Huddersfield Town vs Charlton Athletic
Saturday 23rd November 2024 - 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Simon Mather
Introduction
After what has felt like eternity, Charlton return to League action this coming Saturday... Of course its only actually been two weeks since our last encounter, an unimpressive trip to Devon saw the Addicks losing 1-0 at the hands of fellow mid-table side: Exeter City - Its meant that the last two months have resulted in rather drab results, ever since our impressive win against Birmingham City that is - Having had a two week break due to the International Break, its now a chance to get any kind of momentum back.
The Opposition
Name: Huddersfield Town (8th) - Manager: Michael Duff
Ground: Kirklees Stadium
Previous League Result: Crawley 2-2 Huddersfield
Like the Addicks, Huddersfield have had two weeks off since their last league encounter; an equally unimpressive 2-2 draw against struggling: Crawley Town - However our latest opponents do currently sit in 8th spot and will be looking to get their own Play-Off aspirations back on track this Saturday afternoon... Its once again credit to the competition that is League One, that 6th and 21st are separated by just 13-pts... Meaning at this stage of the season, its still pretty pointless to take League position too seriously.
Huddersfield though will be looking to bounce back from their relegation from the Championship last season, with an instant return to the second tier - Its certainly been a tough few seasons for the Terriers... Not too long ago they were relying on the goals of Karlan Grant to keep them in the Premier League (not surprising that didnt work out), and now a further five years later they've suffered a second relegation... with Michael Duff brought in over the summer, with the aim of rebuilding their fortunes.
In terms of results, and Huddersfield appear to have steadied the ship of late, after a strong start (mirroring the Addicks), they'd go on to lose all but one game in September - However they seem to have resolved some of those issues, and are undefeated in the League since 1st October, drawing on two occasions, with three wins out of three coming at the Kirklees Stadium.
Charlton Team News
Once again the biggest issue for the Addicks appears to be the mounting injuries problems that have struck SE7 once more... Naturally there are only a handful of those that you'd consider to be first team regulars, however when the backups start dropping out, its not great having to rely on youngsters before they're ready, so the sooner we can get a fully fit squad again... the better.
Even still it was an impressive performance in the EFL Trophy from Kai Enslin against Bromley, however I doubt we'll be seeing him any time soon - Thierry Small will return from England U20 duty having played minutes against Germany, and will be knocking on the door of the starting eleven. However he'll need to show the type of form from last season if he surely wants more minutes, rather than the form he's shown for much of this season.
Elsewhere and we have to hope that injured individuals are closer to a return, albeit Nathan Jones was understandably keeping those cards close to his chest during his Press Conference this week - Lloyd Jones is perhaps the biggest name we need to see back, with Kayne Ramsay a long term absentee.
Maynard-Brewer
Z.Mitchell - A.Mitchell - Gillesphey - Edwards
Coventry - Taylor
Anderson - A.Campbell
Leaburn - Godden
Substitutes Bench: Reid - Edmonds-Green - Small - Docherty - Berry - Ahadme - Hylton
Comments
Other than that, we desperately need to get some of our injured back into the fray...
GK
A.Mitchell Jones Edwards
REG Small
Taylor Coventry
Anderson
Leaburn Godden
I wouldn’t play the box midfield unless TC is back and then we can play him on the left of the 2 behind the striker
Our midfield isn't good enough, but it can surely play better than what we've seen so far?
Huddersfield town have won each of their last four league games against Charlton Athletic, with those victories coming via a combined 12-1 scoreline.
Charlton Athletic have won just one of their last eight away league games against Huddersfield Town (D2 L5), a 1-0 win in March 2013.
Huddersfield have won each of their last three home league games, their longest such winning run since December 2020, when they won five on the spin.
Charlton have lost three of their last four away league games (D1), as many as their previous 13 beforehand (W4 D6 L3).
https://www.efl.com/news/2024/november/22/sky-bet-league-one--pre-match-stat-pack/
TEAM NEWS
Karoy Anderson, Kaheim Dixon, Conor Coventry and Thierry Small all returned from the international break in the midweek.
Will Mannion, Kayne Ramsay, Tennai Watson, Lloyd Jones, Dan Potts, Tyreece Campbell, Chuks Aneke and Daniel Kanu remain sidelined this weekend.
https://www.charltonafc.com/news/match-preview-huddersfield-town-v-charlton
So a must win.
Hopefully we have at least 1 or 2 of them back. Jones back in defence and then just 1 of TC, Kanu or Aneke being back as an extra attacking option would be huge
hats off to those travelling to this
2-0 them