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MATCH THREAD : Charlton Athletic V Derby County : Saturday 15th August 2026 :KO 15:00

eastterrace6168
eastterrace6168 Posts: 28,331
edited August 15 in General Charlton

A warm welcome home to one and all for this 2026/27 season opener…

After the encouraging performance last weekend and the 3-1 Carabao Cup win at Cheltenham which bought us a second round tie with Spurs away, we are back on the Championship trail today for match No1 with Derby County visiting The Valley, in what I feel will be a real test against a team who finished last season a couple of places outside the playoffs in 8th spot, picking up 20 wins, nine draws and 17 losses across the season, they come here today having lost 2-1 at home to Lincoln City in the first round of the Carabao Cup last weekend.

HEAD-TO-HEAD…We've gone toe-to-toe on 93 previous occasions, winning 32, the Rams 40, and the remaining 21 fixtures resulting in draws, Derby ran out 2-1 victors when we last met at The Valley in January 2025, with Bobby Clark netting the winner for the visitors.

Ben Speedie will oversee proceedings this weekend, he took charge of 42 games last season, dishing out 125 yellow cards and six reds…🤦‍♂️

TEAM NEWS …Nathan Jones has named an unchanged starting XI.

There is just one change to the squad that beat Cheltenham Town 3-1 in the Carabao Cup first round, with Rob Apter replacing Greg Docherty on the substitutes bench.Will Mannion continues in goal, with Danny McNamara, captain Lloyd Jones, Billy Koumetio and Amari’i Bell making up the back four. Nathaniel Chalobah joins Conor Coventry in central midfield with Tyreece Campbell, Sonny Carey and Karlan Grant playing behind Matty Godden.Apter is joined on the bench by Tiernan Brooks, Ivan Mesík, Collins Sichenje, Joe Rankin-Costello, Alan Mwamba, Harvey Knibbs, Millenic Alli and Miles Leaburn.

Charlton: Mannion; McNamara, Jones (c), Koumetio, Bell; Coventry, Chalobah; Campbell, Carey, Grant; Godden

Subs: Brooks, Mesík, Sichenje, Rankin-Costello, Mwamba, Knibbs, Alli, Apter, Leaburn

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  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 28,331
    edited August 15
    Comfortable 3-1 anybody, this has to be a convincing starting match
  • sam3110
    sam3110 Posts: 24,795

  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 101,531
    edited August 15
    No Docherty from the Cheltenham game... Swapped for Apter
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 67,418
    edited August 15
    Unchanged XI from last week
  • fenaddick
    fenaddick Posts: 22,811
    Mwamba on the bench but no Doc
  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,939
    Kaminski gone then
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 101,531
    "Glad" to see Patrick Agyemang isn't back from injury yet... He terrorised us in both games last season, couldn't handle him

  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 12,067
    ForeverAddickted said:
    No Docherty from the Cheltenham game... Swapped for Apter
    Interesting it's Doc and not JRC that misses out. 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 67,418
    Derby fans not rating their starting XI. The type of reaction you’d see from us occasionally last season and then go and win the game (Leicester away, Middlesbrough away…)
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 101,531
    Talal said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    No Docherty from the Cheltenham game... Swapped for Apter
    Interesting it's Doc and not JRC that misses out. 
    Kaminski, Docherty and Kanu the three to make way for Okonkwu, Ouma and the Right Winger?

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  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 34,555
    Just two strikers in 16 man match day squad.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 16,328
    LargeAddick said:
    Just two strikers in 16 man match day squad.
    Grant is a striker too. 

  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 12,067
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Talal said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    No Docherty from the Cheltenham game... Swapped for Apter
    Interesting it's Doc and not JRC that misses out. 
    Kaminski, Docherty and Kanu the three to make way for Okonkwu, Ouma and the Right Winger?
    May well be. I'd rather keep Doc but there will be interest in him, possibly unlike JRC.
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 36,844
    Same 11 as last Sat as most predicted.

    But only 1 striker on the bench. I thought everyone said we had too many ? 


  • EugenesAxe
    EugenesAxe Posts: 5,514
    Apter off the bench for the winner 
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 67,418
    Teams in text:


    Charlton: Mannion, Jones (c), Coventry, Campbell, Grant, Koumetio, Carey, Chalobah, Bell, McNamara, Godden

    Subs: Brooks, Mesík, Sichenje, Rankin-Costello, Mwamba, Knibbs, Alli, Apter, Leaburn


    Derby: Zetterstrom, Forsyth, Langas, Clark, Morris, Szmodics, Taylor, Ward, Travis (c), Sanderson, Fraulo

    Subs: Vickers, Brewster, Bilbija, Salvesen, Mowatt, Johnston, Nyambe, Blackett-Taylor, Eames
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 67,418
    Should be Grant’s 100th competitive appearance for Charlton?
  • Southbank
    Southbank Posts: 5,939
    golfaddick said:
    Same 11 as last Sat as most predicted.

    But only 1 striker on the bench. I thought everyone said we had too many ? 


    Kelman is injured, we have enough. And Mbick in reserve 
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 11,878
    Hope Mannion keeps the boo boys quiet 🤞UTFA
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,531
    golfaddick said:
    Same 11 as last Sat as most predicted.

    But only 1 striker on the bench. I thought everyone said we had too many ? 


    Mbick will be there in time, only recently made his first appearance after a serious injury, shouldn’t rush him back. Sounds like Kelman’s only about 3 weeks away, expect we’ll have 2 on the bench when more are available.

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  • ThrappersAddick
    ThrappersAddick Posts: 81
    Gutted I'm not there today. Annoyingly, just in a pub in Wapping and seen a Derby fan poncing around St Katherine's Dock earlier. 
  • lordromford
    lordromford Posts: 8,751
    LargeAddick said:
    Just two strikers in 16 man match day squad.
    16?
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,704
     Fotmob still has Doc as a sub and not Apter
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 28,829
    Doc must be off 
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 37,850
    Is Ouma injured or just not match fit yet?
  • Talal
    Talal Posts: 12,067
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Is Ouma injured or just not match fit yet?
    Being sold
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 67,418
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Is Ouma injured or just not match fit yet?
    Would assume the latter. NJ probably wants him to get up to speed and to drill our tactics into him. 
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,531
    The Red Robin said:
    Doc must be off 
    Nope.


  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 39,531
    Chris_from_Sidcup said:
    Is Ouma injured or just not match fit yet?
    The OS preview said he wouldn’t be involved so soon after signing.
  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,922
    ForeverAddickted said:
    No Docherty from the Cheltenham game... Swapped for Apter
    good to see Apter is back 'in favour'
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