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Newly promoted Barnsley and Charlton to both score

Newly promoted Barnsley and Charlton to both score
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Barnsley made a successful return to the Championship following automatic promotion from League One at the end of last season with Daniel Stendel’s side producing some attractive and attacking football.

Barnsley also made a good start to this new Championship season when they recorded a shock 1-0 home win over Fulham who are one of the pre-season favourites for promotion back to the Premier League.

However, last weekend’s Yorkshire derby against Sheffield Wednesday resulted in a 2-0 defeat at Hillsborough, so they’ll be keen to return to Oakwell for this Saturday’s clash against fellow former League One rivals, Charlton Athletic.

The early signs suggest that Barnsley’s main hopes of maintaining their Championship status this season will largely hinge upon their results at Oakwell, and indeed, they are unbeaten on home turf in their last 5 matches, a record that extends to their last campaign in the second tier, back in March 2018.

As the season is still in its infancy, a look at the goals market indicates 8 of Barnsley’s last 15 matches at home have resulted in both teams scoring, which includes a 2-1 home win over Charlton in their last clash at Oakwell back in December 2018.

Charlton Athletic achieved promotion from League One at the end of last season via the play-offs, and Lee Bowyer’s men have started out of the blocks in explosive fashion in this season’s Championship so far.

The London club have recorded back-to-back wins against Blackburn Rovers and Stoke City to take the early stages of the new season in the second tier by storm, but they face a tricky trip to face Barnsley this weekend.

Nevertheless, Charlton and Bowyer will be confident they can come away from South Yorkshire with something after the fantastic start they’ve made to this campaign.

Indeed, Charlton have won their last two away matches on the trot which were gained at Colchester united in a pre-season friendly along with the aforementioned 2-1 win away at Blackburn Rovers on the opening day of the Championship season.

Whilst an away win at Barnsley may be pushing the envelope, 8 of Charlton’s 15 away matches have also resulted in both teams scoring and the likes of creative midfielders, Williams and Aneke along with forwards Taylor, Bonne and Gallagher up front, the visitors stand a decent chance of scoring here.

Barnsley know their best chances of survival depend upon results at Oakwell while Charlton will be in confident mood - both teams to score here looks to be on the cards.

Home team
Away team
Probability %
1X2
Pred
Correct score
Avg. goals
Weather conditions
Coef.
Score
Live
coef.
CH
362341
2
1 - 2
1.40
18°
3.30
2.20 3.50 3.30 1 1 -1
FT
2 - 2(0 - 0)
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- - -
Championship Regular Season
OVERALL TABLE PTS GP W D L +/-
1
Leicester City 97 46 31 4 11 48
2
Ipswich Town 96 46 28 12 6 35
3
Leeds United 90 46 27 9 10 38
4
Southampton 87 46 26 9 11 24
5
West Bromwich 75 46 21 12 13 23
6
Norwich City 73 46 21 10 15 15
7
Hull City 70 46 19 13 14 8
8
Middlesbrough 69 46 20 9 17 9
9
Coventry City 64 46 17 13 16 11
10
Preston North End 63 46 18 9 19 -11
11
Bristol City 62 46 17 11 18 2
12
Cardiff City 62 46 19 5 22 -17
13
Millwall 59 46 16 11 19 -10
14
Swansea City 57 46 15 12 19 -6
15
Watford 56 46 13 17 16 0
16
Sunderland 56 46 16 8 22 -2
17
Stoke City 56 46 15 11 20 -11
18
QPR 56 46 15 11 20 -11
19
Blackburn Rovers 53 46 14 11 21 -14
20
Sheffield Wednesday 53 46 15 8 23 -24
21
Plymouth Argyle 51 46 13 12 21 -11
22
Birmingham City 50 46 13 11 22 -15
23
Huddersfield 45 46 9 18 19 -29
24
Rotherham 27 46 5 12 29 -52

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