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Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers | Tuesday 28 January 2025 | Match Preview

SageSage
edited January 27 in General Charlton
Charlton Athletic v Bristol Rovers
Tuesday 28th January 2025
Kick-Off: 19:45 - Live on Sky Sports+ 

Referee
Farai Hallam - Never previously officiated a Charlton first team fixture but he did officiate our U21 win away at Nottingham Forest back November 2022 where Daniel Kanu scored what turned out to be our winning goal.

Introduction
What incredible scenes at the end of the game on Saturday. Small's goal could turn out to be arguably the most important goal of the season. The 96th minute winner puts us 2 points outside the play-offs and 4 points off of 5th with a game in hand and fixtures to come that we really need to be going on a run of wins with. The game itself on Saturday wasn't the best and despite being bottom of the league Shrewsbury did not give up many chances. Thankfully, Small took his when it mattered most and it leads us nicely into what is yet another important game on Tuesday night. The Addicks host Bristol Rovers.

Opposition
Stadium: Memorial Stadium
Manager: Íñigo Calderón
Nickname(s): The Pirates
Form: LLLWWL
Previous result: A 2-0 defeat at Wigan Athletic. Their line up was:

Griffiths
Senior - Wilson - Taylor - Sousa
Sawyers - Ward
Thomas - Hutchinson - Sotiriou
O’Donkor

Former Addicks defender Matt Taylor was relieved of his duties at the end of 2024 with Bristol Rovers massively underperforming against their owners expectations. Instead, a rookie manager was decided to be the best way to go and Íñigo Calderón was appointed. The former Brighton defender cut his coaching cloth in his old side's academy being their U18 manager, so it will be interesting to see how his senior management career pans out. However, so far in his first 7 games in charge, they've won 2 and lost 5. Form hasn't particularly improved much.

In the previous fixture back at the very start of October, the 3-2 defeat made it three in a row and a horrible performance to match. The end scoreline flattered us as we were 3-0 down after 67 minutes and a late couple of goals from Mitchell and Godden got us back to a slightly more respectable score. This time, we can make it three wins a row and after the late, late winner on Saturday, as well as the motivation to put the result and performance right from before, you'd except confidence in the group to be pretty high.

Bristol Rovers have performed as expected in front of goal. Their expected goals for the season is 25.9, only slightly worse than our 27.7, but the Pirates have scored just 25 goals so far, averaging just less than a goal a game. They have though conceded 1.6 goals per game. So although stats wise this says it might be a game of a few quality chances, where we are now outperforming our expected goals, our quality up front against a somewhat leaky defence could be the difference. Their away form has also been poor. Bristol Rovers have just 10 points from 14 away games, scoring only 10 on the road too. What's worse is they've scored just 3 in their last 8 away games.

Charlton Team News
Nathan Jones has named an unchanged starting eleven in the league 7 times in a row, it seems he's found a team and group he's happy with and trusts to get results, and so it's proved. 5 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat has returned and suddenly the chance of getting into the play-offs looks very real. We also kept another clean sheet on Saturday making it 11 in league and 14 in all competitions. As we know, foundations are there for us going forward.

Ramsay came back into the squad on Saturday after 3 months out and came on to help us over the line. The return of the right back provides us with a great option down that side and his defensive solidarity can really complement Small's attacking qualities. The debate will continue as to what our best team is, I personally think it's Ramsay and Small down our right hand side, giving us the flexibility to go 4-2-3-1 with TC dropping wide but also keeping the 3-5-2 structure and having Ramsay as the right centre back and Small continuing in his current role now. Whatever happens, having a full squad to choose from on top of hopefully a couple of quality additions gives us a chance to really attack the remaining 20 games of this season.

AMB
Mitchell - Jones - Gillesphey
Small - Docherty - Coventry - Edwards
Berry
Leaburn - TC

Mannion, REG, Ramsay, Anderson, Godden, Aneke, Kanu

Charlton Athletic 2-0 Bristol Rovers
Leaburn
Aneke
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Comments

  • CHMCHM
    Who would say we’re two points to Playoffs positions after the Rotherham match? All is possible when we talk about football matters, so why don’t keep the faith to achieve playoffs until maths say that’s not possible?
    1-0 to Charlton!
    Up the Addicks!
    Saludos!
  • king addickking addick
    Football certainly isn't pretty but when you are picking up results by hook or crook, who cares! I havent been NJs biggest fan at times but it is nice to see a Charlton team working hard to win a game instead of being so passive like years gone by! 

    Think we will win this, I know he has named the same team but I wouldn't be surprised if he tweaks things to keep it a little fresh. 

    Charlton 2 - Bristols Rovers 0 

    Doc and L.Jones 
  • jakecafcjakecafc
    Great preview. We should be winning this one but our record against them is pretty poor lately. Can see a 1-1 but hopefully we turn it on and score a few.

  • jonseventyfivejonseventyfive
    Be nice to watch a thumping win to keep us warm, but a right old struggle again seems more likely,  1-0 COYR.
  • letthegoodtimesrollletthegoodtimesroll
    Saturday’s last minute winner and the looming transfer window deadline ups the ante for this one for as many of us as possible to make an effort and get along to the match and be vocal to encourage another win and put 3 more points on the board.
  • CAFCBourneCAFCBourne
    Feeling changes need to be made to the starting 11 we rely to much on our impact subs and need to have much more stronger foothold from the start if we are going anywhere.
  • letthegoodtimesrollletthegoodtimesroll
    CAFCBourne said:
    Feeling changes need to be made to the starting 11 we rely to much on our impact subs and need to have much more stronger foothold from the start if we are going anywhere.
    Don’t fix what ain’t broke…
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  • KettsJohnKettsJohn
    Bit of a bogey team are Rovers. Hope we do smash them to pieces 1-0.
  • TunwellsaddickTunwellsaddick
    1-0 
  • MrOneLungMrOneLung
    Need to win, just to keep the others looking over their shoulders.

    The usual banana skin type game
  • cliveclive
    • After remaining unbeaten across their 10 league games against Bristol Rovers between 2010 and 2021 (W6 D4), Charlton Athletic have since lost each of their last five against the Gas.
    • Bristol Rovers have won both of their last two away league games against Charlton Athletic, as many victories as across their prior 26 such matches combined between 1927 and 2021 (D5 L19).
    • Charlton have won both of their last two midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) league games, last winning three in a row in April 2021, a run of four during which the third win was at home to Bristol Rovers (3-2).
    • Bristol Rovers have lost each of their last four midweek (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) league fixtures, last losing more in a row in the EFL in April 1999 (6).
    https://www.efl.com/news/2025/january/27/sky-bet-league-one--pre-match-stat-pack/
  • DyerConsequencesDyerConsequences
    We must be due a win against these lot. With all respect to Bristol Rovers 5 defeats in a row to them is shocking. They were apparently woeful against Wigan so hopefully more of the same from them and we can finally get a victory against them.
  • MarcusH26MarcusH26
    Probably the right time to play them whilst Calderon is still adapting them to how he wants to play.  

    2-0 win - Leaburn and Godden. 
  • MilanMilan
    A blustery night in south east London, I predict a 6-0 victory, Ahadme double hat-trick. More seriously - we absolutely have to win this if we're serious about play-off contention.
  • charlton_herocharlton_hero
    3-1 Charlton
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  • satindoorssatindoors
    COYR 
  • swords_aliveswords_alive
    0-2. Hopes dashed again.
  • lolwraylolwray
    Just win games..someone said 

    Without appearing blasé I hope we win but produce a fitting performance..2-0 will do as the Jones express gets up a full head of steam 
  • hermannhermann
    lolwray said:
    Just win games..someone said 

    Without appearing blasé I hope we win but produce a fitting performance..2-0 will do as the Jones express gets up a full head of steam 
    All aboard the LNER Class A3 Piss The League
  • AndyGAndyG
    Not often I say this but the result is far more important than the performance!

    another3 points please to keep the wagon rolling. 2-0 I think 
  • usetobunkinusetobunkin
    Have a nice warm feeling for this head 2-0
    heart 4-0 
    COYRS!!!
  • gmantaxigmantaxi
    3-0 about we gave Brizzle a Tonking 
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