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Charlton Ath. face a trip to Arsenal at Highbury on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The Addicks will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them lose 15 and win only 5 of the 25 games.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was less than a year ago, in February 2004, the Gunners carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 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 |
| 2000/2001 | Mon 01 Jan | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 0 | Arsenal | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Arsenal are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 16 goals for the Gunners, with 7 goals against.
In complete contrast to Arsenal, Charlton Ath. are having a torrid time on their travels, seeing them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While the Addicks have hit 7 goals, 14 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 19 points from the 7 games played. Charlton Ath.'s 11 points from 7 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Arsenal | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 14 |
| Charlton Ath. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Gunners, as the Addicks have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Arsenal | Unbeaten in the last 9 home games. Unbeaten run of 18 matches. |
| Charlton Ath. | 5 games since last defeat. |