Macaulay Langstaff and Zak Lovelace have returned to training for the visitors, though Casper De Norre, Billy Mitchell, Alfie Doughty and Femi Azeez have all picked up injuries...
HEAD-TO-HEAD...Not for the feint hearted...We've met on 76 previous occasions winning 12, losing 37 and the remaining 27 games resulting in draws, on their last trip to The Valley they claimed a 1-0 win back in July 2020.
Here we go then
Team news...
Charlie Kelman returns to the starting line-up for this afternoon’s clash as Nathan Jones makes one change.
The striker takes the place of Miles Leaburn, who moves to the bench and is joined by deadline day signing James Bree.
Kayne Ramsay, Lloyd Jones and Amari’i Bell will once again start in a back three in front of goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski.
Rob Apter, the Addicks’ August Player of the Month, and Josh Edwards will operate as wing-backs with Conor Coventry, Sonny Carey and skipper Greg Docherty playing in midfield.
Tyreece Campbell, who made his full international debut for Jamaica during the break, partners Kelman up front.
Bree and Leaburn are joined by Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Reece Burke, Macaulay Gillesphey, Joe Rankin-Costello, Ibrahim Fullah, Harvey Knibbs and Tanto Olaofe on the bench.
Charlton: Kaminski; Ramsay, Jones, Bell; Apter, Coventry, Carey, Docherty (c), Edwards; Kelman, Campbell
Subs: Maynard-Brewer, Burke, Gillesphey, Bree, Rankin-Costello, Fullah, Knibbs, Leaburn, Olaofe
Comments
I'm sure it will have been a worthwhile journey because we always do so well against the Spanners ...
We will still not show up and come away with Nil points.
12noon they're talking to Nathan Jones
Back to the eleven that started the first two games... Which makes some sense - Makes me laugh... For all the hate Campbell gets on here, the amount of comments saying he should be dropped etc.
Its clear that Jones loves him, and wont if he can help it
Prove us wrong Kelman and TC 🙏🏻
Whether the fact he's flown around the world these last few weeks, with limited time at Sparrows Lane, will have an effect remains to be seen.
But I mean... If his team mates dont know how he plays now etc., there is a greater issue at hand
I just hope that if it isn’t working, Jones changes things up quicker.
He'll waste our best chance, and will be impossible for him to redeem himself as a result.
Us to win 2-1
Brutal game where pretty football is sparse
28 years of hurt eradicated