Charlton Athletic vs Rochdale Live Stream, Predictions

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Charlton Athletic

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Charlton Athletic will be hoping for a better result after a 0-2 League One defeat in their last game at the hands of Accrington Stanley.

Colby Bishop (36', 67') scored for Accrington Stanley.

Fixtures with Charlton Athletic have tended to be engaging affairs recently with plenty of scoring being the norm. Over their past half dozen clashes, the sum total of 21 goals have been scored for both sides combined (at an average of 3.5 goals per game) with 10 of them belonging to The Addicks. We shall soon see if that trend will be continued on into this next match.

Coming into this contest, Charlton Athletic haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Rochdale

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In the game prior to this, Rochdale drew 3-3 in the League One match with Crewe Alexandra.

For Rochdale, the scorers were Aaron Morley (47') and Matty Lund (61', 84'). Oliver Finney (6', 35') and Owen Dale (23') scored for Crewe Alexandra.

Showing their fondness for eventful encounters, we’ve seen goals 27 times in the last six games in which Rochdale have taken to the field, giving an average of 4.5 goals each clash. Opposing teams have managed 13 of those goals.

Going into this contest, Rochdale haven't beaten Charlton Athletic when they've played them away from home in the last 2 matches in the league.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes dating back to 01/10/2016 tells us that Charlton Athletic have won 2 of these & Rochdale 3, with the tally of drawn results standing at 1.

A combined total of 16 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 9 for The Addicks and 7 netted by The Dale. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.67.

The previous league match featuring these clubs was League One match day 46 on 04/05/2019 when the final score was Charlton Athletic 4-0 Rochdale.

The referee was Charles Breakspear.

ℹ️ Team News: Charlton Athletic

Charlton Athletic manager Lee Bowyer will be grateful to have no fitness concerns whatsoever before this game thanks to a completely healthy group ready to go. Darren Pratley is ineligible for this match because of suspension.

📰 Team News: Rochdale

Due to a fully healthy group to pick from, Rochdale boss Brian Barry-Murphy doesn’t have any fitness concerns whatsoever before this game.

✨ Prediction

For this match, we think that Charlton Athletic can and should get a lot of shots on goal and make them count.

In contrast, Rochdale could well struggle to score but we do think it’s quite likely that they will be hitting back at some stage here, too.

We can therefore see a controlled 3-1 victory for Charlton Athletic at full-time.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 00:10 08/01/2021