LIVE: CHARLTON v PETERBOROUGH UNITED: Posh show real grit to hold on to crucial away win
Posh will be looking to bounce back after a disappointing 1-0 defeat at home to Gillingham on Tuesday, but Charlton are unbeaten in 10 League One matches.
Follow the action live on the PT Blog below.
LIVE BLOG: Charlton vs Posh
Key Events
- 1-0 Posh FT
- JCH gives Posh the lead with strike from edge of the box
- Bursik saves Stockley penalty to keep Posh ahead at the break
- Posh will remain second regardless but will look to maintain 7 point cushion ahead of 3rd
- Charlton unbeaten in 10, W6 D4
- Nigel Adkins’ side have league’s 19th best home record, just 24 points from 19 games
- Hamilton starts as Brown ruled out by hamstring injury
Today’s other fixtures
Lincoln vs Hull
Sunderland vs Accrington
Blackpool vs Shrewsbury
Portsmouth vs Bristol Rovers
Crewe vs Rochdale
Doncaster vs Fleetwood
Gillingham vs Northampton
Ipswich vs AFC Wimbeldon
MK vs Swindon
Oxford vs Plymough
Wigan vs Burton
Charlton line-up
Ben Amos, Ben Purrington, Jason, Pearce, Ryan Inniss, Adam Matthews, Alex Gilbey, Jake Forster-Caskey, Ben Watson, Diallang Jaiyasimi, Liam Millar, Jayden Stockley
Subs: Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Chris Gunter, Akim Famewo, Chuks Aneke, Conor Washington, Darren Pratley, Albie Morgan
Posh line-ups
Josef Bursik, Dan Butler, Frankie Kent, Mark Beevers, Nathan Thompson, Joe Ward, Ethan Hamilton, Jack Taylor, Siriki Dembele, Sammie Szmodics, Jonson Clarke-Harris
Subs: Dan Gyollai, Mo Eisa, Louis Reed, Harrison Burrows, Ricky-Jade Jones, Idris Kanu, Niall Mason
Good form vs the Addicks
Posh have a great recent record against Charlton, winning 5 and drawing 2 of the last 7.
Past meetings:
17 Dec 2016 Charlton 0-2 Tafazolli, Edwards)
01 Apr 2017 Posh (Samuelsen, Maddison) 2-0 Charlton
28 Nov 2017 Charlton (Holmes 90+1, Grant 90+4) 2-2 Posh (Edwards, Marriott)
10 Mar 2018 Posh (Hughes, Maddison, Marriott 2) 4-1 Charlton
21 Aug 2018 Charlton 0-1 Posh (Cummings 89 pen)
26 Jan 2019 Posh 0-0 Charlton
19 Jan 2021 Posh (Szmodics) 2-1 Charlton (Washington)
Posh have no reason to fear
Posh have no fear of an in-form side Charlton side
Peterborough United have no fears about facing League One’s in-form team on their own patch on Saturday.
Man in the middle
hampionship referee Keith Stroud is the whistle-blower at the Valley tomorrow. He’s issued 88 yellow cards and two red ones in 33 outings this season.
Stroud hasn’t taken charge of a Posh match since a 3-1 home defeat at the hands of Bradford City in September, 2017 when he sent of Anthony Grant and City’s Adam Chicksen. He’s also sent off Posh men Lee Tomlin, Dean Holden and Mark Little in the past.
Dangermen
Charlton’s top scorer is Chuks Aneke with 13, he is well-known by Posh fans for his time and goals for MK.
Ex-Posh striker Conor Washington is expected to return to the side today after four games on the sidelines with a hamstring injury.
Although, Perhaps the star is target man Jayden Stockley. who has impressed since joining Charlton on loan from Preston in January.
His return of six goals in 17 appearances is modest, but he’s proved to be a real handful for League One defences.
Home not so sweet home.
A surprising stat from 6th place Charlton are the fact they have such a poor home record.
Of their 66 points only 24 have come at The Valley. They have an extremely modest home record of P19 W6 D6 L7.
Only Bristol Rovers, Shrewsbury, Burton, Rochdale and Wigan have taken fewer points at home.
Certainly reason to be optimistic for Posh, who have a modest away record themselves.
Charlton are the form side on League One right now, they top that table over the last six and eight matches.
They have won six and drawn four of their last 10 League One games, including a 6-0 win on Tuesday night away at Plymouth, with six different goalscorers.
Over the same period Posh have gained 18 points, having W5 D3 L2.
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