Charlton face league leaders Coventry City at The Valley this afternoon. Although the Sky Blues lost 0-2 at home to a resurgent Ipswich earlier this week, there is no doubt that they pose a very real threat to a faltering home side this afternoon.
Away from home Coventry have won six, drawn four and lost two. They have scored far more goals (27) away than any other Championship club.
I fear that my former next door neighbour will once again have bragging rights. My Badger League prediction at the start of the season was a 2-4 win for the visitors.
Questions have been raised about Thomas Kaminski's performance in goal. Richard Cawley comments on his Substack page: 'Kaminski has conceded 29 goals this season from 90 shots faced - his xGOT (expected goals on target) is 26.71. The 33-year-old is 15th in the division when it comes to save percentage (67.8). By way of comparison, that is better than Norwich’s Vladan Kovacevic (65 per cent) but lower than Oxford’s Jamie Cumming (69.4) and Schmid (72.9).
Kaminski and Lloyd Jones are the only ever-present league starters after Sonny Carey was dropped to the bench at Portsmouth.
There are definitely some sections of the club’s fanbase who would like to see Will Mannion, who ended last season as first choice, handed a chance. His only appearance came in the 3-1 EFL Cup win over Stevenage in August.
Mannion kept three clean sheets in the League One play-offs but has never played at Championship level.'
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