{"id":626585,"date":"2025-12-11T16:23:57","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/626585\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T16:23:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T16:23:57","slug":"preview-birmingham-city-vs-charlton-athletic-prediction-team-news-lineups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/626585\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Birmingham City vs Charlton Athletic – prediction, team news, lineups"},"content":{"rendered":"

Looking for some home comforts as the festive period rolls on, Birmingham City<\/a> welcome Charlton Athletic<\/a> to St Andrew’s @ Knighthead Park on Saturday afternoon for a Championship clash.<\/p>\n

Blues suffered late heartbreak at the base of Queens Park Rangers earlier in the week, whilst the Addicks were defeated on their own patch by Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

Match preview<\/p>\n

After a solid home win over Watford in the Second City to start December, Birmingham City have once again struggled to crack the code away from St Andrew’s, losing back-to-back matches at Southampton and QPR.<\/p>\n

The display from Blues at Loftus Road was arguably their worst of the campaign and somehow looked set to earn them a point when Patrick Roberts netted an added-time equaliser, however a strike from substitute Kieran Morgan snatched victory for the hosts.<\/p>\n

On the back of losing their seventh away contest of the campaign, Birmingham are sitting in a modest 11th position in the Championship standings<\/a><\/strong> ahead of Saturday’s clash with Charlton, three points behind the playoff pace.<\/p>\n

The home form of Chris Davies<\/a>‘s men suggests that they could be a major player in the promotion picture as the season continues, with Blues winning six and losing just one of their nine games at St Andrew’s to date.<\/p>\n

With 10 of his 11 goal contributions arriving in the Second City so far this term, Jay Stanfield loves playing in front of his adoring crowd, with the 23-year-old striking up a good partnership with Marvin Ducksch during recent home games.<\/p>\n

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After flirting with the prospect of a playoff charge and taunting supporters of their newly-promoted partners early on, Charlton Athletic have been brought back down to Earth in recent times, losing five straight matches.<\/p>\n

The latest of those defeats arrived at the Valley on Tuesday night, when once again the Addicks gave themselves a mountain to climb during the first half, with former Birmingham man Riley McGree and Morgan Whittaker finding the net for Middlesbrough.<\/p>\n

Last enjoying a second-tier success at the expense of West Bromwich Albion on November 4, Charlton have dropped down to 19th position in the Championship table, now just six points above 22nd-placed Portsmouth.<\/p>\n

Similar to Saturday’s hosts, Nathan Jones<\/a>‘s men have struggled massively on the road in the Championship so far, with the Addicks winning just two contests and collecting nine points across 10 outings.<\/p>\n

Charlton were no match for Birmingham overall last season in League One, however the South London club were one of only three to inflict a league defeat Davies’s third-tier juggernaut during a recording-breaking 2024-25 term for Blues.<\/p>\n

Birmingham City Championship form: L W D W L L<\/p>\n

Charlton Athletic Championship form: W L L L L L<\/p>\n

Team News<\/p>\n

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Birmingham could be without the services of Alex Cochrane once again, with the left-back missing the QPR defeat due to a minor injury.<\/p>\n

As a result, Jack Robinson is expected to continue in defence, however there could be a change on the other side of the backline.<\/p>\n

Bright Osayi-Samuel has looked off the pace during both of his starts since returning from injury, with Tomoki Iwata potentially switching to right-back.<\/p>\n

A loanee at Birmingham during the dark days under Lee Clark, Charlton defender Amari’i Bell will be unable to feature against his former employers due to a muscle injury.<\/p>\n

Scoring against Blues on occasion whilst at Coventry City, Matt Godden is sidelined for the Addicks because of a knee problem.<\/p>\n

Birmingham City possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Beadle; Iwata, Neumann, Klarer, Robinson; Paik, Doyle, Roberts, Stansfield, Gray, Ducksch<\/p>\n

Charlton Athletic possible starting lineup:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kaminski; Jones, Ramsay, Gillesphey; Docherty, Bree, Berry, Anderson, Carey; Leaburn, Campbell<\/p>\n

We say: Birmingham City 2-0 Charlton Athletic<\/p>\n


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Following a pair of difficult away matches, Birmingham will be delighted to be back at their St Andrew’s fortress.<\/p>\n

Given Blues’ strength in the Second City, it is hard to imagine Charlton picking up any points this weekend.<\/p>\n

For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match please click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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