PREVIEW | Wycombe Wanderers vs Charlton Athletic - team news, lineups, predictions | OneFootball

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·8 May 2025

PREVIEW | Wycombe Wanderers vs Charlton Athletic - team news, lineups, predictions

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Wycombe Wanderers and Charlton Athletic face off this Saturday at the Adams Park in EFL League One.

In their last game, Wycombe Wanderers lost 1-3 against Stockport County (EFL League One 2024/2025). In their last match, Charlton Athletic prevailed 3-1 against Burton Albion (EFL League One 2024/2025).


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The last meeting between the two teams ended with Charlton Athletic winning 4-0.

The Fan Zone

George Gutteridge (The Wycombe Way): There’s an ominous feeling around Adams Park heading into this year’s play-off campaign. It’s somewhere between cautious optimism and utter disbelief that we even find ourselves in this situation.

The Wanderers faithful would’ve snapped your hand off for a top six finish in the summer of 2024, but it doesn’t feel all that successful when automatic promotion is in your hands with just three games to go. It’s only when you look at those three games, you realise the task on Wycombe’s hands over the next two weeks or so. Trounced, outfought and outplayed by the three teams also competing for a place in next year’s Championship. I’m not going to mention the Charlton result on Easter Monday, just so I can hold onto a little bit of hope.

Regardless of what happens, it’s been a top season. Wycombe in the League One play-offs was a silly little dream just ten years ago, so naturally we should be over the moon.

Let’s see. Wycombe have (hopefully) three games to create history. Promotion to the second tier, a real possibility for just the second time in the club’s history. That strange feeling could all be forgotten about very soon, or it could be a long summer.

All we can ask is that the lads on the pitch give it absolutely everything they’ve got. What will be, will be. UTW!

Prediction: 1-0

Stuart Court (Cafc Facts and Stats): Charlton enter for the 7th time into the Football League Play offs with 22 points from their last 10 games and face a Wycombe side who they have done the double over this season including arguably their most impressive performance of the season when they won 4-0 at Adams Park on Easter Monday.

Injury doubts linger over Supporters Player of the Year, Lloyd Jones, Luke Berry and Thierry Small and Charlton fans will be hoping these three are back on Sunday night.

Also Chuks Aneke won’t be available until the second leg of the semi final due to Suspension.

Charlton will hope to evoke memories of when they last secured Championship promotion with an injury time winner against Sunderland six years ago.

The Addicks will need to be at their very best over the next three games but with Matt Godden on top form with 21 goals this season they have a man that could fire them back into the Championship.

Prediction: 1-2

Predicted lineups

Unavailable

Wycombe Wanderers

  1. Daniel Harvie - Injury
  2. Josh Scowen - Injury

Charlton Athletic

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MANAGERS

  • Mike Dodds faced Nathan Jones on one occasion, recording a loss.
  • Nathan Jones faced Wycombe Wanderers on 12 occasions, recording eight wins, two draws, and two losses
  • Mike Dodds faced Charlton Athletic on one occasion, recording a loss.

TEAMS

HEAD TO HEAD

  1. Wycombe Wanderers and Charlton Athletic have faced each other 15 times, with Charlton Athletic having the advantage: nine wins, against four wins for Wycombe Wanderers.
  2. At Adams Park, Charlton Athletic has the advantage in clashes against Wycombe Wanderers: four wins in seven matches. Wycombe Wanderers have two wins.
  3. In EFL League One, 14 matches have been played between the two teams, with Wycombe Wanderers winning three, two draws, and Charlton Athletic winning nine.
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