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Arsenal face a trip to Charlton Athletic at The Valley on Saturday afternoon, looking to further improve upon a decent past record there. So far, the Gunners have winning an impressive 14 games, and losing 4.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in October 2003, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1 - 1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 02 Oct | Arsenal | 4 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 28 Feb | Arsenal | 2 - 1 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sun 26 Oct | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 1 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sun 02 Mar | Arsenal | 2 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 14 Sep | Charlton Ath. | 0 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 01 Apr | Charlton Ath. | 0 - 3 | Arsenal | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sun 04 Nov | Arsenal | 2 - 4 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Charlton Athletic have had an average home run of late, winning and losing 3 each of the last six games. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 10 to 9.
The Gunners have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. The Gunners's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 9 goals for and 8 against.
Charlton Ath.'s 31 points from 20 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Arsenal sit in a healthy 2nd in the league, and have picked up 44 points from their 20 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Charlton Ath. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Arsenal | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 16 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Arsenal are not doing too bad on their travels, and I think they should continue by carving out a narrow victory at Charlton Ath.. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Charlton Ath. | 7 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Arsenal | 5 games since last away draw. Won each of the previous 3 matches. Last drawn game 4 outings ago. |