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Charlton Athletic vs Derby County Prediction: Season Opener at The Valley
The 2026/27 EFL Championship gets underway on 15 August with Charlton Athletic hosting Derby County at The Valley. Both clubs arrive with summer rebuilds behind them and both have spent money and convinced themselves it was worth it. Charlton have…
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- Week 1 of the 2026-2027 Championship sees Charlton Athletic and Derby County collide on 2026-08-15 at 15:00 GMT.
- On average in 10 games, Referee B. Speedie registers 3-4 yellows and 0 reds, and 24 fouls.
- Over 3 head-to-head encounters, J. Eustace has 1 win and N. Jones has no wins with 2 draws.
- Charlton Athletic are missing 2 players: J. Edwards (Ankle Injury), M. Mbick (Knee Injury) but Derby County are missing 3 players: P. Agyemang (Achilles Tendon Injury), R. Brewster (Knee Injury), D. Murkin (Hamstring Injury).
- We expect Charlton Athletic to line up in a predicted 3-at-the-back 3-5-2, and Derby County are expected to line up in 4-2-3-1.
- The previous match saw I. Olaofe lead Charlton Athletic with a 6.3 TheyScored rating, and D. Brown top-rating for Derby County at 6.5.
- Charlton Athletic won 3-1 against Cheltenham Town, while Derby County lost their fixture 1-2 vs Lincoln City.
- Form edge goes to Charlton Athletic (3-0-2) against a faltering Derby County (1-1-3) from their past 5 matches.
- Derby County lead this rivalry - 11 wins from 19 matches versus Charlton Athletic (who've won just 4 games), alongside 4 draws.
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Team Kits
Charlton
Derby
Events
| 23' | 0 - 1 | ||
HT 0 - 1 | |||
| 54' | |||
| 59' | |||
| 59' | |||
| 60' | S. Langas | ||
| 61' | 1 - 1 | ||
| 73' | |||
| 80' | 2 - 1 | ||
| 83' | |||
| 83' | |||
| 84' | |||
| 84' | |||
| 85' | |||
| 85' | |||
| 90' | A. Mowatt | ||
| 90+8' | R. Brewster | ||
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Charlton is going head to head with Derby on 15/8/2026 14:00 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 Charlton v Derby H2H statistics!