Charlton Athletic vs Blackburn Rovers
Saturday 27th September 2025 - 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Anthony Backhouse
Introduction
There seems to be something about this Charlton side under Nathan Jones, give it many more games and I'm sure fans will start wondering if there is any point in showing up before the 90th minute, especially when the score line is sitting at 0-0 - Its not even this season is it, its a carry over from our 2024/25 season in League One, the Charlton team that has been built, is one that doesnt give up, and should never be written off until the Referee blows for Full-Time.
The Opposition
Name: Blackburn Rovers (18th) - Manager: Valérien Ismaël
Ground: Ewood Park
Previously League Result: Watford 0-1 Blackburn Rovers
Next up for the Addicks in South East London, will be a Blackburn side looking to try and complete a Football match. After all their last match ended up as a bit of a washout, and despite beating Ipswich Town 1-0, up until the 75th minute, have found out today that they'll need to repeat said match from the start.
Blackburn though have quite a decent record, in terms of performances against South East London opposition, well at least against our overly friendly neighbours that is, in two of the last three seasons they've beaten Millwall both 4-1, and 4-3 to deny the side from Bermondsey a spot in the Play-Offs. They've also won three of their last five visits to the Valley, although we did have crackpot owners during that timeframe, so lets pretend those matches don't count.
In terms of the 2025/26 Championship season, and Blackburn, well they've had a pretty disappointing start to this campaign... They come into this season having missed out on the Play-Offs by just two points themselves, and will surely be going into this campaign looking to go that one step further. Instead like Sheffield United, they've struggled to emulate that campaign thus far, and sit in 18th and just two wins. Both of those happened at Hull City (3-0) and Watford (0-1), meaning that like the last visitors to the Valley, they're slightly better on the road, than what they are in familiar territory this season!!
Charlton Team News
Naturally its easier to talk about what we do know with those available for selection this coming Saturday, and to begin with, we know that Kayne Ramsay will be once again available after suspension. With a visit to Derby County on the cards this coming Tuesday, we might see Nathan Jones opting for rotation, with Reece Burke dropping to the bench, ahead of the trip to Pride Park in midweek.
Elsewhere and James Bree had a strong start to his Charlton career, with an assist in his first start at Sheffield United... Again though, Jones might prefer to opt for a more attacking eleven when we're at the Valley, with a more defensive approach on the road, so the experienced Wing-Back might be rested this Saturday, with Rob Apter coming back into the eleven.
Luke Berry has also returned to full training, so may well be on the bench ahead of Ibrahim Fullah.
Kaminski
Ramsay - Jones - Bell
Apter - Coventry - Docherty - Edwards
Carey
Kelman - Campbell
Substitutes Bench: Maynard-Brewer - Burke - Bree - Gillesphey - Anderson - Fullah - Knibbs - Leaburn - Olaofe
Comments
- Charlton have won just one of their last six home league games against Blackburn (D2 L3), with this their first since a 2-0 defeat in February 2020.
- Blackburn have won six of their last nine league games against Charlton (D1 L2), though those two defeats in that run have come in the last three meetings.
- Charlton have lost just one of their last 18 home league games (W13 D4), going down 1-0 against Leicester last month.
- Having won just one of a run of 10 away league games between December and March last season (D1 L8), Blackburn have now won four of their last six on the road (D1 L1).
- Only Sheffield United (1) have scored fewer goals than Charlton (4) in the Championship this season. However, only Stoke and Middlesbrough (4) have conceded fewer than the Addicks (5).
https://www.efl.com/news/2025/september/25/sky-bet-championship--pre-match-stat-pack/Home win after a tough game
I am a big TC fan but would not object to him getting a rest given that we have an away match on Tuesday. This and the return of Berry to the bench might be enough to stop our most-loved poster deserting to Millwall.
I would play Apter here and Bree on Tuesday, unless Apter plays a blinder.
Ramsay starts, whatever else.
or have I just been woooshed…🤦
For tomorrow I think we will see Ramsay in for Burke and then maybe Apter for Bree but I could see Bree keeping his spot
Feel Tanto might start along with Leaburn. Think Apter may also come in as we might go for it and will get more balls in the box if those 2 start up top. Tanto also has the ability to run in behind aswell.
3-1 CAFC (Tanto, Doc, L.Jones)
In regards to our striking options, I'm still in the start Kelman camp. We're invested in him and I thought he played well against Millwall (I didn't catch the game last week) and although Leaburn and Tanto are proving useful off the bench I feel Kelman is still the way to go in regards to starting up top with TC.
As others have said, tough game but they all are at this level. It's the kind of game we need to not lose and with Derby, Preston and The Massive's making up our next four which will take us to ten games we've got to be targeting 6/7 points from them which would take us to a nice total of 14/15 points and a season average of 67 points which would see us comfortably safe.