Ace Football previews the Championship game between Charlton and Leicester who meet up on Saturday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Charlton hope to live up to their early billing as the Championship title favourites this coming Saturday when they welcome Leicester over to the The Valley, Charlton for a round 3 match.
With four points to show for the first two matches it has been a decent opening to the new campaign for Charlton, who aim for three more points this time around.
Form: Charlton vs Leicester
Charlton Form
Charlton collected two wins and a draw from their last three matches, as they ran out 1-0 and 3-1 winners against Watford and Stevenage, respectively. Against Bristol City, they had to settle for a draw as the match finished even with a 0-0 scoreline. Charlton managed to win two of their past six home matches in the Championship. In the remaining four, they drew one and lost three, as they scored four and conceded five goals.
Leicester Form
In their previous three matches, Leicester won 2-1 against Sheffield Wednesday, drew 2-2 with Huddersfield before losing 2-1 against Preston. Leicester only have one paltry win to show from the last six away games in the Championship. In these six matches they drew one and lost four as well as being outscored by seven goals to six.
Betting facts for Charlton and Leicester
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Charlton and Leicester. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In 5 of the last 6 Charlton home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 1.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Charlton matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Charlton matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Charlton home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Charlton home matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 8 of the last 9 Leicester matches in the Championship, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Leicester matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 7 of the last 9 Leicester away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Leicester have lost 4 of the last 5 away matches in the Championship while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Leicester have lost the last 3 away matches in a row and the sum of goals was over 2.5
In-form players: Charlton vs Leicester
Having scored just once lately in the Championship, Harvey Knibbs will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Leicester hope Abdul Fatawu can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Championship goals in his last six Championship games.
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Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at The Valley, Charlton across all tournaments Charlton won eight times, drew one and lost one times. Leicester claimed two wins, three draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Charlton have not lost to Leicester in 3 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Charlton scored the first goal in six out of their last ten games. Curiously, Leicester only scored the opening goal of the match in three of the last ten away games. Charlton probably enjoy the prospect of scoring on Saturday, as Leicester managed only two clean sheets in the previous 10 matches. The former claimed six clean sheets in their last 10 matches. Charlton have scored in 7 consecutive home meetings with Leicester.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals happened in six of Charlton’s last ten matches across all tournaments. They pulled off an average of 1.7 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Leicester, seven had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 1.6 times goals per game.
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