Swansea v Charlton | Thu 02 Jan | 7:45pm KO | Match Preview, Predictions, News & Views

Swansea City v Charlton Athletic
Thursday 2nd January 2020 … 7:45pm Kick-Off
Referee: Peter Bankes (prev. games: Swansea City)

Introduction
As Big Ben struck midnight we left a decade behind, an era than begun in 2010 was over and on the footballing front has been a period of mixed emotions. With it we've witnessed glorious promotions and dismal relegations, the club has changed hands twice, and the second will surely come to an end soon!! - This Thursday we travel to South Wales for a match up against Play-Off chasing; Swansea City, let’s start this decade the same way we started the last one... With victory!!

The Opposition
Name: Swansea City (9th) | Manager: Steve Cooper
Ground: Liberty Stadium
Previous Result: Charlton Athletic 1-2 Swansea City

Following hot on the heels of our fixture against Leeds United; Swansea coming to the Valley truly marked the start of what was predicted to be a month where Charlton would be rewarded with zero points – Of course that didn’t happen, and once again it looked as though we’d continue to upset the order of things in the Championship; Jonathan Leko scoring in the first minute, giving the home side a deserved lead for their fast start!!

Yet Swansea would show their class for the rest of the game and would record a 2-1 victory - Lee Bowyer earning himself a ban for comments said about the referee that night, ironically the very same referee tomorrow night!!

That victory would send the Swans top of the Championship yet since that evening at the Valley things have gone a bit south for our Welsh opponents – Only four games have been won in total since with a dismal run of results in November have seen Swansea drop to mid-table. As is the way with this league though, a win tomorrow night could still propel them back into the top six (provided results go their way today), prove once again that promotion to the Premier League could still go to just about anyone in the top half of the table

Well… Maybe not Millwall!!

Charlton Team News
You seriously have to question our luck don’t you!! – For weeks fans have been saying that all will be fine once key players return from injury and so bolster our squad, the unfortunate side is that those key players are still to return whilst we’re losing further players (like Macauley Bonne) to new woes!!

Derby County was perhaps one of our worst performances of the season yet it’s difficult to expect anything less when we finish the half with the likes of Ben Dempsey and Josh Davison on the pitch, both young promising players but like Joe Pigott of old, are being thrown in too early!! – So with that all in mind who do we start tomorrow evening? It’s going to be pretty obvious that Adam Matthews will swap with Chris Solly, whilst Lyle Taylor will no doubt return to the starting line-up, we’re supposed to be making a new signing today, so we wait in eager anticipation of anyone who can help reinforce this depleted squad!!

Prediction
Once again people will look at this squad, will look at the opposition and question if we stand a chance of getting a result at the Liberty Stadium – Lee Bowyer has partly built a reputation of someone who can get the best out of the most limited squad yet you have to ask when we get beyond that limit – Rumours are that we’ll make a signing today who’ll make the squad strong, you have to wonder how ready, and how experienced this new addition will be!!