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Charlton Athletic

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This page describes the completed match context. The result is not presented as a prior forecast.

This match

Match statistics

Metric	Charlton Athletic	Leicester City
Shots	20 shots/match▲	6 shots/match
Shots on target	7 shots/match▲	2 shots/match
Expected goals	1.63 xG/match▲	0.49 xG/match
Possession	45%	55%●
Corners	13 corners/match●	4 corners/match
Fouls	18 fouls/match	9 fouls/match

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Each team attacks towards its own end of the pitch.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

Charlton Athletic: 20 shots, 7 on target, 1.61 xG. Leicester City: 6 shots, 2 on target, 0.48 xG.

How the match built

Expected-goals timeline

Expected goals accumulated minute by minute. Circles mark the goals that were actually scored.

The step line is cumulative expected goals; circles mark goals. Final: Charlton Athletic 1.61 xG · Leicester City 0.48 xG.

30-second read

What the record shows

The clearest recorded pattern is: Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline. A second useful context is: Leicester City have recorded the higher season possession share. Limitation: At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.

Both teams have elevated corners records

weak

Each team's season corners average is above the competition baseline.

7.33 corners/match●CornersCharlton Athletic · Leicester City7 corners/match

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: Both team averages are compared with the same competition baseline.

Window: season

Metric	Charlton Athletic	Leicester City	Baseline
Corners	7.33 corners/match	7 corners/match	4.5 corners/match

Caveat: A shared historical pattern is descriptive and may not repeat in one fixture.

The teams have contrasting possession records

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Leicester City have recorded the higher season possession share.

43%PossessionCharlton Athletic · Leicester City●63.3%

Evidence and caveat

Comparison: The recorded possession gap is 20.3 percentage points.

Window: season

Metric	Charlton Athletic	Leicester City	Baseline
Possession	43%	63.3%	49.8%

Caveat: Possession share does not show where possession occurred or how chances were created.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

Season averages · sample sizes shown with each metric. Context, not a forecast.

Where the edge is

Charlton Athletic favored in 0 of 13 directional metrics · Leicester City in 0 · 13 too close

0.33 goals/matchGoals scoredseason · 3/31.33 goals/match

0.33 goals/matchGoals allowedseason · 3/31 goals/match

1.25 xG/matchExpected goalsseason · 3/31.32 xG/match

0.65 xG/matchExpected goals allowedseason · 3/31.58 xG/match

13.3 shots/matchShotsseason · 3/315.7 shots/match

10 shots/matchShots allowedseason · 3/313.7 shots/match

4.67 shots/matchShots on targetseason · 3/35.67 shots/match

1.33 shots/matchShots on target allowedseason · 3/34.67 shots/match

43%Possessionseason · 3/3●63.3%

7.33 corners/match●Cornersseason · 3/37 corners/match

3.33 corners/matchCorners allowedseason · 3/37.33 corners/match

—Cardsseason · 0/0—

12.3 fouls/matchFoulsseason · 3/37.33 fouls/match

—Passesseason · 0/0—

—Pass accuracyseason · 0/0—

—Shots inside boxseason · 0/0—

—Blocked shotsseason · 0/0—

—Goalkeeper savesseason · 0/0—

—Offsidesseason · 0/0—

67%Clean-sheet frequencyseason · 3/333%

33%Scoring frequencyseason · 3/3100%

Style profile

How the teams compare

Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.

Possession control

Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.

Charlton Athletic18.8

Leicester City95.8

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Attacking volume

Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.

Charlton Athletic49.3

Leicester City79.9

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Defensive resistance

Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.

Charlton Athletic88.9

Leicester City42.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Directness proxy

Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.

Charlton Athletic81.2

Leicester City52.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Physicality

Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.

Charlton Athletic60.4

Leicester City2.1

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 50%

Set-piece relevance

Corner volume relative to competition peers.

Charlton Athletic91.7

Leicester City85.4

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Tempo and pressure proxy

Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.

Charlton Athletic74

Leicester City67.2

0–100 competition percentile · coverage 100%

Recent form

Season, last 10 and last 5

Window

Season

Charlton Athletic3 matchesLeicester City3 matches

0.33 goals/matchGoals scored3/3▲1.33 goals/match

0.33 goals/match▲Goals allowed3/31 goals/match

1.25 xG/matchExpected goals3/3▲1.32 xG/match

13.3 shots/matchShots3/3▲15.7 shots/match

4.67 shots/matchShots on target3/3▲5.67 shots/match

43%Possession3/3●63.3%

7.33 corners/match●Corners3/37 corners/match

—Cards0/0—

12.3 fouls/matchFouls3/37.33 fouls/match

Venue split

Home and away samples

Window

Home team at home / away team away

Charlton Athletic2 matchesLeicester City2 matches

—Goals scored2/2—

—Goals allowed2/2—

—Expected goals2/2—

—Shots2/2—

—Shots on target2/2—

—Possession2/2—

—Corners2/2—

—Cards0/0—

—Fouls2/2—

Schedule context

Rest and recent workload

6.9 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/16.9 days

2 matchesMatches in previous 14 daysprevious completed fixtures · 1/12 matches

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidencelimited

Season samples3 / 3home / away teams

Recent samples3 / 3last-five windows

FreshnessLess than one dayfrom nearest prior match

At least one team has fewer than the configured season sample.
At least one team has an incomplete last-five window.

Known unknowns

Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset.
Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards.
The completed-match sample is too small for broad style conclusions.

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 23 Aug 2025, 15:30 UTC · analysis-v4