📏 Form Guide

Charlton Athletic

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Charlton Athletic go into this game following a 2-2 Championship tied result against Blackburn Rovers.

In that match, Charlton Athletic managed 41% possession and 11 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The only player to score for Charlton Athletic was Charlie Kelman (28', 34'). On the other side, Blackburn Rovers got 17 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Moussa Baradji (37', 77') was the scorer for Blackburn Rovers.

It’s been all too rare in recent games where Charlton Athletic haven’t conceded. In fact, Charlton Athletic have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 7 goals along the way. That kind of trend might not be carried forward into this next game, though.

Chelsea

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Since a losing effort in their last game against Fulham in Premier League action, Chelsea will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Chelsea had 45% possession and 14 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Chelsea was Liam Delap (72'). For their opponents, Fulham got 16 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target. Raúl Jiménez (55') and Harry Wilson (81') scored for Fulham.

The numbers tell their own story, and Chelsea have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 8 goals in all. In defence, Chelsea have been far from perfect.

↔️ Head to head

An inspection of their past head to head results going back to 27/11/2004 tells us that these fixtures have not been fruitful for Charlton Athletic. They’ve not been able to get themselves any victories whatsoever whereas Chelsea have been too good for them, winning in 83% of those match-ups.

A combined sum of 13 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 2 of them from The Addicks and 11 netted by The Blues. That’s an average goals per game of 2.17.

ℹ️ Team News: Chelsea

Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior has multiple availability issues to deal with. Dário Essugo (surgery), Wesley Fofana (Fever), Roméo Lavia (Muscle strain) and Levi Colwill (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be making appearances.

🧠 Prediction

In this game, Chelsea will most probably dominate possession and create several successful chances.

In contrast, Charlton Athletic won’t find it easy to make a breakthrough but we do see them being dangerous at times.

Therefore, we are anticipating a comfortable 1-3 margin for Chelsea when the referee blows the final whistle.

Andre Moura, 09:02 08/01/2026