On Friday evening, from 19:45 pm, Charlton Athletic and Hull City will play at The Valley, the London arena that will host the first match of the 22nd round of the Championship. The second English league proposes a match between two teams without any promotion claims in the first English league.
Hull and Charlton are still far from the top of the list and are struggling in the bottom of the league in the second English league. Charlton is 17th (goals 26-28), having lost the last four games in a row, with modest progress. Hull City is back after a weak start to the season and has 29 points, enough for 13th place (32-29 goalscoring). With strong investors in the back and an offensive game mentality, “tigers” can be very skilled.
Charlton has played poorly lately, in all compartments, which is why it lost duels with Luton (1-2), Sheffield Wednesday (1-3), Middlesbrough (0-1) and Huddersfield (0-1). Lacking inspiration in the attack, the Londoners will meet a band that plays at a good pace, with skilful and fast players. It’s interesting to see how Charlton will play in this game. Kayal, Cullen, Amos, Lapslie, Field and Paige are missing from the hosts, while Hull comes without Magennis, Stewart and Toral.
Hull has had a difficult series of matches lately and comes after a failure with Leeds (0-2), one of the top teams in the championship. Recently, the “tigers” have defeated teams like Stoke (2-1) and Preston (4-0), taking advantage of their own advantage. Interesting is that Hull has dominated Charlton in the last two matches played on their own ground (6-0 and 1-0), but has only scored a single point in the previous three visits to the red-and-white field! The present report of forces urges us to bet on Hull, taking advantage of the safety offered by the zero handicap.
PREDICTION: Hull to win @ 2,15
