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Charlton Athletic v Northampton Town : League One match betting preview, prediction and odds

The Valley, London

Charlton Athletic and their manager Nathan Jones will be hoping for victory against Omar Lepri and his Northampton Town side on Friday afternoon, as the pair meet at The Valley in the League One. Below we've got predictions for seventeen major betting markets, supporting stats including head-to-heads, and odds from leading bookmakers. Access it all using the tabs below.

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Charlton Athletic's next match is v Wycombe at 15:00 on Monday 21st April
Northampton Town's next match is v Shrewsbury at 15:00 on Monday 21st April
The last English League One meeting between Charlton and Northampton was on Friday 18th April 2025
English League One
April 18th 2025
Charlton 2
1 Northampton
 
L. Berry 9'15' D. Costelloe
M. Godden 71'
 
CHA
NHT
Shots On
4
3
Shots Off
4
4
Corners
1
5
Possession
51%
49%
Fouls
10
9
Yellow/red cards
5/0
3/0
 
CharltonNorthampton
 
W. Mannion
K. Ramsey
L. Jones
T. Small
T. Mcintyre (C. Aneke 54')
J. Edwards
G. Docherty (A. Gilbert 69')
L. Berryfootball icon (K. Anderson 89')
T. Campbell (T. Watson 89')
C. Coventry
M. Goddenfootball icon (M. Mbick 88')
L. Burge
A. McGowan
(M. Dyche 46') L. Mbete-Tatu
(T. Magloire 70') A. Odimayo
T. Eyoma
B. Perry
C. McGeehan
M. Pinnock
football iconD. Costelloe
(W. Hondermarck 70') T. Fosu
(J. Wilson 83') T. Roberts

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to to get the win in this one, but does appear clear is that the odds suggest it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis draws the same conclusion. Charlton and Northampton have taken part in plenty of under 3.5 goal games lately, and key performance stats point towards more of the same. We have confidence in predicting under 3.5 goals on Friday afternoon, and the bookmakers have it priced at 1.22.

In-Play
Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Charlton are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 56% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 1.70.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Charlton
56%
8/15
3%
-
Draw
25%
3/1
7%
-
Northampton
19%
19/4
4%
-
Charlton 1-0
14%
11/2
18%
-
Draw 1-1
12%
7/1
7%
-
Charlton 2-0
11%
6/1
8%
-
Charlton 2-1
9%
15/2
6%
-
Draw 0-0
8%
9/1
25%
-
Northampton 1-0
7%
12/1
8%
-
Charlton 3-0
6%
10/1-
Charlton 3-1
5%
12/1
13%
-
Northampton 2-1
5%
18/1-
Draw 2-2
4%
18/1
10%
-
Northampton 2-0
3%
28/1-
Charlton 4-0
3%
20/1
9%
-
Charlton 3-2
2%
28/1
15%
-
Charlton 4-1
2%
25/1
10%
-
Northampton 3-1
1%
40/1
20%
-
Over 2.5 Goals
45%
19/20
11%
-
Under 2.5 Goals
55%
17/20
12%
-
Home 1st Goal
56%
4/11
3%
-
Away 1st Goal
39%
12/5
6%
-
No 1st Goal
6%
9/1
25%
-
BTTS - Yes
46%
1/1
9%
-
BTTS - No
54%
3/4
8%
-
BTTS - Home Win
21%
11/4
13%
-
BTTS - Draw
16%
9/2
8%
-
BTTS - Away Win
8%
11/1
8%
-
Home/draw
81%
1/7
2%
-
Away/draw
44%
11/8
3%
-
Home/away
75%
2/9
2%
-
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
2/7
5%
-
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
5/2
17%
-
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
12/5
15%
-
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
3/10
7%
-
Over 4.5 Goals
10%
11/2
28%
-
Under 4.5 Goals
90%
1/9
4%
-
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
14/1
21%
-
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
1/33
1%
-
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
1/20
3%
-
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
10/1
38%
-
Home DNB
74%
1/5-
Away DNB
36%
10/3-
Charlton win to nil
35%
6/4
11%
-
Northampton win to nil
11%
9/1
11%
-
Charlton / Charlton
35%
7/5
4%
-
Charlton / Northampton
2%
40/1-
Charlton / Draw
6%
14/1-
Draw / Charlton
21%
3/1-
Draw / Northampton
7%
11/1
9%
-
Draw / Draw
14%
9/2
10%
-
Northampton / Charlton
4%
22/1
12%
-
Northampton / Northampton
8%
9/1
9%
-
Northampton / Draw
4%
16/1
11%
-
Win / draw / win League One table

Charlton have played 42 matches so far this season and lay in 5th place in the League One league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 36 games against teams below in the table, having won 20, drawn 7 and lost 9 matches. They have kept 17 clean sheets and have failed to score in 7 fixtures. Charlton have outscored their opponents by 58 goals to 42 goals.

Home League Performance

Charlton have played 21 games at home winning 13, drawing 6 and losing 2 games. They have scored 33 goals, kept 11 clean sheets and conceded 14 goals at home.

Northampton are in 19th position in the League One on 47 points having played 42 matches so far this season.

Away League Performance

8 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 30 goals and kept 5 clean sheets. They have scored 23 goals in total and failed to score in 5 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

34 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 16 games, drawn 10 and won 8. Northampton have conceded 55 goals, scored 34, failed to score in 12 fixtures and have kept 7 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Charlton
Northampton
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Birmingham4129934496 
w
 
1-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
2
Wycombe43241273284 
w
 
2-1F
Apr 21
l
 
1-2F
d
 
0-00-0
3
Wrexham43241182783 
d
 
2-2A
Apr 26
l
 
0-2A
l
 
4-1A
4
Charlton Home432310102179 
-
-
l
 
0-5A
l
 
2-1A
5
Stockport43221292678 
d
 
1-1A
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
d
 
1-1A
6
L Orient43216161969 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2A
w
 
1-0F
w
 
1-2F
7
Reading43191212769 
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
4-1A
8
Bolton4320617-166 
w
 
2-0F
w
 
1-2A
l
 
2-4A
l
 
3-1A
9
Huddersfield4319717964 
w
 
4-0F
l
 
2-1A
w
 
3-2F
w
 
1-3F
10
Blackpool421615111263 
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2F
l
 
0-2A
d
 
0-00-0
11
Lincoln43151315958 
d
 
2-2A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
0-1A
l
 
2-1F
12
Barnsley4316918-557 
w
 
1-0F
d
 
2-2A
l
 
1-2A
d
 
2-2A
13
Rotherham43151018-555 
d
 
1-1A
l
 
4-2A
l
 
0-2A
l
 
3-0A
14
Exeter43141118-1353 
w
 
3-0F
l
 
1-0A
w
 
2-1A
d
 
1-1F
15
Stevenage42141018-852 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
1-0A
d
 
0-00-0
l
 
2-0A
16
Wigan42121416-350 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
May 3
l
 
2-1A
17
Peterborough42131019-1049 
w
 
2-1F
l
 
3-0A
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-4F
18
Mansfield4213920-1048 
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
1-2F
l
 
0-2A
w
 
0-1F
19
Northampton A43111418-1847 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-5F
-
-
20
Burton42101319-1543 
May 3
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
w
 
0-1F
21
Bristol R4312724-2643 
w
 
2-0F
l
 
3-2A
w
 
2-1A
l
 
1-0A
22
Cambridge4391123-2538 
w
 
2-1F
w
 
0-1F
d
 
0-00-0
d
 
1-1F
23
Crawley4391024-3237 
l
 
1-2A
w
 
0-1F
w
 
3-0F
Apr 26
24
Shrewsbury437927-3530 
w
 
1-0F
w
 
0-1F
Apr 21
d
 
1-1A
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Charlton 4TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
32
Conceded
14
Games: Scored
18 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
2 / 20
Won
12
Draw
6
L
2
Goals: Scored
31
Conceded
17
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
10 / 20
Clean sheets
10 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
13
D
4
L
3
Northampton 19TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
15 / 20
Clean sheets
5 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
5
Draw
8
Lost
7
Goals: Scored
20
Conceded
21
Games: Scored
13 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
7 / 20
Won
6
Draw
8
Lost
6
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
League games at Charlton since 2016
Charlton
Northampton
Goals: Scored
9
6
Games: Scored
4 / 4
4 / 4
Clean sheets
0 / 4
0 / 4
CHA
2
D
1
NHT
1
League games at Northampton since 2017
Northampton
Charlton
Goals: Scored
3
13
Games: Scored
2 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
3 / 5
CHA
3
D
1
NHT
1
Goal Statistics
Charlton 4th Northampton 19th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.6
goals
0.8
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
19%
1
32%
2
26%
3
14%
4+
There is a 81% probability that Charlton will score 1 or more goals
0
43%
1
36%
2
15%
3
4+
There is a 79% probability of Northampton scoring 1 goal or less
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+13
Charlton have scored 13% more goals at home than predicted
+13
Northampton have scored 13% more goals when away than predicted
1.6
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
0.7
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
League One - 2024/2025 season
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Charlton
PG (predicted goals)
Northampton
1.6
0.8
Attack rating
21%
better
CHA
NHT
view stats
Games scored33
27
Failed to score9
15
Scored first21
15
Goals scored58
42
Avg. goals scored1.4
1
Avg. shots per game9
7
Avg. shots per goal7
7
Conversion rate for15
14
Avg. XG for1.3
0.9
KickOff rating
+21%
Defence rating
25%
better
CHA
NHT
view stats
Games conceded23
31
Clean sheets19
11
Conceded first17
21
Goals conceded38
59
Avg. goals conceded0.9
1.4
Avg. shots/game conceded7
9
Avg. shots/goal conceded8
7
Conversion rate against12%
15%
Avg. XG against0.9
1.4
KickOff rating
+25%

Charlton v Northampton League One lLine ups will show here when available.

Charlton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
391459
C CoventryM GoddenL BerryC Coventry
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
W Mannion GLK24
-
K Ramsay DEF2711
3
-
T Mcintyre DEF8
-
L Jones DEF332
6
-
J Edwards DEF3313
4
-
C Coventry MID3911
9
-
G Docherty MID3541
5
1
T Small MID3622
4
-
L Berry MID3855
8
-
T Campbell MID3961
3
-
M Godden FWD36141
2
-
Subs
A Maynard-Brewer GLK18
2
-
T Watson DEF11
-
K Anderson MID331
7
-
G Ahadme FWD1811
1
-
A Gilbert FWD74
1
-
C Aneke FWD2314
2
-
M. Mbick FWD
-
Northampton League One squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
409610
M PinnockC McGeehan M PinnockC McGeehan 
Line-upAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
L Burge GLK25
1
-
T Eyoma DEF21
3
-
L Mbete DEF9
2
-
A Odimayo DEF36
3
1
T Fosu DEF2933
2
-
A McGowan MID311
2
-
B. Perry MID12
3
-
M Pinnock MID4126
4
-
C McGeehan  MID3595
10
-
T Roberts MID2312
5
1
D Costelloe FWD103
2
-
Subs
N Tzanev GLK17
-
J Dadge GLK
-
J Baldwin DEF211
3
-
M Dyche DEF161
1
-
T Magloire DEF171
-
W Hondermarck MID28
2
-
J Wilson FWD7
-
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