I was tempted to wait until Tuesday night’s games, as both Oxford and Leicester have tough home games against play off chasing teams (Wrexham and Hull respectively). Two defeats for the struggling teams there would massively relieve the pressure on Charlton and should help us.
Out of the teams in the current bottom nine, we’ve only beaten one of them away - and that was basement boys Sheffield Wednesday. We’ve drawn to Stoke and Blackburn and had four defeats to Leicester, Oxford, Portsmouth, and Preston!
Our away form has improved this calendar year after the January business, so hopefully that can help get us over the line against Charlton. We have a habit under McKenna to bounce back after defeats in the Championship, so fingers crossed that continues Wednesday night.
Charlton are in poor form - no wins in six and three consecutive home defeats. This should be three points for us if we’re serious about automatic promotion. I’m going for a surprisingly emphatic result and performance, 3-1 Ipswich.