The League One meeting at The Valley on Friday sees home side Charlton Athletic take to the field against opponents Northampton Town.
Full predictions, pre-match stats and user poll for Charlton Athletic v Northampton Town are shown on this page (including the best match odds).
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Charlton Athletic
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Charlton Athletic will be looking for a repeat result of a 0-1 League One success over Cambridge United.
The only scorer from Charlton Athletic was Tyreece Campbell (14').
At least three goals per match have been seen in 5 of the last 6 meetings where Charlton Athletic have been involved. Their opponents scored 7 of them in this period while Charlton Athletic bagged a total of 11.
Analysis of their past results shows that Charlton Athletic:
- haven't lost in the league to Northampton Town in their previous 2 games.
- are undefeated in their previous 13 league matches at home. What a fortress they have created.
Northampton Town
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In the game prior to this, Northampton Town drew 0-0 in the League One tie with Reading.
In 5 of the prior six games involving Northampton Town, a relatively low number of goals have been scored between them and their opposition. The overall average number of goals per game in that spell is a paltry 2, with the average goals for The Cobblers standing at 1. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend can be continued on into this next match.
Coming into this contest, Northampton Town haven't been defeated in their previous 5 league matches away from home.
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Head to head
A look at their most recent head to head meetings going back to 30/03/2018 shows that Charlton Athletic have won 4 of them and Northampton Town 1, with the tally of drawn games being 1.
A combined sum of 21 goals were produced between them in these games, with 16 for The Addicks and 5 belonging to The Cobblers. Thatโs an average goals per game figure of 3.5.
The previous league match featuring these sides was League One match day 21 on 21/12/2024 when it ended Northampton Town 0-5 Charlton Athletic.
The referee was Ben Toner.
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Team News: Northampton Town
Northampton Town manager Kevin Nolan has to contend with a number of unavailable players. Ali Koiki (Muscle injury), Patrick Brough (Broken leg) and Callum Morton (unknown injury) are names that wonโt be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
It looks to us that Charlton Athletic should really get the goals that they need against Northampton Town, who wonโt find it easy to get a goal of their own.
Weโre tipping a controlled 2-0 win for Charlton Athletic at full-time.
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โฝ๏ธ What are the top odds for this match?
Turning to the betting odds in the win-draw-win market, a victory for Charlton Athletic is available for 1.62, betting on the draw is 3.8 & taking a punt on a victory for Northampton Town gets 5.25. Those are the best bets offered at this very moment.
Andre Moura,
10:20 16/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
๐๏ธ Team Focus:
Charlton Athletic
Formed: 1905
Stadium: The Valley (27,111)
Captain: Greg Docherty
Chairman: Gavin Carter
Manager: Nathan Jones
Competitions: League One position 5
๐ Star Player: Matt Godden
Normally played in the Striker position, Matt Godden was born in Canterbury, England. After making a first senior appearance for Scunthorpe United in the 2010 - 2011 season, the skilful Forward has got 14 league goals in the League One 2024 - 2025 campaign so far from a total of 37 appearances.