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Chelsea face a trip to Charlton Athletic at The Valley on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 32 games played, Blues have recorded 11 wins, and Charlton Ath. have come away with 12 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in November 2004, where Chelsea annihilated the Blues 0 - 4 in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 07 May | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 27 Nov | Charlton Ath. | 0 - 4 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 08 Feb | Chelsea | 1 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Fri 26 Dec | Charlton Ath. | 4 - 2 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 11 Jan | Chelsea | 4 - 1 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 17 Aug | Charlton Ath. | 2 - 3 | Chelsea | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 02 Mar | Charlton Ath. | 2 - 1 | Chelsea | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Charlton Athletic's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Addicks have scored 7, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.
Chelsea's away form is none too clever either, tasting just one defeat in their last six, and picking up four good wins. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Blues, and 0 goals against.
Charlton Ath. sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 12 points from their 4 games. Chelsea are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 15 points from the 5 games played.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Charlton Ath. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 13 |
| Chelsea | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 18 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Chelsea are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Charlton Ath.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Charlton Ath. | Won their latest 4 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 4 . |
| Chelsea | Undefeated in last 4 away games. Won each of the previous 7 matches. Last drawn game 8 outings ago. |