Charlton Athletic Match Preview

History of the Charlton Athletic v Birmingham City fixture

Blues face a trip to Charlton on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Blues will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 13 and win only 3 of the 24 games played between the two sides at The Valley.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Valley was less than a year ago, in April 2004, where they shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 scoreline in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2004/2005	Sat 18 Sep	Birmingham C.	1 - 1	Charlton Ath.	PREM
2003/2004	Sat 17 Apr	Charlton Ath.	1 - 1	Birmingham C.	PREM
2003/2004	Mon 03 Nov	Birmingham C.	1 - 2	Charlton Ath.	PREM
2002/2003	Sat 19 Apr	Charlton Ath.	0 - 2	Birmingham C.	PREM
2002/2003	Sat 21 Dec	Birmingham C.	1 - 1	Charlton Ath.	PREM
1999/2000	Sat 30 Oct	Birmingham C.	1 - 0	Charlton Ath.	CHMP
1999/2000	Sat 02 Oct	Charlton Ath.	1 - 0	Birmingham C.	CHMP

Recent respective form guides

Charlton Athletic are showing reasonable home form of late, having won four and lost two from the last six played. A total of 13 goals have been scored by the Addicks in those games, with 9 conceded.

Blues have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Blues have scored 10 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 11.

Charlton's 31 points from 22 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 8th position whilst Blues see themselves just below half way in 13th place in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 26 points from their 22 games played so far.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A
Charlton Athletic	6	3	1	2	9	6
Birmingham City	6	4	0	2	14	6

STB prediction ...

Both sides will go into the game at The Valley showing recent good form and I'm expecting the Blues to come away from it with a creditable draw. Score draw

Sequence statistics:
Charlton Athletic	9 games since last home draw. Not drawn a match in their last 4 .
Birmingham City	5 games since last away draw. Last drawn game 9 outings ago.