MATCH THREAD : Charlton Athletic V Swansea City : Saturday 1st November 2025 : KO 15:00

Good afternoon one and all, and welcome to today's Match Thread…

So, after two very tricky away days against Ipswich and Hull City gave us four points and capped off a seven point well earned week's haul leaving us 6th in the league, we are back on home turf for the next two, starting today with the visit of Swansea City.

The Swans currently sit 13th, seven places and three points below us, having taken 16 points from their opening 12 league games, and were in action in midweek as they fell to a 3-1 defeat at home to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup fourth round.

Speaking in his pre-game press conference, Jones said: "Matty's a lot closer, he’s now far more mobile and doing the things that we want him to do, he’s had two weeks now of fitness work, so he’s a lot closer which is really good, Josh is the only one then that’s a little way off."

The visitors will be without Brighton loanee Malick Yalcouyé, who is suspended following his red card for violent conduct against QPR.

We've gone toe-to-toe on 44 occasions, winning 16, the Swans 17 and the remaining 11 encounters ending in draws, Swansea ran out 1-0 victors when we last met in January 2020, with Yan Dhanda netting the only goal of the game in south Wales.

Team news…

Reece Burke, James Bree, Conor Coventry and Charlie Kelman return to the Addicks’ starting line-up this afternoon.

It means Kayne Ramsay, Rob Apter, Harvey Knibbs and Miles Leaburn move to the bench.

Burke starts alongside Lloyd Jones and Macaulay GIllesphey in a back three in front of Thomas Kaminski.

Bree and Amari’i Bell are likely to operate as wing-backs with Coventry joining Sonny Carey, Charlton’s Player of the Month for October, and captain Greg Docherty in midfield. Kelman joins Tyreece Campbell up front. 

Ramsay, Apter, Knibbs and Leaburn are joined on the bench by Will Mannion, Joe Rankin-Costello, Luke Berry, Onel Hernández and Tanto Olaofe. 

Charlton: Kaminski; Burke, Jones, Gillesphey; Bree, Coventry, Carey, Docherty (c), Bell; Kelman, Campbell

Subs: Mannion, Ramsay, Rankin-Costello, Berry, Knibbs, Hernández, Apter, Leaburn, Olaofe