Charlton Athletic play big to Cambridge United connected Boxing Day looking for the triumph that volition support the Addicks successful adjacent proximity to the playoff places.
At a clip erstwhile the location broadside beryllium successful 10th presumption successful the League One table, Cambridge caput to The Valley 4 points adrift of safety.
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Given the prime of teams successful this division, Charlton were ever facing a pugnacious inquire to situation for the automatic promotion places this season, adjacent with Nathan Jones successful charge.
Nevertheless, prevailing successful conscionable 3 of their past 14 league fixtures has near Jones nether unit to instigate an upturn successful fortunes astatine the Londoners.
Across the past 3 games, it has been truthful acold truthful bully with back-to-back goalless draws with Lincoln City and Mansfield Town being followed by the 5-0 demolition of Northampton Town.
Now lone 4 points down the playoffs, Charlton person the accidental to footwear on, yet Jones volition beryllium conscious of the information that nary league triumph has been posted astatine The Valley since October 5.
While that is conscionable a tally of 4 contests, determination volition beryllium an acknowledgement that they request to beryllium winning fixtures specified arsenic this 1 to support connected track.
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As acold arsenic Cambridge are concerned, their little burst of victories during the backmost of October are agelong forgotten aft different tally of mediocre form.
Garry Monk's broadside person since recorded conscionable 1 triumph successful 8 games, the solitary triumph successful question coming by a 4-1 scoreline astatine location to bottom-side Shrewsbury Town.
While it should beryllium noted that they earned a 2-2 gully distant astatine Wrexham arsenic precocious arsenic December 14, that was followed by a 4-0 reverse astatine location to Huddersfield Town.
Still 4 points adrift of safety, Monk knows that his broadside request to physique immoderate momentum distant from location erstwhile they person claimed conscionable 5 points from their 10 fixtures.
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Having ran riot astatine Northampton, Jones volition astir surely lone marque changes to his Charlton broadside if needing to marque an enforced alteration.
Although Danny Hylton scored arsenic a substitute during the closing minutes, the seasoned volition stay among the replacements here.
Miles Leaburn scored his archetypal league extremity of the play successful the erstwhile crippled and volition expect to stay alongside Tyreece Campbell successful attack.
As for Cambridge, James Gibbons, Paul Digby and Mamadou Jobe each stay connected the sidelines for this fixture.
Liam Bennett is apt to clasp his spot connected the close flank contempt being substituted astatine fractional clip successful the past 2 matches.
Despite the mode of the past defeat, Monk whitethorn not needfully tinker with his starting lineup with Elias Kachunga and Shayne Lavery successful enactment to support their places successful the last third.
Charlton Athletic imaginable starting lineup:
Maynard-Brewer; Mitchell, Jones, Gillesphey; Small, Berry, Coventry, Docherty, Edwards; Leaburn, Campbell
Cambridge United imaginable starting lineup:
Reyes; Okedina, Morrison, Watts; Bennett, Cousins, Brophy, Andrew; Kachunga, Nlundulu, Lavery
We say: Charlton Athletic 3-1 Cambridge United
Having suffered 2 dense defeats of late, we person to expect that Cambridge are not precocious connected content close now. With that successful mind, we are backing Charlton to travel done with a comfy win, 1 that would support them funny successful the apical six.
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