Hull City v Charlton Athletic | MATCH OFF | Match Preview, Predictions, News & Views

Hull City v Charlton Athletic
Saturday 14th March 2020 … 3pm Kick-Off
Referee: Darren England

Introduction
Life is never boring as a Charlton fan is it! – Saturday saw Middlesbrough returning to the North East with all three points, and a shift in the table that would finally see the Addicks drop into the relegation places. With our own trip to the North East this weekend being another important match we all expected it to be a week of nail biting and discussion. Instead its matters off the pitch that have taken centre stage, an battle in the boardroom that’ll take some time to resolve and the threat of coronavirus raising questions if this match will even happen!!

The Opposition
Name: Hull City (21st) | Manager: Grant McCann
Ground: KC Stadium
Previous Result: Charlton Athletic 2-2 Hull City

Yet for the time being, we must presume that it is business as usual (whether that is the case before the end of today is another matter entirely). Hull themselves are in deep trouble; a break in action will surely suit them more than anyone else (even that may not help). Selling Jarred Bowen and Kamil Grosicki in the transfer window without adequate replacements has to be one of the biggest blunders in the Championship this season, it’s a move that has seen the Tigers go from Play-Off challengers to serious relegation candidates, a defeat for either team this weekend will be seriously damaging whenever the season finishes!!

As we have seen from recent club performances though, bad results against other opposition does not instantly mean that Hull will turn up on Saturday and surrender the three points. They are a side in desperate need of the points themselves and whilst they have just the five points this calendar year, will still prove to be a dangerous challenge… All eyes though will be on Marcus Maddison; question marks will be raised asking if we were ever in for him, what with the transfer embargo, yet we have seen from previous encounters against Peterborough that the wide man knows how to hurt us, despite having struggled to adapt to Championship Football

Charlton Team News
So once again the attention turns to Lee Bowyer and his squad selection – For the last few results there have been raised eyebrows over the manner of the performance but with this mental of weeks it’s a little bit easier to understand!!

Let us start with the basics though; Tom Lockyer will return from his two-match suspension whilst Darren Pratley has escaped his own potential two-match ban by somehow avoiding a booking against Middlesbrough last week. The obvious positions are covered yet it will be interesting to see just who gets the nod at Left-Back with both Ben Purrington and Alfie Doughty struggling there of late. Naby Sarr has been the latest injury concern (and a big miss at that!!), yet the defender returned to training this week so could be thrown straight back in!!