Charlton Athletic face a key home game against Bolton Wanderers at The Valley on Tuesday night. The fixture pits the 20th and 19th-placed sides against each other in a direct Championship relegation battle.
Charlton sit 20th with 14 points from 13 games, having lost their last three matches. Their record of three wins, five draws and five losses leaves them 14 points behind the league leaders, Middlesbrough. Their most recent outing was a 3-0 defeat away to those league leaders last Saturday, 31 October. That result followed a 1-3 home loss to Norwich on Saturday 24 October and a 2-0 defeat at Watford on Saturday 17 October. The Addicks have scored just 11 goals this season while conceding 21, leaving them with a goal difference of minus ten. Their next opponent, Bolton, are one place and one point above them in the standings.
Manager Nathan Jones is expected to make changes to his side after the heavy loss at the Riverside. The team's recent form reads three consecutive defeats followed by two draws, a run that has seen them slide down the standings. Their last five matches have yielded zero wins, two draws and three losses. Top scorer Tyreece Campbell, with four goals this term, will be key to providing a cutting edge. Charlie Kelman, who scored in the 1-3 defeat to Norwich, is one of the few other players to have found the net recently.
Jones told the club's media team.
The match offers a chance to close the gap on a direct rival and build momentum ahead of a challenging run of fixtures. A win would lift Charlton out of the bottom three. Their next match after this is a trip to face 8th-placed Norwich City at Carrow Road on Saturday, 7 November.
Kick-off at The Valley is scheduled for 19:45 GMT on Tuesday, 3 November.
