defeats.

A quick return to home after this game, as Charlton Athletic are hosting Scunthorpe United in the League One only three days away.

Charlton Athletic have scored 29 goals on their travels this season, 21 away games. Charlton Athletic have conceded 23 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Charlton Athletic - Oxford United 1-1. Oxford United-Charlton Athletic H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Oxford United 2 wins, Charlton Athletic 2 wins, 5 draws.

Top Goalscorers

L. Taylor
18 goals / 8 assists
J. Henry
10 goals / 5 assists
J. Aribo
6 goals / 2 assists

Oxford United missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Oxford United Charlton Athletic
Total Home Statistic Away Total
42 21 Played 21 42
50 30 Scored 29 62
56 24 Conceded 23 38
86% 95% Over 0.5 90% 90%
69% 76% Over 1.5 76% 76%
50% 52% Over 2.5 52% 48%
29% 19% Over 3.5 10% 12%
12% 10% Over 4.5 5% 5%
50% 52% Both teams to score 57% 57%
31% 29% Clean Sheet 33% 36%
33% 24% Failed To Score 19% 17%
 
0 0 Corners For (avg) 0 0
0 0 Corners Against (avg) 0 0
0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) 0 0
0 0 Red Cards (avg) 0 0
Key stats this season:
  • Charlton Athletic is involved in more matches over 2.5 away, than home.
  • Oxford United is involved in more matches over 2.5 home, than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Luton Town 42 25 12 5 81 37 21 15 6 0 52 16 21 10 6 5 29 21 44 87
2 Barnsley 42 23 13 6 72 35 21 13 8 0 36 14 21 10 5 6 36 21 37 82
3 Sunderland 41 21 17 3 74 41 21 11 9 1 43 24 20 10 8 2 31 17 33 80
4 Portsmouth 41 23 11 7 75 44 20 11 6 3 37 17 21 12 5 4 38 27 31 80
5 Charlton Athletic 42 23 10 9 62 38 21 14 5 2 33 15 21 9 5 7 29 23 24 79
6 Doncaster Rovers 42 19 12 11 71 52 21 12 7 2 42 19 21 7 5 9 29 33 19 69
7 Peterborough United 41 18 10 13 63 54 21 8 6 7 27 26 20 10 4 6 36 28 9 64
8 Coventry City 42 17 10 15 50 49 21 8 6 7 21 19 21 9 4 8 29 30 1 61
9 Burton Albion 42 16 12 14 60 48 21 10 5 6 32 20 21 6 7 8 28 28 12 60
10 Blackpool 42 14 16 12 47 46 21 7 8 6 26 22 21 7 8 6 21 24 1 58
11 Fleetwood Town 41 15 11 15 54 47 20 8 7 5 30 25 21 7 4 10 24 22 7 56
12 Oxford United 42 13 14 15 50 56 21 10 3 8 30 24 21 3 11 7 20 32 -6 53
13 Shrewsbury Town 42 12 14 16 47 53 21 8 8 5 23 22 21 4 6 11 24 31 -6 50
14 Bristol Rovers 42 12 13 17 44 47 21 5 6 10 22 26 21 7 7 7 22 21 -3 49
15 Gillingham 42 13 9 20 54 68 21 6 4 11 24 33 21 7 5 9 30 35 -14 48
16 Accrington Stanley 42 12 12 18 43 61 21 6 6 9 21 29 21 6 6 9 22 32 -18 48
17 Wycombe Wanderers 42 12 11 19 52 64 21 8 5 8 26 26 21 4 6 11 26 38 -12 47
18 Plymouth Argyle 42 12 11 19 51 67 21 8 6 7 33 33 21 4 5 12 18 34 -16 47
19 Scunthorpe United 42 12 9 21 49 73 21 6 6 9 29 39 21 6 3 12 20 34 -24 45
20 Rochdale 42 12 9 21 51 83 21 6 4 11 23 37 21 6 5 10 28 46 -32 45
21 AFC Wimbledon 42 12 8 22 37 59 21 5 4 12 21 35 21 7 4 10 16 24 -22 44
22 Southend United 42 12 7 23 49 63 21 6 2 13 27 31 21 6 5 10 22 32 -14 43
23 Walsall 42 11 9 22 45 69 21 6 4 11 26 36 21 5 5 11 19 33 -24 42
24 Bradford City 42 10 6 26 45 72 21 7 2 12 24 30 21 3 4 14 21 42 -27 36

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