Match Report
The table gap was wide: 24 points between Charlton Athletic (4th, 85 pts) and Barnsley (12th, 61 pts). The last five rounds placed Barnsley 8th in the league for form — higher than their 12th in the standings. Per game in the league, Charlton Athletic were scoring 1.46 and conceding 0.93, Barnsley 1.5 and 1.59, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Barnsley arrived on a run of three straight wins.
The head-to-head ledger counts 13 games: 5 Charlton Athletic wins, 4 for Barnsley, 4 draws, at 3.15 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 69% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 69%.
The match was played at The Valley in London (capacity 27,111). Charlton Athletic led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.
Goal scorers
Charlton Athletic: Macaulay Gillesphey (12')