The excitement is building for the much anticipated League One Play-offs semi-final battle between Wycombe Wanderers and Charlton Athletic on Sunday. With the big reward for the team that gets through the clash being a place in the final of the competition, this really should be a thrilling encounter.
All Wycombe Wanderers v Charlton Athletic match predictions, user poll and stats are shown below (including the best match odds).
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Form Guide
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Wycombe Wanderers
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Wycombe Wanderers will be hoping for a better result following the 1-3 League One losing effort in their last game against Stockport County.
The only player to score from Wycombe Wanderers was Garath McCleary (31'). Benoný Breki Andrésson (70'), Ollie Norwood (77') and Will Collar (81') scored for Stockport County.
An interesting trait of recent Wycombe Wanderers games is the high number of scores with a nil in them.
Taking their prior 6 clashes leading up to this one, in 5 of them a wager on both teams scoring would've lost.
Charlton Athletic
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Charlton Athletic will come into the meeting following on from a 3-1 League One win to beat Burton Albion in their previous outing.
For Charlton Athletic, the goals were scored by Matt Godden (24', 34') and Alex Mitchell (51'). Mason Bennett (13') scored for Burton Albion.
In a total of 5 out of the previous 6 games involving Charlton Athletic, three or more goals have been struck. The overall average number of goals per match within that time is 3.17, with the average number of goals for Charlton Athletic standing at 2. That sort of trend won’t necessarily be sustained into this game, of course.
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Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head-to-head meetings dating back to 27/08/2022 shows us that Wycombe Wanderers have won 1 of them & Charlton Athletic 3, with the tally of drawn results being 2.
An aggregate of 16 goals were scored between them in these games, with 5 of them from The Blues and 11 belonging to The Addicks. That is an average goals per game value of 2.67.
The last league meeting featuring these sides was League One match day 44 on 21/04/2025 when it finished Wycombe Wanderers 0-4 Charlton Athletic.
The referee was Will Finnie.
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Prediction
We think that Charlton Athletic will really need to work well to score goals against this Wycombe Wanderers lineup who we reckon will get a goal themselves and run out victorious.
We’re going for a hard-fought 1-0 advantage for Wycombe Wanderers at full-time.
Should be an interesting one.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for this match?
Checking the betting prices for this game in the 90 minute result market, a victory for Wycombe Wanderers is available for 2.38, backing the game finishing all-square is 3 and taking a punt on a victory for Charlton Athletic gets you 3.2. They are the best market prices that can be secured as of now.
Lucas Pereira,
21:00 09/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Wycombe Wanderers
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Adams Park (9,448)
Captain: Jack Grimmer
Chairman: Dan Rice
Manager: Mike Dodds
Competitions: League One position 5, League One Play-offs (Semi Finals)
🔑 Key Man: Richard Kone
Mostly used in the Striker position, Richard Kone was born in Ivory Coast. After having made a senior debut playing for Wycombe Wanderers in the 2024 - 2025 season, the gifted Forward has got 18 league goals in the League One 2024 - 2025 season to date from a total of 41 appearances.