Portsmouth and Charlton Athletic are both riding high in the League One with their 5th and 6th positions respectively. Expect a great game!
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 Portsmouth and Charlton Athletic.
Portsmouth form and stats
The story so far in the League One for Portsmouth, who have the most scored goals (16) in League One, at their home stadium (Fratton Park) is 2 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Portsmouth's previous game was a League One match also played at home, ending 4-0 versus Northampton Town (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Sunderland.
As indicated by the result mentioned above, Portsmouth played a great game against Northampton Town and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Portsmouth matches with similar probabilities have ended with five wins, two draws and one defeat (from eight games).
Portsmouth are traveling soon after this match as the League One match at Lincoln City awaits in three days.
Portsmouth are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 7 goals in 5 games. Portsmouth are not conceding a lot of goals here at Fratton Park in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 4 from 5 matches.
Charlton Athletic form and stats
The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the League One. The fact that Charlton have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Charlton are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Charlton goalkeeper Ben Amos is eager to challenge this, with his 452 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Charlton Athletic go into this game after a win, the home game against Oxford United that ended 2-0. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Northampton Town at their stadium, the result 2-0.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Charlton when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing three times, drawing one and winning two games.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Fleetwood Town in just three days.
Charlton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 4 league away games 5 goals have been scored. The Charlton defense is a tough nut to crack, having conceded less than half a goal per away game on average (2 goals in 4 games).
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Portsmouth, zero draws and six wins for Charlton Athletic. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  M. Harness 5 goals | J. Marquis 5 goals |   C. Washington 3 goals |
Portsmouth missing players
Charlton Athletic missing players
| Portsmouth | Charlton Athletic | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Conceded | C | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 78% | 80% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 88% |
| 67% | 60% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 56% | 60% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 33% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 44% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 75% | 75% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 25% | 25% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.4 | 1.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 115 | 62 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 14 | 43 | 76 |
| 43 | 21 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 2 | 11 | 20 |
| 37% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 45% | 45% |
- Charlton Athletic has the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in League One
- Charlton Athletic have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded away.
- Charlton Athletic haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Portsmouth has the most scored goals (16) in League One
- Portsmouth have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Portsmouth have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Hull City | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 21 |
| 3 | Ipswich Town | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Peterborough United | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 17 |
| 6 | Charlton Athletic | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Sunderland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 15 |
| 8 | Plymouth Argyle | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 10 | Fleetwood Town | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 | AFC Wimbledon | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Accrington Stanley | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Bristol Rovers | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 11 |
| 14 | Rochdale | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -5 | 11 |
| 15 | Crewe Alexandra | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| 16 | Gillingham | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -4 | 10 |
| 17 | Milton Keynes Dons | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 8 |
| 18 | Blackpool | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -6 | 7 |
| 19 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -8 | 7 |
| 20 | Northampton Town | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -11 | 7 |
| 21 | Shrewsbury Town | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 6 |
| 22 | Swindon Town | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -4 | 6 |
| 23 | Oxford United | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -6 | 6 |
| 24 | Burton Albion | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -7 | 6 |