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Match predictionOur tip: 2-2
Cardiff City vs Charlton Athletic Prediction: Will Possession or Pressing Decide This Championship Clash?
Cardiff City host Charlton Athletic at Cardiff City Stadium on 19 September 2026, Matchweek 8 of the EFL Championship, with both clubs arriving in desperate need of something. Cardiff sit 21st with four points from seven games and are yet…
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- Week 8 of the 2026-2027 Championship sees Cardiff City and Charlton Athletic collide on 2026-09-19 at 12:30 GMT.
- In their last 10 matches, Referee E. Bell averaged 2-3 yellow cards and 0 red cards, and 19 fouls.
- There is no recorded managerial head-to-head between Brian Barry-Murphy and N. Jones.
- Cardiff City sit 21st with 4 points while Charlton Athletic occupy 6th on 12 points.
- Cardiff City have 5 players out: C. Chambers (Knee Injury), I. Davies (Injury), W. Fish (Hernia), D. Lawlor (Muscle Injury), R. Colwill (Health problems) but Charlton Athletic have 7 players missing: N. Chalobah (Muscle Injury), J. Edwards (Ankle Injury), M. Godden (Muscle Injury), B. Koumetio (Muscle Injury), W. Mannion (Shoulder Injury), K. Ramsay (Ankle Injury), C. Sichenje (Knee Injury).
- We're predicting Cardiff City to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-2-3-1, and Charlton Athletic are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw A. Robertson lead Cardiff City with a 7.6 TheyScored rating, and Junior Nkeng top-rating for Charlton Athletic at 6.5.
- Mixed emotions: Cardiff City lost 0-1 against Bolton Wanderers, but Charlton Athletic salvaged a 0-0 draw against Portsmouth.
- Struggling form all round: Cardiff City are 0-2-3 and Charlton Athletic are 1-3-1 in their recent 5 matches.
- Charlton Athletic lead this rivalry - 4 wins from 12 matches versus Cardiff City (who've won just 2 games), alongside 6 draws.
- We're forecasting a stalemate, 2-2, as Cardiff City's 1.33 goals/game at home balance out Charlton Athletic's 0.75 away scoring.
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Team Kits
Cardiff
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Events
| 8' | 1 - 0 | ||
| 24' | 2 - 0 | ||
| 27' | A. Robertson | ||
| 29' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 33' | O. Tanner | ||
| 35' | D. McNamara | ||
| 45+5' | J. Bagan | ||
HT 2 - 1 | |||
| 46' | |||
| 46' | |||
| 51' | O. Skipp | ||
| 61' | 3 - 1 | ||
| 62' | |||
| 70' | |||
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| 82' | |||
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| 83' | |||
| 83' | |||
| 90+4' | I. Mesik | ||
| 90+4' | C. Ashford | ||
| 90+6' | J. Colwill | ||
| 90+6' | B. Barry-Murphy | ||
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Cardiff is going head to head with Charlton on 19/9/2026 11:30 GMT for the England Championship. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Cardiff v Charlton H2H statistics!