Bristol City vs Charlton
England – Championship
Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Kick-off at 19:45 UK / 20:45 CET
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (Bristol).
Bristol City V Charlton Game
Bristol City slipped to ninth in the Championship table after a shock 3-0 defeat at Luton Town on Saturday. The defeat ended the unbeaten Robins this season.
"I think we got beat because of the enthusiasm of Luton and too many cheap gift from our children in the area of advanced and lackadaisical attitude to release the ball to your guy," manager Lee Johnson commented bluntly after the game and will be looking for a response from his side on Wednesday night.
This is a disappointing display from the side that won 1-0 at Reading before the international break when Famara Diedhiou scored his second goal of the season. The international Senagalese also scored for his country as they drew 1-1 with Brazil the previous week.
City have won five and drawn five games before the loss of their Luton since their 3-1 defeat at home to Leeds United on the opening day of the season. The defeat of Leeds only their failure to take points at home all season and they kept three clean sheets because they have taken eight points from the 12 available at Ashton Gate since.
Teams have not met since the 2015/16 season when the match was drawn 1-1 at Ashton Gate and Bristol take away fixture 1-0.
Charlton had mixed form lately and international seems to have come at a good time for the team of Lee Bowyer. They have a superb start to the season as they were unbeaten in their first six games (W2, D2), but because it has been beaten three times in their next six. They won 3-0 over Derby in the valley Saturday will have renewed confidence and has lifted them to seventh in the table. That puts them one point above Bristiol City and four points behind leaders West Brom.
Macauley Bonne opened the scoring in the sixth minute before second half goals from Naby Sarr and Conor Gallagher ensure Charlton controlled the game and wins have rekindled their promotion push .. Gallagher has five goals this season and, with Chalrton after scoring two goals in four of their five away games fit, he will be a wise play to score again .. Charlton has scored first in nine of their 12 matches this season and played for the lead at the break. Charlton last three games have also seen three or more goals a game.
Bristol City vs Charlton Betting Tips
Saturday sees a promising looking for Bristol City's unbeaten streak ended as they were hammered 3-0 at the hands of Luton side that has lost more than half their Championship this season, and they have little time to recover from the shock of the defeat they were thrown straight back in action on Wednesday.
They faced off against Charlton team which has been very impressive since their promotion from League One. The visitors sit in seventh place in the Championship and only four points adrift of top spot, although with the Robins just a point behind them, they could find their position weakened significantly if they lose Wednesday.
Lose no certainty though. nine-match unbeaten streak Bristol City undeniably impressive, but it is important to remember that they now have won just two of their last seven matches in the Championship. Draw against Middlesbrough, Swansea, Preston North End and Brentford saw their form dip, and hosting of Charlton will be anything but easy.
Addicks have lost only three of their 12 Championship outings this season, and surprisingly two defeats have come at The Valley. Away from home they have won two, drawn two and lost one of their five league outings, and have scored exactly two goals in four of these five games.
Bristol City continued exactly the same record with their opponents at Ashton Gate, winning two, drawing two and losing so far. They are unbeaten in four matches, but the form of their opposition means that Charlton Win or Draw double chance looks fantastic value for money here.
The hosts have scored twice in 40% of their home matches this season, and we have already mentioned the tendency of Charlton for a double. A 2-2 draw was played in two games this season and Charlton away in one game at Ashton Gate, so the support that looks the best value offered for the correct score prediction.
