Charlton Athletic FC vs Preston North End FC, Championship 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON

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Championship · 2025-26

Charlton Athletic FC

1 – 2

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Preston North End FC

Sat 11 Apr 2026 · 14:00 UTC The Valley, Charlton 18,902 HT 45' · FT 45'

Joe Rankin-Costello 18' 1–0

1–1 25' Lewis Dobbin

1–2 65' Brad Potts

Lloyd Jones 33' Y

Lyndon Dykes 55' Y

Y 68' Odel Offiah

Y 71' Ben Whiteman

Y 90' Daniel Iversen

Overview

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Charlton Athletic FC vs Preston North End FC — Championship at The Valley, Charlton.

Charlton Athletic FC 46 games · 53 pts (2026/27)
Preston North End FC 46 games · 60 pts (2026/27)

Match Details

Referee John Busby
Assistant 1
Assistant 2 Daniel Leach

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Coventry City FC	46	95
2	Ipswich Town FC	46	84
3	Millwall FC	46	83
4	Southampton FC	46	80
5	Middlesbrough FC	46	80
6	Hull City AFC	46	73
7	Wrexham AFC	46	71
8	Derby County FC	46	69
9	Norwich City FC	46	65
10	Birmingham City FC	46	64
11	Swansea City AFC	46	64
12	Bristol City FC	46	62
13	Sheffield United FC	46	60
14	Preston North End FC	46	60
15	Queens Park Rangers FC	46	58
16	Watford FC	46	57
17	Stoke City FC	46	55
18	Portsmouth FC	46	55
19	Charlton Athletic FC	46	53
20	Blackburn Rovers FC	46	52
21	West Bromwich Albion FC	46	51
22	Oxford United FC	46	47
23	Leicester City FC	46	46
24	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	0

Head-to-Head

Charlton Athletic FC 5 games · Avg 2.4 goals Preston North End FC

Last 5 meetings

2026-04-11 Charlton Athletic FC 1–2 Preston North End FC 2025-10-04 Preston North End FC 2–0 Charlton Athletic FC 2025-01-14 Preston North End FC 2–1 Charlton Athletic FC 2020-01-18 Preston North End FC 2–1 Charlton Athletic FC 2019-11-03 Charlton Athletic FC 0–1 Preston North End FC

Recent Form

Charlton Athletic FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Preston North End FC	H	1–2	L
06 Apr	Watford FC	A	1–1	D
03 Apr	Bristol City FC	H	1–2	L
21 Mar	Norwich City FC	H	0–1	L
14 Mar	Oxford United FC	A	1–1	D
11 Mar	Middlesbrough FC	A	1–0	W

Preston North End FC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
11 Apr	Charlton Athletic FC	A	2–1	W
06 Apr	Queens Park Rangers FC	H	1–1	D
03 Apr	Leicester City FC	A	2–2	D
20 Mar	Stoke City FC	H	3–1	W
14 Mar	Norwich City FC	A	0–2	L
11 Mar	Coventry City FC	A	0–3	L

Season Stats

Charlton Athletic FC		Preston North End FC
#19	Position	#14
53	Points	60
46	Played	46
13 / 14 / 19	W / D / L	15 / 15 / 16
44	Scored	55
58	Conceded	62
-14	GD	-7
1.15	PPG	1.30
28%	Win %	33%

Key Stats

60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)

60% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

Charlton Athletic FC are 19th (53 pts). Preston North End FC are 14th (60 pts).

Events

Match Events

0' In just a few seconds The Valley, Charlton will turn into a battlefield for Charlton Athletic FC and Preston North End FC.
5' Luke Chambers has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 33 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
10' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Charlton Athletic FC that had 378 games and scored 485 goals.
15' Preston North End FC looks like a favorite considering 2 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Brad Potts scoring 1 goals.
18' What a strike from Joe Rankin-Costello! The score is 1-0.
23' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
25' Goal! Lewis Dobbin scores his 10 goal in 319 matches.
30' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Preston North End FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
33' Charlton Athletic FC player sees a card in front of him.
38' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 38 minutes.
43' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
48' Charlton Athletic FC is showing some good football. However, Charlton Athletic FC are ready to play back every minute. It might result in some problems for the home side. The game will hardly remain goalless.
53' It’s high time Nathan Jones made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
55' A meaty challenge results in booking for Lyndon Dykes on 55.
57' Another substitution for Charlton Athletic FC to replace Luke Chambers by Matt Godden on 57 minute.
58' The whistle greets Joe Rankin-Costello as he departs to be replaced by Ibrahim Fullah.
63' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
65' What a strike from Brad Potts! The score is 1-2.
68' The referee shows Preston North End FC player a card on 68.
71' Ben Whiteman is having his name booked by the referee on 71.
75' Another substitution for Preston North End FC to replace Andrew Moran by Jordan Thompson on 75 minute.
76' Miles Leaburn is replacing Tyreece Campbell for the Charlton Athletic FC side.
81' Charlton Athletic FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 81.
82' Another substitution for Preston North End FC to replace Brad Potts by Liam Lindsay on 82 minute.
87' Charlton Athletic FC is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
88' Another change for Preston North End FC made on 88 minute. Andrew Hughes leaves to be changed by Andrija Vukcevic.
90' The referee calls foul for Daniel Iversen. He receives a card.
Full Time. Preston North End FC beats Charlton Athletic FC

Lineups

Charlton Athletic FC Lineups

3-4-2-1

Starting XI

17
Amari'i Bell
26
Joe Rankin-Costello ↓ Ibrahim Fullah 58'
10
Greg Docherty
5
Lloyd Jones
2
Kayne Ramsey
99
Lyndon Dykes
14
Sonny Carey ↓ Luke Berry 88'
25
Will Mannion
7
Tyreece Campbell ↓ Miles Leaburn 76'
19
Luke Chambers ↓ Matt Godden 57'
77
Jayden Fevrier

Bench

Coach Nathan Jones

Preston North End FC Lineups

4-4-2

Starting XI

Bench

Coach Paul Heckingbottom

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Milutin Osmajic	2
Brad Potts	1
Lewis Dobbin	1
Joe Rankin-Costello	1
Luke Berry	1
Paul Gallagher	1
Joshua Harrop	1
Patrick Bauer	1

Head to Head

Charlton Athletic FC Form

2026-04-11 Charlton Athletic FC 1–2 Preston North End FC L 2026-04-06 Watford FC 1–1 Charlton Athletic FC D 2026-04-03 Charlton Athletic FC 1–2 Bristol City FC L 2026-03-21 Charlton Athletic FC 0–1 Norwich City FC L 2026-03-14 Oxford United FC 1–1 Charlton Athletic FC D 2026-03-11 Middlesbrough FC 0–1 Charlton Athletic FC W

Preston North End FC Form

2026-04-11 Charlton Athletic FC 1–2 Preston North End FC W 2026-04-06 Preston North End FC 1–1 Queens Park Rangers FC D 2026-04-03 Leicester City FC 2–2 Preston North End FC D 2026-03-20 Preston North End FC 3–1 Stoke City FC W 2026-03-14 Norwich City FC 2–0 Preston North End FC L 2026-03-11 Coventry City FC 3–0 Preston North End FC L

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

3 / 4

1.1 Charlton Athletic FC xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.39 Preston North End FC xG

I would bet for: Preston North End FC or Draw 72% + Under 2.5 goals 55%

Match Result

✓ Correct

Charlton Athletic FC28% Draw29% Preston North End FC43%

Actual: Preston North End FC win

Both Teams to Score

✓ Correct

Yes51% 0% No49%

Avg goals/match: 2.49

Actual: Yes — both scored

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	90%	10%
± 1.5	71%	29%
± 2.5	45%	55%
± 3.5	24%	76%
± 4.5	11%	89%

Double Chance

Charlton Athletic FC or Draw

57%

Draw or Preston North End FC

72%

Charlton Athletic FC or Preston North End FC

71%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

Charlton Athletic FC21% Draw49% Preston North End FC30%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

13.6%

0 – 1

10.5%

0 – 0

10.4%

1 – 2

Actual

1 – 0

0 – 2

7.8%

2 – 1

6.7%

2 – 0

4.8%

2 – 2

4.7%

1 – 3

0 – 3

3.6%

3 – 1

2.5%

Asian Handicap — Charlton Athletic FC

Handicap	Charlton Athletic FC covers	Push	Preston North End FC covers
-2.5	3%	—	97%
-2	3%	8%	89%
-1.5	11%	—	89%
-1	11%	17%	72%
-0.5	28%	—	72%
+0.5	58%	—	42%
+1	58%	22%	21%
+1.5	79%	—	21%
+2	79%	13%	8%
+2.5	92%	—	8%

Clean Sheet

Charlton Athletic FC keeps clean sheet

26% ✓

Preston North End FC keeps clean sheet

34% ✓

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.