Pre-Match Thread ° Charlton ° 01/02/11

Match day 29 sees the U’s travel to South London to take on the Addicks of Charlton. The reverse fixture on New Year’s Day ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw.

Our league record vs. Charlton Athletic:

@ Charlton P 4 W 2 D 0 L 2 F 5 A 7 -2
@ Colchester P 5 W 3 D 2 L 0 F 13 A 5 +8

01/01/11 Colchester 3 - 3 Charlton 6112 Matt Heath 16, Johnnie Jackson 18 P, 40 P, Andy Bond 24, Anthony Wordsworth 64, Paul Benson 76

13/04/10 Charlton 1 - 0 Colchester 17427 Nicky Forster 21
29/09/09 Colchester 3 - 0 Charlton 7098 Miguel Llera 29, Kayode Odejayi 31, 57

01/01/08 Charlton 1 - 2 Colchester 21508 Kevin Lisbie 16 P, 29, Luke Varney 45
15/09/07 Colchester 2 - 2 Charlton 5860 Mark Yeates 32, Kevin Lisbie 38, Svetoslav Todorov 45, Zheng Zhi 73

Form: Charlton LDDLDW (Home: WWDLLW) vs. Colchester DLWDLW (Away: DWLLDL)

Background:

8th placed Charlton Athletic take on 9th placed Colchester United in this Tuesday nights League One encounter at The Valley.

In this season’s League One campaign thus far Charlton rank 11/24 for home form and Colchester rank 8/24 for away form. The Addicks have 6th weakest attack at home while the U’s have the 5th weakest attack on their travels.

Both sides have seen their form drift of late and will be looking for a win to get their respective play-off challenges back on track.

U’s Team News:

The U’s, welcome back Pat Baldwin following his one match suspension. Connor Powell could make his U’s debut from the bench, while Morten Knudson is back in full training after his long term knee injury.

Injuries - Brian Wilson (Ankle), Mangus Okuonghae (Circulation), John-Joe O’Toole (Knee).

Please share your predictions, observations, thoughts and line-ups.

 

colu_mike - just thought I'd look in - looking for some new ideas for my pre match threads for next season once 606 closes, just checking what the format looks like.

I normally work on a word doc and paste it over, I assume there is no reason why links don't work as well?

As for the prediction, not really checked the form but I'll go for a 2-2