Charlton Athletic vs Bristol City - prediction, team news, lineups

Championship shot returns for the archetypal clip since the three-week planetary break, with Charlton Athletic welcoming Bristol City to The Valley connected Saturday afternoon.

The Addicks are presently connected a tally of 5 games without a triumph and ended September with a 3-1 decision to Cardiff City, portion the Robins returned to winning ways astatine the extremity of past period with a constrictive triumph implicit Watford.

Match preview

After finishing 19th past season, Nathan Jones began his 3rd run successful complaint of Charlton hoping to steer the nine wide of different relegation battle.

Despite failing to triumph immoderate of their erstwhile 5 Championship matches, the Addicks person truthful acold managed to debar being dragged into occupation and presently beryllium 1 constituent and 1 spot extracurricular the playoff places.

While their presumption successful the array would person been welcomed by Jones and his side, a tally without a triumph since August has highlighted their inconsistency and near them keen to crook their fortunes astir earlier they gaffe further down the table, having started the play astatine the acme earlier dropping to ninth by the extremity of September.

The Addicks drew 3 of their 5 league matches successful September, with defeats to Stoke City and Cardiff City coming alongside stalemates against West Bromwich Albion, Queens Park Rangers and Portsmouth.

Despite that worrying tally of results, Charlton person established themselves arsenic 1 of the stronger antiaircraft sides successful the division, conceding conscionable 10 goals successful 8 matches, a grounds bettered by lone 4 teams.

Bristol City, meanwhile, marque the travel to London occupying the last playoff place, with 4 wins, 1 gully and 3 defeats earning them 13 points from their opening 8 matches.

Now led by Michael Skubala, who guided Lincoln City to the League One rubric past season, the Robins are hoping to equine a much superior situation for a maiden promotion to the Premier League aft a disappointing 2nd fractional of the erstwhile run saw their hopes slice away.

Bristol City headed into the extended planetary interruption connected a affirmative note, securing a 1-0 location triumph implicit Watford astatine Ashton Gate, with Dominic Ballard scoring his 3rd extremity of the play since joining from Leyton Orient successful the summer.

That uncommon location triumph came aft successive defeats, with the Robins thrashed 4-1 by Southampton successful a crippled wherever the scoreline arguably flattered the Saints earlier suffering a constrictive decision to Skubala's erstwhile nine a fewer days later.

Should the Robins marque it back-to-back wins, and 5 victories from their opening 9 games, they could perchance decorativeness the play successful the automatic promotion places, portion they volition instrumentality assurance from facing a Charlton broadside they person mislaid to conscionable erstwhile since 2013.

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Team News

Following the extended break, a fig of players who were not distant connected planetary work volition instrumentality to enactment afloat rested.

The Addicks tin sanction the aforesaid broadside that started the decision to Cardiff astatine the extremity of past period aft avoiding immoderate further injuries, though Williams Mannion, Kayne Ramsay and Collins Sichenje stay unavailable.

Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Oliver Skipp is expected to clasp his spot successful midfield, portion nine apical scorer Tyreece Campbell should proceed successful a wide role.

As for Bristol City, the Robins are successful a overmuch healthier presumption connected the wounded beforehand this play than they were during the crisis-hit 2025-26 campaign.

Luke McNally scored against Crystal Palace successful a nine affable past play and is "very adjacent to getting picked" aft a superior genu wounded sustained successful February 2025 kept him sidelined for an extended period.

Brian De Keersmaecker besides recovered the nett with a free-kick successful that clash and could marque his competitory debut for the Robins connected Saturday.

Rio Cardines, who is connected indebtedness from the broadside Bristol City faced past weekend, has already registered six assists this play and is expected to instrumentality astatine full-back, portion Ballard volition beryllium pushing for different commencement aft scoring against Watford.

Charlton Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Okonkwo; McNamara, Jones, Bindon, Mesik; Coventry, Skipp; Alli, Grant, Campbell; Leaburn

Bristol City imaginable starting lineup:

Tickle; Tanner, Eile, Atkinson, Cardines; Williams, Randell; Hirakawa, Knight, Wallace; Ballard

We say: Charlton Athletic 1-2 Bristol City

Bristol City volition beryllium looking to marque it back-to-back victories and participate Saturday's contention arsenic favourites against a Charlton broadside who person not won since August.

We expect a intimately fought brushwood astatine The Valley, but judge the Robins volition person capable to unafraid a 2-1 triumph successful London.

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