About Match
10 points for Charlton Athletic (6th), 11 for Swansea City (1st): a 1-point gap. Charlton Athletic have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 2nd in the league over the last five rounds against 6th overall. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Charlton Athletic run at 1.2 scored and 1.4 conceded, Swansea City at 1.4 and 0.2. Charlton Athletic would climb to 13 points with a win and up to 1st, overtaking Swansea City (other results held equal).
Defeat has not touched Swansea City in 5 games.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Charlton Athletic, 4 by Swansea City, 1 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 40% of the wins in this fixture. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
The Valley in London stages the fixture, a ground that holds 27,111.