Charlton Athletic FC vs Reading FC, League One 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON
-
Overview
Match Preview
Charlton Athletic FC vs Reading FC — League One at The Valley, Charlton.
- Charlton Athletic FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
- Reading FC 46 games · 63 pts (2025/26)
Match Details
- Referee Scott Oldham
- Assistant 1
- Assistant 2 Andrew Aylott
18 games this season 🟨 0.2/game ⚽ 3.4 goals/gameStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Lincoln City FC 46 103 2 Cardiff City FC 46 91 3 Stockport County FC 46 77 4 Bradford City AFC 46 77 5 Bolton Wanderers FC 46 75 6 Stevenage FC 46 75 7 Luton Town FC 46 74 8 Plymouth Argyle FC 46 73 9 Huddersfield Town AFC 46 67 10 Mansfield Town FC 46 65 11 Wycombe Wanderers FC 46 63 12 Reading FC 46 63 13 Blackpool FC 46 60 14 Doncaster Rovers FC 46 60 15 Barnsley FC 46 59 16 Wigan Athletic FC 46 56 17 Burton Albion FC 46 54 18 Peterborough United FC 46 53 19 AFC Wimbledon 46 53 20 Leyton Orient FC 46 52 21 Exeter City FC 46 49 22 Port Vale FC 46 42 23 Rotherham United FC 46 41 24 Northampton Town FC 46 35 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Jan Reading FC H 0–0 D 29 Dec Wycombe Wanderers FC H 2–1 W 26 Dec Cambridge United FC H 2–1 W 21 Dec Northampton Town FC A 5–0 W 14 Dec Mansfield Town FC H 0–0 D 07 Dec Lincoln City FC A 0–0 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 04 Jan Charlton Athletic FC A 0–0 D 01 Jan Cambridge United FC A 3–1 W 29 Dec Mansfield Town FC H 2–1 W 26 Dec Northampton Town FC H 4–1 W 21 Dec Lincoln City FC A 0–2 L 14 Dec Blackpool FC H 0–3 L Key Stats
0% Both Teams to Score
H2H (6 games)17% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history17% Clean Sheets
Reading FC this seasonGoal Timing (This Season)
Reading FC0-15–/116-30–/131-451/146-601/261-751/176+1/3■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' Welcome to The Valley, Charlton that hosts another battle between Charlton Athletic FC and Reading FC.
- 5' It looks like no one’s ball. Charlton Athletic FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 10' It’s high time Nathan Jones made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 15' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
- 20' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
- 30' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 35' The travelling Reading FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 40' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Charlton Athletic FC that had 376 games and scored 483 goals.
- 45' Supporters expect more eagerness from Lloyd Jones, as he is very good at scoring at The Valley, Charlton with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- 50' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Andre Garcia made 378 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 55' It looks surprising Reading FC does not make any changes. Josh Edwards has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 60' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 65' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 70' Lewis Wing has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 46 appearances with only 2 goals this season.
- 75' Charlton Athletic FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
- 80' 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.
- 85' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 90' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Charlton Athletic FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 0-0.
-
Lineups
Charlton Athletic FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 21
- 10
- 3
- 5
- 8
- 26
- 7
- 11
- 4
- 16
Bench
- 22
- 24
- 28
- 23
- 9
- 25
- 18
Coach Nathan JonesReading FC Lineups
Starting XI
- 6
- 29
- 10
- 22
- 7
- 27
- 2
- 8
- 24
- 32
- 30
Bench
- 1
- 14
- 34
- 19
- 39
- 49
Coach Noel Hunt -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Femi Azeez 2 Tyreece Campbell 1 Miles Leaburn 1 Sam Smith 1 Charlie Savage 1 Jonathan Leko 1 Lyle Taylor 1 George Puscas 1 Head to Head
Charlton Athletic FC Form
2025-01-04 Charlton Athletic FC 0–0 Reading FC D 2024-12-29 Charlton Athletic FC 2–1 Wycombe Wanderers FC W 2024-12-26 Charlton Athletic FC 2–1 Cambridge United FC W 2024-12-21 Northampton Town FC 0–5 Charlton Athletic FC W 2024-12-14 Charlton Athletic FC 0–0 Mansfield Town FC D 2024-12-07 Lincoln City FC 0–0 Charlton Athletic FC D -
Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.1 Charlton Athletic FC xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo0.98 Reading FC xGI would bet for: Charlton Athletic FC or Draw 70% + Under 2.5 goals 66%Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.08Actual: No — clean sheetOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 85% 15% ± 1.5 62% 38% ± 2.5 34% 66% ± 3.5 16% 84% ± 4.5 7% 93% Double Chance
Charlton Athletic FC or Draw 70%Draw or Reading FC 62%Charlton Athletic FC or Reading FC 68%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 120 – 0 Actual1 – 1 14.4%1 – 0 12.4%0 – 1 10.9%2 – 0 7.2%2 – 1 7.2%1 – 2 6.4%0 – 2 5.7%2 – 2 3.7%3 – 1 2.7%3 – 0 2.6%1 – 3 2.1%Asian Handicap — Charlton Athletic FC
Handicap Charlton Athletic FC covers Push Reading FC covers -2.5 5% — 95% -2 5% 10% 85% -1.5 15% — 85% -1 15% 21% 64% -0.5 36% — 64% +0.5 70% — 30% +1 70% 19% 11% +1.5 89% — 11% +2 89% 8% 3% +2.5 97% — 3% Clean Sheet
Charlton Athletic FC keeps clean sheet 38% ✗Reading FC keeps clean sheet 34% ✗Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.