Date: Saturday 6th February
Competition: League One
Venue: The County Ground
Kick-Off: 3pm

The Lowdown

Having been relegated from The Championship last season, Charlton Athletic were many people's favourites to return to the second tier of English football automatically.

However, having won their opening five fixtures of the League One season, 10 draws from 28 games have left The Addicks five points adrift of second placed Leeds United and in need of victories in order to sustain their automatic promotion push.

After an impressive start to the season, Phil Parkinson's side suffered their first defeat at the hands of Colchester United in late September,and then enjoyed decent runs of form either side of a shock 1-0 FA Cup Third round defeat at the hands of Northwich Victoria.

It was over the Christmas period that Parkinson's side began to really lose ground on their automatic promotion rivals, as three consecutive draws against Millwall (4-4), Town (2-2) and Brentford (1-1) saw The Addicks drop into the dreaded third position, which they have held ever since.

Consecutive wins then followed for Charlton, as they overcame both Wycombe Wanderers and Hartlepool United by two goals to one and seemed to have regained that winning formula.

However, a televised 1-0 home defeat to South London rivals Leyton Orient then followed last Monday, before a disappointing 1-1 draw against Tranmere Rovers last weekend, again at The Valley.

Phil Parkinson has a strong squad to choose from, including teenage sensation Jonjo Shelvey, captain Nicky Bailey and 12-goal former Town striker Deon Burton, all of whom will be keen for a swift return to form at The County Ground.

Ticket Information

Town are expecting another bumper crowd of over 10,000 for the fixture.

Tickets are still available to purchase from the STFC Box Office.

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Team News - Swindon Town

Danny Wilson has a couple of injury worries ahead of the match with David Lucas (groin) and Vincent Pericard (hamstring) having missed out on the 2-2 draw at Southend United last Saturday. 

Should Lucas be unfit, Phil Smith will continue to deputise in goal, while Wilson will keep faith with in-form strike pairing Billy Paynter and Charlie Austin - both of whom scored the last time the sides met at The Valley on Boxing Day.

Swindon Town Manager, Danny Wilson:

"We have no score to settle, that result is gone now, and we have to concentrate on this match.

"We have to go into it with the same mindset we had with the first one, which was that it was going to be a very tough game, and that we will have to be at our best to win it."

Team News - Charlton Athletic

Phil Parkinson is sweating on the fitness of defender Kelly Youga, who is still struggling with a knee injury.

Full-back Chris Solly is likely to deputise, having replaced Grant Basey at left-back during the 1-1 draw at Walsall on Tuesday.

Charlton Athletic Manager, Phil Parkinson:

"We've got to make sure we're strong defensively and stay right in the game.

"Swindon are a good side and we respect them, but equally I don't think we did too badly against them at home, so we're confident we can go and give a good account of ourselves."

Last Time Out - Saturday 30th January 2010 / Tuesday 3rd February 2010

Southend United 2 Swindon Town 2
Walsall 1 Charlton Athletic 1

Match Officials: Swindon Town vs Charlton Athletic

Referee: A R Hall
Assistants: C I Powell / A M Turner
Fourth Official: S J Phipps

Match Betting

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Head to Head

Swindon Town: 11
Draws: 18
Charlton Athletic: 20