After back to back defeats by Millwall and Boro, Birmingham City need all three points at Charlton tomorrow. Otherwise they can say goodbye to their fading play off hopes.
Equally, the Addicks need three points to stave off relegation fears. A draw is a more than possible result but would not help either team.
Nathan Jones was appropriately cautious in his remarks to Richard Cawley about tomorrow's game, emphasising that you can't read off results from recent ones.
Last season we beat the Blues 1-0 in SE7 and I would take that. It's difficult to see Charlton scoring many goals, but odd things can happen in football (like the prospect of us playing Spurs next season).
CAS Trust are expecting tight margins: https://www.castrust.org/2026/03/blue-reunion-at-the-valley/
Charlton are looking for consecutive home league wins against Birmingham for the first time since beating them in 2004-05 and 2005-06 in the Premier League.
Only one of the past 14 league meetings between Charlton and Birmingham has seen more than two goals scored, a 2-1 Addicks win in April 2016.
Charlton have lost 11 of their past 21 league games (W4 D6) – since the start of this run on 8 November, only Sheffield Wednesday (18) and West Brom (12) have lost more Championship games.
Birmingham City have lost their past two Championship matches but have not lost three league games in a row under manager Chris Davies before. The Blues last had a longer losing run in March 2024 (four defeats).
Charlton Athletic manager Nathan Jones has only won two of his nine league games against Birmingham City as a manager (D3 L4), 1-0 wins with Luton in February 2021 and the Addicks in October 2024.
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