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MATCH PREVIEW: Cambridge United vs Charlton Athletic - Tuesday 26th August 2025 - 7:30pm Kick-Off

ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
edited August 25 in General Charlton
League Cup - Second Round
Cambridge United vs Charlton Athletic
Tuesday 26th August 2025 - 7:30pm Kick-Off
Referee: David Rock

Introduction
EFL Championship action grounds to a halt once more this coming Tuesday. The Addicks return to League Cup action this midweek having despatched League One: Stevenage with a convincing 3-1 victory, courtesy of goals from Miles Leaburn, Luke Berry and Ibrahim Fullah, with the latter not looking out of place in Senior Football...

The Opposition
Name: Cambridge United - Manager: Neil Harris
Division: League Two
Last Round: Bristol Rovers 0-2 Cambridge United

This Tuesday is an opportunity to right the wrongs from our Pre-Season clash with Cambridge United, which ended all square last month... Our opponents tomorrow, reached this round of the competition with a 2-0 win over fellow League Two side: Bristol Rovers, and is their fifth appearance at this stage of the League Cup, since returning from the National League in 2014-15... Cambridge have failed to reach the third round on each of those occasions.

In terms of 2025/26 and this is a season where Cambridge will be looking to bounce back from relegation last season, four years were spent in League One, so Neil Harris will be looking to engineer an instant return to the third tier of English Football. The season so far has yielded inconstant results, Cambridge sit 13th with seven points (Having played a game more than those sides in the Championship), and have two wins, one defeat and a draw. Their last outing in League action, came on Saturday, a 2-1 win at Colchester United.

Charlton Team News
Once again you'd expect Nathan Jones to wring the changes between cup and league football, so we should expect to see Ibrahim Fullah in the starting eleven once more, especially as he was named in the twenty man squad for the visit of Leicester City on Saturday.

Elsewhere and you'd expect starts for Tanto Olaofe and Charlie Kelman, with both having to settle for cameos on Saturday, and both will be going into this match, hoping to get off the mark with their first goals for the club. One question mark in the side surrounds the gap left by Alex Mitchell... the Centre-Back faced Stevenage in the last round, yet has since departed on a season long loan to Plymouth Argyle, is this the ideal opportunity for Reece Burke to gain valuable minutes, in what has been an injury hit start to his Charlton career.

Maynard-Brewer
Burke - Mitchell - Gillesphey
Rylah - Costello - Anderson - Fullah
Knibbs
Kelman - Olaofe

Substitutes: Reid - Berry - Docherty - Apter - Enslin - Laqeretabua - Leaburn - Mwamba - Mbick

Comments

  • cliveclive
    Kick-off 7.30 pm
  • RonnieMooreRonnieMoore
    ForeverAddickted said:
    League Cup - Second Round
    Cambridge United vs Charlton Athletic
    Tuesday 26th August 2025 - 7:30pm Kick-Off
    Referee: David Rock

    Introduction
    EFL Championship action grounds to a halt once more this coming Tuesday. The Addicks return to League Cup action this midweek having despatched League One: Stevenage with a convincing 3-1 victory, courtesy of goals from Miles Leaburn, Luke Berry and Ibrahim Fullah, with the latter not looking out of place in Senior Football...

    The Opposition
    Name: Cambridge United - Manager: Neil Harris
    Division: League Two
    Last Round: Bristol Rovers 0-2 Cambridge United

    This Tuesday is an opportunity to right the wrongs from our Pre-Season clash with Cambridge United, which ended all square last month... Our opponents tomorrow, reached this round of the competition with a 2-0 win over fellow League Two side: Bristol Rovers, and is their fifth appearance at this stage of the League Cup, since returning from the National League in 2014-15... Cambridge have failed to reach the third round on each of those occasions.

    In terms of 2025/26 and this is a season where Cambridge will be looking to bounce back from relegation last season, four years were spent in League One, so Neil Harris will be looking to engineer an instant return to the third tier of English Football. The season so far has yielded inconstant results, Cambridge sit 13th with seven points (Having played a game more than those sides in the Championship), and have two wins, one defeat and a draw. Their last outing in League action, came on Saturday, a 2-1 win at Colchester United.

    Charlton Team News
    Once again you'd expect Nathan Jones to wring the changes between cup and league football, so we should expect to see Ibrahim Fullah in the starting eleven once more, especially as he was named in the twenty man squad for the visit of Leicester City on Saturday.

    Elsewhere and you'd expect starts for Tanto Olaofe and Charlie Kelman, with both having to settle for cameos on Saturday, and both will be going into this match, hoping to get off the mark with their first goals for the club. One question mark in the side surrounds the gap left by Alex Mitchell... the Centre-Back faced Stevenage in the last round, yet has since departed on a season long loan to Plymouth Argyle, is this the ideal opportunity for Reece Burke to gain valuable minutes, in what has been an injury hit start to his Charlton career.

    Maynard-Brewer
    Burke - Mitchell - Gillesphey
    Rylah - Costello - Anderson - Fullah
    Knibbs
    Kelman - Olaofe

    Substitutes: Reid - Berry - Docherty - Apter - Enslin - Laqeretabua - Leaburn - Mwamba - Mbick
    Berry if fit will start … 
  • RonnieMooreRonnieMoore
    And Mannion will be in goal 
  • ScohamScoham
    Team is roughly what I’d expect. I’d like to see Fullah at RWB though to give Enslin a game at LWB.
  • fenaddickfenaddick
    U21s playing tomorrow afternoon so we'll get some vague ideas there, can't really do two games in a day when one's in SE7 and the other is in Cambridge
  • killerandflashkillerandflash
    Burke in the middle and Zach at right CB is how I'd play them. Laq deserves a start too.
  • wmcf123wmcf123
    killerandflash said:
    Burke in the middle and Zach at right CB is how I'd play them. Laq deserves a start too.
    Burke better on the ball , perhaps .  Like to see what Zach can do in the middle . 
  • NabySarrNabySarr
    killerandflash said:
    Burke in the middle and Zach at right CB is how I'd play them. Laq deserves a start too.
    I’m sure Burke won’t do a full game, maybe only half, so Laq will get some minutes I’d assume 
  • RedJohnRedJohn
    Want to see more game time for both Fullah and Mwamba.
  • BigDiddyBigDiddy
    Need our new strikers to get some time and goals, hopefully.
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  • NadouNadou
    On Sky again but not on Charlton TV?
  • wolfgangwolfgang
    Scoham said:
    I’d like to see Fullah at RWB though to give Enslin a game at LWB.
    This.
  • wolfgangwolfgang
    Hope to see Charlie "Kirk" Kelman get a couple.
  • stoneroses19stoneroses19
    wolfgang said:
    Hope to see Charlie "Kirk" Kelman get a couple.
    Unnecessary dig at Kelman with that.
  • BigDiddyBigDiddy
    wolfgang said:
    Hope to see Charlie "Kirk" Kelman get a couple.
    After 3 games ? 
  • LincsaddickLincsaddick
    some of the squad who are getting little game time will be playing, so it could be a chance for our non performing strikers to get some proper shots in, although Cambridge U are not too shabby .. narrow win
  • SouthbankSouthbank
    Anybody know how to watch this outside of England? Sky is not available.
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