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Charlton Athletic line up against visiting rivals Shrewsbury Town at The Valley in the League One clash on Saturday.
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📏 Form Guide
Charlton Athletic
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Charlton Athletic go into this match following on from a 1-1 League One draw versus Cambridge United.
The only scorer from Charlton Athletic was Connor Wickham (23'). Macauley Bonne (50') scored for Cambridge United.
It’s been seldom in recent games that Charlton Athletic have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Charlton Athletic have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 6 goals in the process.
Their prior results show that Charlton Athletic:
- have not been beaten in the league by Shrewsbury Town in their previous 4 matches.
- have not been beaten in their last 6 home league matches.
Shrewsbury Town
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In their last fixture, Shrewsbury Town drew 2-2 in the League One tie with Bolton Wanderers.
For Shrewsbury Town, the goals were scored by Daniel Udoh (21') and Jordan Shipley (43'). Cameron Jerome (40') and Paris Maghoma (71') scored for Bolton Wanderers.
It is worth noting that Shrewsbury Town have made hard work of scoring goals over their last 6 games, contributing the disappointing return of only 3. In those fixtures, The Shrews have also seen the collective goal tally of opposing teams equal 9. That pattern might not follow through into this game, of course.
Ahead of this clash, Shrewsbury Town have not registered a win against Charlton Athletic when having played them away from home in the previous 4 league matches. They'll be keen to stop this run.
🤜🤛 Head to head
An examination of their prior head-to-head clashes dating back to 13/03/2021 tells us that Charlton Athletic have won 3 of them and Shrewsbury Town 1, with the number of drawn matches standing at 2.
A combined total of 12 goals were yielded between them in these games, with 10 for The Addicks and 2 netted by The Shrews. That’s an average goals per game of 2.
The previous league encounter featuring these clubs was League One match day 10 on 30/09/2023 when it finished Shrewsbury Town 0-0 Charlton Athletic.
The match was refereed by Edward Duckworth.
🗞️ Team News: Charlton Athletic
Almost everyone can be considered, as there’s just a single fitness concern for the Charlton Athletic boss Nathan Jones to contend with from a near full-strength squad. Miles Leaburn (Hamstring injury) won’t play.
ℹ️ Team News: Shrewsbury Town
From a largely healthy group, there is just the lone fitness problem for the Shrewsbury Town boss Paul Hurst to be concerned about. George Nurse (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be playing here.
🔮 Prediction
When taking all factors into account, Shrewsbury Town are capable enough to breach the defence of this Charlton Athletic outfit, but that probably shouldn’t prevent them from conceding a couple at the other end.
We can see a 2-1 winning margin for Charlton Athletic at the end of this one. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
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Lucas Pereira, 13:07 20/04/2024
⚽️ Team Focus:
Charlton Athletic
Formed: 1905
Stadium: The Valley (27,111)
Captain: George Dobson
Chairman: Peter Storrie
Manager: Nathan Jones
Competitions: League One position 16
⭐ Key Player: Daniel Kanu
Usually taking to the field in the Striker position, Daniel Kanu was born in England. After having made a senior debut playing for Charlton Athletic in the 2022 - 2023 season, the skilful Forward has contributed 6 league goals in the League One 2023 - 2024 campaign to date from a total of 28 appearances.
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | +/- | Pts | Form |
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44 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 36 | 94 | WDWDW |
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44 | 26 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 86 | LWDDW |
3 |
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44 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 83 | DWWDD |
4 |
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43 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 28 | 80 | LWWLW |
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44 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 75 | WLLDL |
6 |
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45 | 21 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 74 | WWWLD |
7 |
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44 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 26 | 71 | WWDLW |
8 |
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44 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 70 | LDWWW |
9 |
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45 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 68 | DLWLD |
10 |
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44 | 17 | 11 | 16 | -3 | 62 | LLWDL |
11 |
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44 | 17 | 8 | 19 | -8 | 59 | WLWWL |
12 |
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43 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 2 | 58 | LDDWW |
13 |
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44 | 16 | 10 | 18 | -15 | 58 | DWWDW |
14 |
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44 | 16 | 9 | 19 | -12 | 57 | DLLWW |
15 |
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44 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 56 | DLDDW |
16 |
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44 | 11 | 19 | 14 | 0 | 52 | DDWDD |
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44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | -2 | 50 | WLDWD |
18 |
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44 | 13 | 8 | 23 | -30 | 47 | DDLLD |
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43 | 12 | 10 | 21 | -21 | 46 | WWLDL |
20 |
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44 | 11 | 10 | 23 | -26 | 43 | DLLWL |
21 |
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43 | 11 | 8 | 24 | -24 | 41 | LLLLW |
22 |
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44 | 10 | 10 | 24 | -31 | 40 | LDLLL |
23 |
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44 | 8 | 13 | 23 | -27 | 37 | LLLWL |
24 |
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44 | 7 | 9 | 28 | -36 | 30 | WLLWL |
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Goals scored | 1.6 |
Goals conceded | 1.4 |
Time first goal scored | 38 |
Time first goal conceded | 38 |
Yellow cards | 2.1 |
Red cards | 0 |
Subs used | 4 |
Biggest victory | 4-0 |
Biggest defeat | 2-0 |
Goals scored | 0.7 |
Goals conceded | 1.6 |
Time first goal scored | 41 |
Time first goal conceded | 34 |
Yellow cards | 2.3 |
Red cards | 0.1 |
Subs used | 3.9 |
Biggest victory | 2-0 |
Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
Alfie May | 23 |
Corey Blackett-Taylor | 8 |
Daniel Kanu | 6 |
Miles Leaburn | 3 |
Slobodan Tedić | 2 |
Daniel Udoh | 9 |
Jordan Shipley | 6 |
Chey Dunkley | 4 |
Tom Bayliss | 3 |
Tom Bloxham | 2 |
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