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This Saturday see's Charlton Athletic make the long trip north to face Tranmere Rovers at Prenton Park. Tuesday nights fixtures saw Charlton Athletic beat promotion hopefuls Mk Dons 2-1 courtesy of two Johnnie Jackson penalties, while Tranmere Rovers took a step towards survival playing out a 0-0 draw away to Carlisle.
When this two sides met earlier in the season at the valley they played out a 1-1 draw with Johnnie Jackson rescuing a point for the Addicks when he converted a 79th minute penalty to cancel out Adam Mcgurk's first half opener. This was also the game which saw Kemorgant and Green take over in starting roles from Hayes and Wagstaff and never really looked back. Hamer was the much busy keeper in this match have to deal with a incredible 8 shots on target compared to the two that Charlton could muster on target one of course being the penalty. This draw also saw Charlton equal their club record of remaining unbeaten for the opening 12 games of the season a run which stretched back all the way to the 1927/28 season (some of you on here may remember that season
This season currently sees Tranmere Rovers in 17th place with 33 points from their 30 games. This leaves them looking over their shoulder as they are currently only 7 points off their relegation places with some teams having games in hand!
Charlton Athletic Team News - (I'll update when some becomes available)
Tranmere Rovers Team News - (I'll update when some becomes available)
Charlton's Away Record - W11 D2 L2 GF25 GA11 PTS35
Tranmere's Home Record - W5 D7 L3 GF14 GA11 PTS22
Top 3 Goalscorers -
Tranmere - Charlton
5 McGurk - 14 Wright-Phillips
4 Labadie - 12 Jackson
4 Taylor - 7 Kermogant
Last 5 meetings -
Charlton 1-1 Tranmere 08/10/2011
Charlton 1-1 Tranmere 05/03/2011
Tranmere 1-1 Charlton 18/09/2010
Charlton 1-1 Tranmere 30/01/2010
Tranmere 0-4 Charlton 28/08/2009
Think I might be a bet on this one to end 1-1!
My team to play against Tranmere -
Hamer
Solly Morrison Taylor Wiggins
Green Hollands Stephens Jackson
Wright-Phillips Kermogant
Subs
Sullivan
Cort
Pritchard
Haynes
Wagstaff
The referee for this one will be Andy Haines who has taken charge of 23 games this season giving out 70 yellows and 3 reds
Tranmere are quite a physical team so that is why I've gone for Kermogant instead of Haynes. I know people have been wanting us to start with Haynes and Wright-Phillips but in this game like away to Sheff Wednesday, when we have to hit the ball long we want it to stick and Kermogant is the best equipped player to do this.
Looking at past results against Tranmere it looks like a draw is on the cards and I'm gonna say 1-1
