Pick of the stats: Charlton Athletic v Bristol City
The key stats before Charlton Athletic's clash with Bristol City in the Championship on Friday afternoon.
[Opta] Charlton Athletic will hope to take a major step towards Championship survival when they host struggling Bristol City on Friday (kick-off 15:00 BST). The Addicks are on 48 points and nine clear of the relegation zone, with 50 points generally considered the magic number needed to stay up in the second tier. Nathan Jones' side are without a win in their past two games (D1 L1) since winning two on the bounce against Birmingham and Middlesbrough.
The Robins' play-off ambitions have deteriorated after five games without a win (L4) and just one victory from their past eight. They have slipped from eighth and within a point of the top six to 16th and 12 points adrift on that run. It is that recent form which prompted the City hierarchy to sack head coach Gerhard Struber and place Roy Hodgson in caretaker charge of the club he managed in 1982 until the end of this season.
Charlton have alternated between defeat (2) and victory (2) in their previous four home league games against Bristol City, with this the first time they've hosted them since a 3-2 win on Boxing Day 2019. Bristol City have lost just one of their past five league games against Charlton (W2 D2), going down 3-2 at the Valley in December 2019. Charlton have lost four of their nine home league games in 2026 (W3 D2), one more than they did in 22 at the Valley in 2025 (W15 D4 L3).
So far in 2026, only already relegated Sheffield Wednesday (10) have failed to score in more different Championship games than Bristol City (8). Charlton have had more different substitutes score for them in the Championship this season than any other side (9), while only Ipswich (17) have had more sub goals overall than the Addicks (13).