Match Report
11 points and 9 places separated them: Charlton Athletic 19th with 53, Birmingham City 10th with 64. On the form table Birmingham City stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 10th overall. Per game in the league, Charlton Athletic were scoring 0.96 and conceding 1.26, Birmingham City 1.24 and 1.22, against a competition average of 1.3 goals per team per game.
21 meetings are on record — 7 won by Charlton Athletic, 6 by Birmingham City, 8 drawn, at 1.81 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 24% of meetings won. Only 14% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The match was played at The Valley (capacity 27,111). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-0 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Charlton Athletic: Charlie Kelman (74')
Key stats
Possession: Charlton Athletic 43% · Birmingham City 57% · Total shots: 12-7 · On target: 4-1 · Corners: 3-3