West Ham United 1–2 Charlton Athletic — Match Stats & Analysis

Championship · 2026Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 14:00 UTC

West Ham United

1–2Full-time analysis

Charlton Athletic

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

Match at a glance

Charlton Athletic won 1–2.

Shots: 257
Shots on target: 95
Expected goals: 2.960.57
Possession: 78%22%

Full time

What the match recorded

Charlton Athletic beat West Ham United 2–1. Recorded in this match (West Ham United – Charlton Athletic): shots 25–7, shots on target 9–5, expected goals 2.96–0.57, possession 78%–22%. This is what was recorded. It is not a claim that the result was foreseeable.

This match

Match statistics

Shots25 shots7 shotsWest Ham United 25 shots, Charlton Athletic 7 shots
Shots on target9 shots5 shotsWest Ham United 9 shots, Charlton Athletic 5 shots
Expected goals2.96 xG0.57 xGWest Ham United 2.96 xG, Charlton Athletic 0.57 xG
Possession78%22%West Ham United 78%, Charlton Athletic 22%
Corners7 corners4 cornersWest Ham United 7 corners, Charlton Athletic 4 corners
Fouls9 fouls16 foulsWest Ham United 9 fouls, Charlton Athletic 16 fouls
Yellow cards2 cards3 cardsWest Ham United 2 cards, Charlton Athletic 3 cards

Every shot

Shot map

Every recorded shot, placed where it was taken and sized by its expected-goals value. Arrows show each team’s attacking direction.

off target
on target
goal
penalty
size = xG

West Ham United: 25 shots, 9 on target, 3.09 xG. Charlton Athletic: 7 shots, 5 on target, 0.57 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: West Ham United 3.09 xG · Charlton Athletic 0.57 xG.

Metric comparison

Team comparison

led this metric higher value (descriptive) too close

Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 1 match

5.96 daysRest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/17 days

Evidence quality

How much supports this analysis

Grade C · Limited evidenceLimited evidence — limited

Season samples2 / 2home / away teams

Recent samples2 / 2last-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.
Recorded xG is incomplete, so xG context is omitted where unavailable.

Known unknowns

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

Analysis cutoff: Sat, 22 Aug 2026, 18:00 UTC · analysis-v4