- Team form: Sheffield Wednesday are the lowest-ranked team in the Championship with -4 points from 42 games.
- League position: Charlton Athletic are in 18th with 49 points from 42 matches.
Charlton Athletic to continue pressing the pace
Charlton Athletic are the clear favorites to win on Saturday and Nathan Jones’ side can be backed at 1.87 to claim all three points in South Yorkshire. The Addicks are a high-tempo side that will press relentlessly for the ball and try to play at pace once they have won it.
Jones, who has been in charge since February 2024, wants his side to duel physically, press their opponents high and play with forwards that can run into space on the counter. The Addicks have been involved in some poor games of late and are coming into this one in mixed form after no wins in five (D2, L3). Their three most recent results saw them lose 1-2 at home to Bristol City, draw 1-1 away to Watford and lose 1-2 at home to Preston North End last time out.
Jones’ men will win the counter battle
Form and recent matches
Wednesday have drawn their last two matches, firstly battling for a 1-1 draw at home to Leicester City and then being stifled away to Coventry City in a 0-0 draw. Henrik Pedersen’s side have been better in these two games, but they have won none of their last five (D2, L3) and they are woefully short in terms of goals scored.
- They have scored just 11 times in 21 home games and Charlie McNeill is their leading scorer with four goals in 36 Championship appearances in 2025-2026.
- In contrast, Charlton’s leading scorer is Sonny Carey with eight goals in 42 games, which isn’t great, but his output is still twice that of Wednesday’s best marksman.
- Charlton score an average of 0.90 goals per game on the road in the Championship while conceding 1.33 per game, so low-scoring games have been the norm.
Motivation
There is a clear edge in motivation for this game as Wednesday’s relegation has been confirmed and Charlton will want to end the season strongly.
Opposing goals makes sense in this spot
We’re going to take Charlton to nick it in what could be a close game given their lack of consistency on the road this season (W4, D9, L8). The odds are good enough to justify supporting the visitors and the fact that Jones’ men will press and attack and Wednesday will counter can lead to an open game.
Opposing both teams to score could be profitable at 1.83 as we expect one of these sides to fail to score. A 1-0 away win is our correct score prediction because the visitors can keep things tight at the back against a blunt Wednesday attack, but we’d rather side with the prospect of over 2.5 goals at 2.1.
