Portsmouth favourites for feisty fight facing Charlton Athletic

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sun 01.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Fratton Park (21100 seats)

Portsmouth have succeeded in 3 home victories this season, Charlton Athletic have won 1 away. Who betters their standings in this meeting?

Insights:
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Charlton Athletic is in the worst form (0-2-4)

It's no vacation for neither Portsmouth nor Charlton Athletic as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Portsmouth form and stats

Portsmouth have collected 16 points from their League One home games so far after 3-7-1. With seven home League One games in a row without a win, the Portsmouth fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Portsmouth, who played 2-2 against Ipswich Town. That match was also played at this venue (Fratton Park).

A 0-0 draw away before that, with Exeter City the opponent.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Portsmouth have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won 9 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.

Trench warfare? In this team's last 11 league games, 9 have contained zero, one or two goals.

Portsmouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 16 goals in 11 games. Portsmouth's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Charlton Athletic form and stats

Charlton Athletic have only collected 8 points from their away games in the League One, after 1-5-5 (11 played). Charlton Athletic has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Two away games in a row for Charlton, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-3 versus Oxford United. Midfield player Blackett-Taylor was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.44/10. Blackett-Taylor served one assist and hit one key pass.

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Peterborough United.

We have checked recent matches where Charlton Athletic have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 9 games were 1 victory, 0 draws and 8 defeats.

Charlton Athletic have conceded 18 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Portsmouth and Charlton Athletic have duelled already this season: Charlton Athletic - Portsmouth 3-0. Portsmouth-Charlton Athletic H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Portsmouth three wins, Charlton Athletic six wins, one draw. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

PortsmouthC. Bishop
C. Bishop
10 goals
Charlton AthleticM. Leaburn
M. Leaburn
6 goals
Charlton AthleticJ. Rak-Sakyi
J. Rak-Sakyi
5 goals

Portsmouth missing players

Charlton Athletic missing players

Portsmouth Charlton Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 4 11 23
7 3 1 Won W 1 1 5
10 7 1 Drew D 1 5 10
4 1 1 Lost L 2 5 8
28 16 5 Scored S 2 11 33
24 12 4 Conceded C 4 18 34
86% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 91% 96%
76% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 64% 74%
38% 45% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 45% 43%
29% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 45% 35%
14% 9% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 9% 17%
52% 73% 67% BTTS BTTS 25% 64% 65%
33% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 18% 17%
29% 27% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 27% 22%
 
5.2 4.5 4.3 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 4.7
4.5 3.8 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.4 6
1.8 1.7 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 1.5 1.5
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.8 11.6 13.3 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 9.4 10.7
3.3 3.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2 3.3
41% 43% 36% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 50% 43%
 
10.2 7.8 7.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10.5 14 12.7
3 2.4 3.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 3.3 3.3
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Charlton Athletic have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Charlton Athletic is in the worst form (0-2-4)
  • Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 24 16 5 3 43 25 12 11 0 1 22 8 12 5 5 2 21 17 18 53
2 Ipswich Town 24 14 7 3 46 24 12 7 4 1 22 9 12 7 3 2 24 15 22 49
3 Sheffield Wednesday 24 14 7 3 40 18 12 7 4 1 25 11 12 7 3 2 15 7 22 49
4 Barnsley 22 12 4 6 30 18 11 7 1 3 17 10 11 5 3 3 13 8 12 40
5 Bolton Wanderers 22 10 6 6 26 19 12 7 3 2 16 8 10 3 3 4 10 11 7 36
6 Derby County 22 9 8 5 28 17 10 6 2 2 18 10 12 3 6 3 10 7 11 35
7 Peterborough United 23 11 2 10 39 28 11 8 1 2 24 6 12 3 1 8 15 22 11 35
8 Wycombe Wanderers 24 10 5 9 30 26 12 6 3 3 19 12 12 4 2 6 11 14 4 35
9 Port Vale 23 9 5 9 24 31 11 5 3 3 13 11 12 4 2 6 11 20 -7 32
10 Portsmouth 21 7 10 4 28 24 11 3 7 1 16 12 10 4 3 3 12 12 4 31
11 Exeter City 24 8 7 9 37 36 12 5 3 4 18 16 12 3 4 5 19 20 1 31
12 Bristol Rovers 24 8 7 9 38 41 12 4 4 4 19 21 12 4 3 5 19 20 -3 31
13 Oxford United 23 7 8 8 29 26 11 4 3 4 16 12 12 3 5 4 13 14 3 29
14 Shrewsbury Town 23 8 5 10 23 26 12 5 2 5 13 14 11 3 3 5 10 12 -3 29
15 Cheltenham Town 22 8 4 10 17 23 11 5 1 5 11 13 11 3 3 5 6 10 -6 28
16 Lincoln City 21 6 9 6 21 26 10 2 8 0 11 8 11 4 1 6 10 18 -5 27
17 Fleetwood Town 23 5 11 7 25 25 11 2 5 4 10 10 12 3 6 3 15 15 0 26
18 Charlton Athletic 23 5 10 8 33 34 12 4 5 3 22 16 11 1 5 5 11 18 -1 25
19 Cambridge United 22 7 3 12 21 33 12 5 2 5 11 14 10 2 1 7 10 19 -12 24
20 Accrington Stanley 22 5 7 10 21 34 11 2 5 4 14 18 11 3 2 6 7 16 -13 22
21 Burton Albion 24 5 7 12 32 45 12 3 4 5 14 19 12 2 3 7 18 26 -13 22
22 Milton Keynes Dons 23 6 3 14 22 33 12 2 2 8 10 20 11 4 1 6 12 13 -11 21
23 Forest Green Rovers 24 5 5 14 20 46 12 4 0 8 9 20 12 1 5 6 11 26 -26 20
24 Morecambe 23 3 9 11 19 34 11 2 5 4 9 15 12 1 4 7 10 19 -15 18

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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.