Reading vs Charlton Athletic - prediction, team news, lineups

Reading are acceptable to proceed their pre-season mentation erstwhile they invited Charlton Athletic to the Select Car Leasing Stadium connected Saturday.

The hosts stay successful League One, having fallen abbreviated successful their promotion bid past season, portion the visitors are successful the Championship.

Match preview

Reading finished 12th successful League One past season, 12 points disconnected the playoffs arsenic a disappointing extremity to the run saw their hopes of promotion spell up successful smoke.

The Royals won conscionable 1 of their past 8 league games, but caput manager Leam Richardson has importantly strengthened his squad this summer.

Kyreece Lisbie, Udoka Godwin-Malife and Jacob Brown person each joined permanently, portion Josh Stokes has signed connected indebtedness from Bristol City.

The likes of Jeriel Dorsett, Andy Rinomhota and Kelvin Abrefa person besides agreed caller deals, portion Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan has been sold to Danish broadside Horsens.

In pre-season truthful far, Reading person beaten Farnborough, Woking and Newport County and mislaid to Getafe.

Charlton, meanwhile, finished 19th successful the Championship past play and were conscionable six points supra the relegation zone.

The Addicks volition beryllium looking to debar getting dragged into different relegation conflict this play and person signed the likes of Ivan Mesik, Billy Koumetio, Karlan Grant, Danny McNamara and Millenic Alli.

Nathan Jones's broadside person beaten Dartford, Gillingham and Colchester, drawn with Maribor and mislaid to Wimbledon successful pre-season truthful far.

This lucifer volition beryllium Charlton's last pre-season lucifer earlier an EFL Cup archetypal circular clash with Cheltenham adjacent Saturday, which means they are apt to sanction a precise beardown side.

Reading signifier (all competitions):

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Charlton Athletic signifier (all competitions):

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Team News

Reading are expected to sanction a beardown side, with caller signings Godwin-Malife and Stokes some apt to feature.

Jack Marriott could commencement up front, portion Lewis Wing and Charlie Savage are apt to get the motion successful midfield.

Charlton are acceptable to commencement Matt Godden up beforehand aft helium scored successful their past pre-season friendly, with enactment retired wide from Grant and Tanto Olaofe.

Harvey Knibbs is besides acceptable to commencement successful the No.10 relation for Charlton, having joined the Addicks from Reading backmost successful 2025.

Reading imaginable starting lineup:

Pereira; Godwin-Malife, O'Connor, Ward, Dorsett; Wing, Savage; Stokes, Kyerewaa, Williams; Marriott

Charlton Athletic imaginable starting lineup:

Mannion; Ramsay, Gough, Koumetio, Mesik; Coventry, Rankin-Costello; Olaofe, Knibbs, Grant; Godden

We say: Reading 1-1 Charlton Athletic

Both sides person showed committedness successful pre-season truthful acold and it is hard to prime a winner, which is wherefore we are backing a draw.

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