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MATCH PREVIEW: Charlton Athletic vs Exeter City | Saturday 22nd February 2025 - 3pm Kick-Off

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Charlton Athletic vs Exeter City
Saturday 22nd February 2025 - 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Andy Davies

The hopes of reaching the Play-Offs for Charlton Athletic hang by a thread, the Addicks sit one place, and three points behind sixth spot (and thats before you account for Goal Difference), and with only 45-pts to play for it, its getting into desperate territory - Defeat at Birmingham was one game that we felt Charlton would lose, but with the game behind us, and other difficult encounters still to come on the road, well... failure to get the maximum number of points will mean curtains on another League One campaign.

The Opposition
Name: Exeter City (16th) - Manager: Gary Caldwell
Ground: St. James Park
Previous League Result: Cambridge 0-1 Exeter

Next up for the Addicks, is the visit of struggling Exeter City who've turned their own Play-Off charge, into a situation where they're looking over their shoulders and is the true measure of how tight this Division can be - Early season form saw Exeter in and around the top six, but a bad run of form with just one win in nine between October and December has seen the Grecians fall away, and now seemingly need to worry about an in form Burton at the head of a chasing relegation pack.

Naturally no guesses are needed to work out which game they won in that bad run of form... Yup... a 1-0 victory over the Addicks at St. James Park is one of four victories that Exeter have been able to enjoy since the 17th October - Their last win though came last time out, a 1-0 win on the road against relegation struggles Cambridge United, who'd go on to sack their Manager as a result. Its one of five wins on the road this campaign for Exeter, so they know how to win road!!

In terms of opponents and we'll have the chance to welcome back Ben Purrington to the Valley this Saturday, along with FA Cup top-scorer: Josh Magennis, who sadly cant improve on said tally, after the Grecians were narrowly beaten on penalties in the 4th Round following an impressive 2-2 draw.

Charlton Team News
Last Saturdays trip to Birmingham City was perhaps evidence of whilst you're in good form, you equally need to take the opposition into account as well when setting up for any League clash - I expected squad changes from the start, which didnt happen immediately... However on this occasion, with Exeter not on the same wave length as last weeks opponents, well I'd expect us to revert to usual in terms of the starting eleven.

Conor Coventry is the sole concern, he goes into this game needing just more booking to earn a two match ban, and has six games left to walk the tight rope and so avoid it in the first place - Regardless of that hanging over him, you cant see our main Midfielder being dropped to be safe - Alex Gilbert though did impress against Birmingham in his cameo, so could well replace Luke Berry in the starting line-up offering us a little bit of creativity behind our two Strikers.

Mannion
Ramsay - Jones - Gillesphey
Small - Coventry - Docherty - Edwards
Gilbert
Campbell - Godden

Substitutes Bench: Reid - Mitchell - Anderson - Berry - Aneke - Leaburn - Kanu
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Comments

  • AndyGAndyG
    I like that team but I would be tempted to leave Coventry on the bench due to his card situation. We should have enough in hand to get 3 points without him this week, replace him with Berry or Anderson
  • cafcnick1992cafcnick1992
    I'd be hoping for a strong performance down at the Bonnie Blue arena to get us going again. 2-0.
  • BedsaddickBedsaddick
    edited February 21
    I’m going all out positive on this one . I’m saying a 4-0 comfortable win . Godden (2) , TC and Jones 
  • GarrymanilowGarrymanilow
    Must win in order to show that Birmingham was just a blip against a silly over-budgeted team and that we're still on the up. Results haven't really gone our way among the teams around us recently so we can't be relying on other teams to slip up. Need to beat these and then make a statement against Orient after that for any of it to count
  • jonseventyfivejonseventyfive
    Home win, 2-0 , keep the dream alive boys!
  • soapy_jonessoapy_jones
    Resounding nothing.  We've had our treat for the season.

    Edgy home win 1-0.
  • satindoorssatindoors
    COYR 
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  • usetobunkinusetobunkin
    Think we will be comfortable against a poor to mediocre side. Heart says 3-1, head says 2-1. 
    COYRS!!
  • cliveclive
    https://www.charltonafc.com/news/match-preview-charlton-v-exeter-city-1
  • cliveclive
    • Charlton Athletic have lost just one of their last seven league games against Exeter City (W5 D1), though they did lose the reverse fixture 1-0 in November last year.
    • Exeter City will be looking to claim just their second league double over Charlton Athletic, after the 2011-12 season.
    • Charlton have lost just one of their last seven league games (W5 D1), scoring exactly two goals in five of those matches.
    • Exeter won their last away league game 1-0 against Cambridge United, and will be looking to win two matches on their travels in succession for the first time since October last year.
    https://www.efl.com/news/2025/february/21/sky-bet-league-one--pre-match-stat-pack/
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Stig said:
    Good preview as ever, but I don't agree with this line, "failure to get the maximum number of points will mean curtains on another League One campaign". I hope we will win tomorrow and I expect that we probably will, but there's no way that losing tomorrow dooms our entire campaign, we can still get promoted regardless of what happens tomorrow. 
    It was a touch of sarcasm, after the reaction to results on Tuesday night
    We're doomed. We're never going to win again, and will be relegated next season, and the season after  ;)
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    No game is a certainty, but I expect us to fairly comfortably win tomorrow, and also expect one of our promotion rivals to lose. And another to score a winner in the 97th minute.
  • Valley11Valley11
    Josh Magennis must be odds on to deliver the ex player goal? 
  • smsm
    I thought their had been noises about McIntyre being used as a defensive midfielder so wouldn't be surprised to see him as a sub to replace Coventry if we get a couple of goals ahead.
  • NabySarrNabySarr
    edited February 21
    Controversial but I think I’d like to see a change up front. It might not work but I think Leaburn is too good to leave out of the team and a front 2 of him and Godden would be a real handful. TC was poor last week and he just simply doesn’t score the goals that Leaburn can 

    We are less reliant on TC now with Small and our midfield doing a lot more to create and get us up the pitch. Can then swap the front 2 off for TC and Aneke for the last 20 mins which again I think works well as a pairing 
  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    edited February 21
    Exeter have been poor for a while and haven’t done much away from home since way back in September. We won’t have an easier chance to add another three points between now and the end of the season. 

    Part of me is still damaged enough to believe that it all means this is when we slip up. 

    But then you look at how solid Nathan Jones has made us defensively and that makes it so much easier to feel confident in another 1 or 2 nil win.

    A Charlton clean sheet alone must be about even money for this game and that puts us at a big advantage before a ball is kicked.
  • NabySarrNabySarr
    Good teams don’t lose 2 in a row, hopefully we bounce back like we did after Rotherham and show we are now one 
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  • CallumcafcCallumcafc
    Ali Maxwell of NTT20 fame has “Charlton to win to nil” at 6/4 as one of his best bets of the weekend.
  • NabySarrNabySarr
    I think Exeter might be tougher than some people think. They have been terrible recently but that’s because they had pretty much no available centre backs a month ago. Since signing some on deadline day they’ve drawn with Forest (holding on with 10 men and Magennis filling in at centre back!) and then beating Cambridge away 
  • jimmymelrosejimmymelrose
    clive said:

    • Exeter City will be looking to claim just their second league double over Charlton Athletic, after the 2011-12 season.
    https://www.efl.com/news/2025/february/21/sky-bet-league-one--pre-match-stat-pack/
    Extraordinary.  We were champions that season.
  • LeftfootforwardLeftfootforward
    jimmymelrose said:
    clive said:

    • Exeter City will be looking to claim just their second league double over Charlton Athletic, after the 2011-12 season.
    https://www.efl.com/news/2025/february/21/sky-bet-league-one--pre-match-stat-pack/
    Extraordinary.  We were champions that season.
    Didn’t we lose our annual football for a 5iver game to them 3-1?
  • BansteadAddickBansteadAddick
    Probably is a must win game if we want to keep on the trail of mighty Orient. Really need to show we are good enough for the play offs by beating midtable.teams like Exeter. Might be tricky, 1-1, hope this is not correct.
  • AndyGAndyG
    LargeAddick said:
    AndyG said:
    I like that team but I would be tempted to leave Coventry on the bench due to his card situation. We should have enough in hand to get 3 points without him this week, replace him with Berry or Anderson
    Are we going to bench him for what, the next six or seven games, or whatever it is, until he’s not under threat of a two game suspension any longer? By then we could be well off the play offs.
    No not at all I meant we should be ok without him tomorrow Orient we will need him. Just seems a risk if he gets a silly yellow like the ball hitting his hand or something when not necessary 
  • wmcf123wmcf123
    AndyG said:
    LargeAddick said:
    AndyG said:
    I like that team but I would be tempted to leave Coventry on the bench due to his card situation. We should have enough in hand to get 3 points without him this week, replace him with Berry or Anderson
    Are we going to bench him for what, the next six or seven games, or whatever it is, until he’s not under threat of a two game suspension any longer? By then we could be well off the play offs.
    No not at all I meant we should be ok without him tomorrow Orient we will need him. Just seems a risk if he gets a silly yellow like the ball hitting his hand or something when not necessary 
    I don’t think we are good enough to rest players .  
  • LargeAddickLargeAddick
    edited February 21
    AndyG said:
    LargeAddick said:
    AndyG said:
    I like that team but I would be tempted to leave Coventry on the bench due to his card situation. We should have enough in hand to get 3 points without him this week, replace him with Berry or Anderson
    Are we going to bench him for what, the next six or seven games, or whatever it is, until he’s not under threat of a two game suspension any longer? By then we could be well off the play offs.
    No not at all I meant we should be ok without him tomorrow Orient we will need him. Just seems a risk if he gets a silly yellow like the ball hitting his hand or something when not necessary 
    Ok, got that. So he’s needed against say Stockport. Do we rest him for Barnsley? He’s got about seven games to go before the cut off, we can’t be affording to rest him for any. I get what you are saying but every game, including Exeter, is worth three points. Unless you can guarantee we will beat Exeter without him, and we can’t, then he plays. If/when he gets suspended we deal with it then.
  • 9goalswentpastperry9goalswentpastperry
    jimmymelrose said:
    clive said:

    • Exeter City will be looking to claim just their second league double over Charlton Athletic, after the 2011-12 season.
    https://www.efl.com/news/2025/february/21/sky-bet-league-one--pre-match-stat-pack/
    Extraordinary.  We were champions that season.
    Extraordinary if true. But it isn't. Their double over us was the season before. 
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