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Charlton Athletic v Northampton Town : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

Fri 18th Apr, 15:00 BST, The Valley, London

Friday afternoon sees Nathan Jones’s Charlton Athletic and Omar Lepri’s Northampton Town go head to head in a League One clash at The Valley. Statistics for our tip of under 3.5 goals are shown below, including head-to-head history. Switching the market using the tabs below changes all statistics and the odds, so be sure to have a browse to find the best bet for you.


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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but does appear clear is that the odds suggest it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Charlton and Northampton have taken part in plenty of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance stats point towards more of the same. We have confidence in predicting under 3.5 goals on Friday afternoon, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.22.

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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Charlton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 55% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Charlton
55%
3/5
2%
-
Draw
25%
29/10
4%
-
Northampton
20%
9/2
8%
-
Charlton 1-0
14%
11/2
18%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
13/2-
Charlton 2-0
11%
6/1
8%
-
Charlton 2-1
9%
15/2
6%
-
Draw 0-0
9%
17/2
19%
-
Northampton 1-0
7%
12/1
8%
-
Charlton 3-0
6%
10/1-
Northampton 2-1
5%
16/1
11%
-
Charlton 3-1
5%
12/1
13%
-
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1
10%
-
Northampton 2-0
3%
28/1-
Charlton 4-0
2%
22/1-
Charlton 3-2
2%
28/1
15%
-
Charlton 4-1
2%
28/1-
Northampton 3-1
1%
40/1
20%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
44%
1/1
9%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
56%
4/5
9%
-
Home 1st Goal
55%
2/5-
Away 1st Goal
40%
9/4
10%
-
No 1st Goal
6%
17/2
19%
-
BTTS - Yes
46%
1/1
9%
-
BTTS - No
55%
3/4
8%
-
BTTS - Home Win
21%
11/4
13%
-
BTTS - Draw
16%
9/2
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
8%
10/1
15%
-
Home/draw
80%
1/7
2%
-
Away/draw
45%
13/10-
Home/away
75%
1/4-
Over 1.5 Goals
70%
3/10
4%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
30%
12/5
13%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
23%
5/2
13%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
77%
2/7
6%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
6/1
22%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/10
3%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1
21%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
91%
1/16
2%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
9%
17/2
19%
-
Home DNB
72%
2/9
2%
-
Away DNB
38%
3/1
8%
-
Charlton win to nil
34%
6/4
11%
-
Northampton win to nil
12%
8/1-
Charlton / Charlton
33%
6/4-
Charlton / Northampton
2%
40/1-
Charlton / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Charlton
19%
10/3
8%
-
Draw / Northampton
8%
10/1-
Draw / Draw
15%
9/2
10%
-
Northampton / Charlton
4%
22/1
12%
-
Northampton / Northampton
9%
17/2
14%
-
Northampton / Draw
5%
16/1
11%
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Win / draw / win League One table

Charlton have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 36 games against teams below in the table, having won 20, drawn 7 and lost 9 matches. They have kept 17 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. Charlton have outscored their opponents by 58 goals to 42 goals.

Home League Performance

Charlton have played 21 games at home winning 13, drawing 6 and losing 2 games. They have scored 33 goals, kept 11 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Northampton are in 19th position in the League One on 47 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 30 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 23 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

34 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 10 and won 8. Northampton have conceded 55 goals, scored 34, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Charlton
Northampton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham4029834495 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
2
Wrexham42241082782 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-1A
3
Wycombe42231273081 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
4
Stockport42221192677 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
5
Charlton Home422210102076 
-
-
l
 
0-5A
Apr 18
6
Reading42191211869 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-1A
7
L Orient42206161866 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
8
Bolton4220616166 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
l
 
2-4A
l
 
3-1A
9
Huddersfield42197161064 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-3F
10
Blackpool411515111060 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
11
Barnsley4216917-457 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
12
Lincoln42141315855 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
13
Rotherham4215918-554 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-2A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
14
Stevenage41141017-652 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
15
Exeter42141018-1352 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
16
Peterborough4113919-1048 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-4F
17
Wigan41111416-447 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
May 3
l
 
2-1A
18
Mansfield4113820-1047 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
19
Northampton A42111417-1747 
Apr 18
w
 
0-5F
-
-
20
Burton41101219-1542 
May 3
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
21
Bristol R4212624-2642 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
22
Crawley429924-3236 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
Apr 26
23
Cambridge4281123-2635 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
24
Shrewsbury427926-3430 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 21
d
 
1-1A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
13
Charlton have not lost in 13 consecutive home league games
5
Northampton have not lost in 5 consecutive away league games
Charlton 5TH
20 league games
Home
13
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Charlton2 - 2Lincoln
Charlton4 - 0Huddersfield
Charlton2 - 1Wigan
Charlton1 - 0Barnsley
Charlton3 - 0Exeter
Charlton2 - 1Peterborough
Charlton2 - 0Stevenage
Charlton2 - 0Bristol R
Charlton1 - 0Shrewsbury
Charlton0 - 0Reading
Charlton2 - 1Wycombe
Charlton2 - 1Cambridge
Charlton0 - 0Mansfield
Charlton1 - 2Crawley
Charlton2 - 2Wrexham
Charlton1 - 1Stockport
Charlton1 - 0Birmingham
Charlton1 - 2Blackpool
Charlton1 - 1Rotherham
Charlton2 - 0Bolton
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ACharlton1 - 0Cambridge
HCharlton2 - 2Lincoln
ACharlton2 - 1Mansfield
HCharlton4 - 0Huddersfield
ACharlton0 - 3Peterborough
HCharlton2 - 1Wigan
ACharlton1 - 0Crawley
ACharlton0 - 0Stockport
HCharlton1 - 0Barnsley
ACharlton2 - 1L Orient
HCharlton3 - 0Exeter
ACharlton0 - 1Birmingham
HCharlton2 - 1Peterborough
HCharlton2 - 0Stevenage
ACharlton2 - 2Blackpool
HCharlton2 - 0Bristol R
HCharlton1 - 0Shrewsbury
ACharlton2 - 1Bolton
ACharlton2 - 4Rotherham
HCharlton0 - 0Reading
Northampton 19TH
20 league games
Away
5
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Peterborough0 - 4Northampton
Cambridge1 - 1Northampton
L Orient1 - 2Northampton
Exeter1 - 1Northampton
Mansfield0 - 1Northampton
Bolton3 - 1Northampton
Wycombe0 - 0Northampton
Burton0 - 1Northampton
Shrewsbury1 - 1Northampton
Reading4 - 1Northampton
Rotherham3 - 0Northampton
Stevenage2 - 0Northampton
Wigan2 - 1Northampton
Blackpool0 - 0Northampton
Birmingham1 - 1Northampton
Lincoln2 - 1Northampton
Stockport1 - 1Northampton
Wrexham4 - 1Northampton
Huddersfield1 - 3Northampton
Barnsley2 - 2Northampton
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HNorthampton0 - 0Reading
ANorthampton4 - 0Peterborough
HNorthampton0 - 2Rotherham
ANorthampton1 - 1Cambridge
HNorthampton0 - 2Blackpool
HNorthampton1 - 1Birmingham
ANorthampton2 - 1L Orient
HNorthampton1 - 1Stockport
ANorthampton1 - 1Exeter
HNorthampton1 - 2Barnsley
HNorthampton2 - 1Bristol R
HNorthampton0 - 2Wrexham
ANorthampton1 - 0Mansfield
HNorthampton3 - 2Huddersfield
ANorthampton1 - 3Bolton
ANorthampton0 - 0Wycombe
HNorthampton0 - 1Lincoln
ANorthampton1 - 0Burton
HNorthampton0 - 0Stevenage
ANorthampton1 - 1Shrewsbury
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Charlton since 2016
Charlton
Northampton
Goals: Scored
9
6
Games: Scored
4 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
0 / 4
CHA
2
D
1
NHT
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Charlton
2 - 3Northampton
Charlton2 - 1
Charlton4 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
League games at Northampton since 2017
Northampton
Charlton
Goals: Scored
3
13
Games: Scored
2 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
3 / 5
CHA
3
D
1
NHT
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Northampton
0 - 5Charlton
Draw1 - 1Draw
0 - 2Charlton
0 - 4Charlton
Northampton2 - 1
Goal Statistics
Charlton 5th Northampton 19th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
20%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 80% probability that Charlton will score 1 or more goals
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Northampton scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+13
Charlton have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted
+13
Northampton have scored 13% more goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Charlton
PG (predicted goals)
Northampton
1.6
0.8
Attack rating
21%
better
CHA
NHT
view stats
Games scored33
27
Failed to score9
15
Scored first21
15
Goals scored58
42
Avg. goals scored1.4
1
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for1.3
0.9
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
24%
better
CHA
NHT
view stats
Games conceded23
31
Clean sheets19
11
Conceded first17
21
Goals conceded38
59
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against13%
15%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.4
KickOff rating
+24%

Charlton v Northampton League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Charlton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
391459
M GillespheyM GoddenL BerryC Coventry
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Gillesphey DEF4053
3
-
T Campbell MID3961
3
-
C Coventry MID3911
9
-
L Berry MID3855
8
-
T Small DEF3622
4
-
M Godden FWD36141
2
-
G Docherty MID3541
5
1
L Jones DEF332
6
-
J Edwards DEF3313
4
-
K Anderson MID331
7
-
A Mitchell DEF3011
6
-
K Ramsay DEF2711
3
-
M Leaburn FWD2762
3
-
W Mannion GLK24
-
C Aneke FWD2314
2
-
A Maynard-Brewer GLK18
2
-
G Ahadme FWD1811
1
-
D Kanu FWD151
1
-
T Watson DEF11
-
T Mcintyre DEF8
-
A Gilbert MID74
1
-
D Hylton FWD51
1
-
K. Dixon FWD3
-
Northampton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
409610
M PinnockC McGeehan M PinnockC McGeehan 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
M Pinnock FWD4126
4
-
A Odimayo DEF36
3
1
S Hoskins FWD3671
5
-
C McGeehan  MID3595
10
-
A McGowan DEF311
2
-
T Fosu FWD2933
2
-
W Hondermarck MID28
2
-
L Burge GLK25
1
-
J Guthrie DEF2412
4
-
N Guinness-Walker DEF2311
1
-
T Roberts FWD2312
5
1
T Eaves FWD2351
4
1
S. Chouchane MID222
3
-
T Eyoma DEF21
3
-
J Baldwin DEF211
3
-
N Tzanev GLK17
-
T Magloire DEF171
-
M Dyche DEF161
1
-
L McCarron DEF161
-
J Willis DEF15
-
T Taylor MID1512
6
-
B. Perry MID12
3
-
J Sowerby MID10
1
-
D Costelloe FWD103
2
-
L Mbete DEF9
2
-
L Shaw MID82
2
-
C Morton FWD711
-
J Wilson FWD7
-
A Koiki DEF5
-
P Brough DEF3
1
-
English League One match betting previews, predictions and odds
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Stockport v Lincoln
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