Portsmouth visit Charlton Athletic at the Valley on Saturday on the back of four consecutive wins in League One.
Portsmouth have picked up 16 points from their last six games, and they face an Addicks side who have lost their last two matches, and collected three points from the last possible 18.
Portsmouth are top of the table after 34 games, of which they have won 21 and drawn nine, earning 72 points.
Charlton are 19 places behind Pompey in 20th, with seven wins and 12 draws putting them on 33 points.
With 58 goals in 34 games so far this season, the away team are the league’s joint-third-highest scorers with 1.7 goals per game. And they are conceding fewer than average, letting in 30 goals at a rate of 0.9 per game.
Athletic are also above average scorers, with 1.4 goals per game, compared to a league average of 1.3. They have conceded 1.6 goals per game.
With Will Norris between the sticks, Portsmouth can rely on one of the league’s safest pair of hands. He has kept 15 clean sheets in his 34 appearances this season, and no ‘keeper has prevented the opposition scoring more often in League One.
In the Addicks’ net, Ashley Maynard-Brewer has two clean sheets in 25 games. He has conceded a goal every 66 minutes, 70% more often than the 113 minutes between goals for Norris.
In the last 10 years, Charlton and Portsmouth have played each other on 12 occasions. Charlton won seven of them, Portsmouth three, and they drew twice.
On average, the Addicks scored 1.7 goals and Pompey 1.1 in those matches.
Their last meeting was on November 11, when they played out a 2-2 draw.
Charlton’s last match was on February 17, a 3-3 draw against Bolton Wanderers, with Daniel Kanu, Lloyd Jones and Thierr Small getting the goals for the Addicks.
Portsmouth beat Reading 4-1 last time out, also on February 17, with Callum Lang, Colby Bishop, Marlon Pack and Patrick Lane on the scoresheet.
Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth
League One | The Valley
Saturday, 24 February 2024 @ 3.00pm
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