Rotherham United vs Charlton AthleticSaturday 18th January 2025 - 3pm Kick-OffReferee: Darren DrysdaleIntroduction"Masters of their own Downfall" has a poetic ring to it doesnt, not quite the same as "Masters of the Universe", but then again the Addicks didnt quite have the power to overcome Preston North End, as we bowed out of the FA Cup on Tuesday night. Lets not brush the performance aside though, we gave it a damned good go against the Championship side, and if we continue to play like that for the rest of the season, well who knows what might happen... Its a big IF though.
The OppositionName: Rotherham United (13th) - Manager: Steve EvansGround: The New York StadiumPrevious League Result: Rotherham 3-1 BoltonPutting the FA Cup to one side though, and the Addicks now have no other distractions, and can focus solely on the League for the rest of the 2024-25 campaign - At present we're doing a bit of a Tour around the North of England... with Rotherham United the second of three games in one week.
Rotherham by all accounts have been a disappointment this campaign, and am sure their fans would be the first to admit that - The second coming of Steve Evans made a lot of fans think that their relegation from the Championship would be short lived, after all one of the more successful Managers in the lower echelons of the Football League would give most fans cause for optimism, especially after his achievements with Stevenage last campaign.
Unfortunately that hasn't been the case, and whilst Rotherham did their business early (seven players were signed in May), they've just not been able to click and is proof that whilst its great you can do your Transfer dealings early... It doesnt always work out; Jonson Clarke-Harris was the headline act, a Charlton target 12-months ago, he's got just six league goals to his name this season, but will still be a threat - The Millers themselves with a bit of form, they're unbeaten in their last four matches with two wins against Lincoln and Bolton - Victory will see them go level with the Addicks, proof at this stage of the season, its still anyone's game... this isn't the Premier League, so nothing is certain until its mathematically certain!!
Charlton Team NewsWe've started to see a bit of consistency from Nathan Jones with his team selections of late, and whilst the performance against Preston will have taken a lot of effort, I doubt we'll see too many changes amongst the starting eleven - Naturally two players must drop from the bench, as we return to having just seven substitutes rather than nine, yet even that isn't a given.
For example amongst the starting eleven we should expect to see Miles Leaburn and Ashley Maynard-Brewer back in the starting eleven, the latter was rested for the Cup clash as Will Mannion took over the role of Cup 'keeper... From the bench I'd expect to see Daniel Kanu drop out, after his minutes have become limited of late, and may well head out on loan before the closure of the transfer window, whilst we've also got the slowly returning Kayne Ramsay to come back into the fold - Zach Mitchell over Rarmani Edmonds-Green is the other name I expect to see, especially as the Academy graduate was given minutes at Deepdale ahead of the latter.
Maynard-Brewer
A.Mitchell - Jones - Gillesphey
Small - Coventry - Docherty - Edwards
Berry
T.Campbell - Leaburn
Substitutes Bench: Mannion - Z.Mitchell - Anderson - A.Campbell - Aneke - Ahadme - Hylton
Comments
- Rotherham United have failed to win any of their last nine Football League games against Charlton Athletic (D5 L4), since a 1-0 home win in January 1983.
- Charlton Athletic have won on each of their last three visits to Rotherham United in the Football League, as many wins as in their first 16 such trips (D4 L9).
- Rotherham are unbeaten across their last four league games (W2 D2), with the Millers winning four of their last six league matches at home (D1 L1).
- Charlton are unbeaten in each of their last six league games (W3 D3), keeping four clean sheets in that run.
https://www.efl.com/news/2025/january/15/sky-bet-league-one--pre-match-stat-pack/2-1 to Rotherham.
Our last two matches one in the league and Preston in the cup we created more than enough chances to win both.
But we drew one and lost one.
Our next 4 games are all winnable in my opinion so anything less than 10 points will not really prove we are good enough.
Win tomorrow and it sets us up nicely for the Bolton game followed by two home games against sides near the bottom.
Head says 1 1
Heart says 2 1 Charlton.
Enjoy the game all those who are going.
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https://www.charltonafc.com/news/match-preview-rotherham-united-v-charltonShould be targeting 8 points minimum from the next 4. Win the 2 home games and either 2 draws or 1 win from the 2 away games.
3 wins for Big Steve
10 Draws (away 1-1 draw from 14/15 missing off the bottom of this list)
2 wins for us
I reckon 1-1. Think we will have the chances, but not enough time put them away.
Safe travels to the travellers
The last win was away at Leeds back in April 2016
Is there a Nathan Jones v Steve Evans teams head to head?
6 matches between them and zero wins for Nathan.