Bristol City vs Charlton
England – Championship
Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2019
Kick-off at 19:45 UK / 20:45 CET
Venue: Ashton Gate Stadium (Bristol).
BRISTOL CITY
Predicted line-up (3-5-2): Bentley; Moore, Williams, Baker; Pedro Pereira, Brownhill, Massengo, Palmer, Rowe; Weimann, Semenyo
Not available: Smith (Hurt), Dasilva (Hurt), Janneh (Hurt), Afobe (Hurt), Nagy (Hurt), Kalas (Injured)
Doubtful: Hunt (Injured)
CHARLTON
Predicted line-up (5-4-1): Phillips; Solly, Lockyer, Pratley, Sarr, Forster-Caskey; Leko, Cullen, Gallagher, Fields; Bonne
Not available: Home (Injured), Taylor (Hurt), Lapslie (Hurt), Purrington (Injured)
Doubtful: Aneke (Injured), Matthews (Hurt), Williams (Injury)
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Bristol City and Charlton have not met in a league match since February 2016, winning 1-0 in the last game before Lee Johnson takes over Robins.
Last league meeting between the teams at Ashton Gate on Boxing Day in 2015, with Charlton equalizing in the 90th minute to earn a 1-1 draw.
Bristol City are looking to keep a clean sheet in three home league games in a row for the first time since March 2015 when they were in League One.
Charlton have lost one of the last of their six away league outings (W3 D2), scored exactly two goals in five of six games (others lost 0-2 at Wigan).
In all competitions, Bristol City have lost one of their last 13 games played on Wednesday (W7 D5 L1), 2-0 defeat of Fulham in February 2017.
Prediction
Bristol City 10-match unbeaten run came crashing end on Saturday afternoon as they were beaten 3-0 by Graeme Jones' Luton. The defeat was viewed Robins slipped to 9th place, but man Lee Johnson remains just one point from six.
Charlton heading into the weekend after winning just one of their last five league games, but the Addicks now sits in 7th place, level on goal difference with a sixth placed Preston thanks to a comfortable 3-0 win against Derby in the form side.
Prediction: Bristol City 2: 2 Charlton
