Charlton will be hunting their first three points of the season when they return to The Valley to take on Crewe Alexandra on Saturday afternoon (3pm).
The Addicks are yet to taste victory in League One this season, having followed up a hard-earned draw against Sheffield Wednesday in the season-opener with defeats against Oxford United, MK Dons and Wigan Athletic.
TEAM NEWS
Nigel Adkins will check on the fitness of Sean Clare after the midfielder missed last weekend’s reverse against the Latics in SE7 with a niggle, but Ben Purrington, Jake Forster-Caskey, Alex Gilbey and Ronnie Schwartz remain absent.
Elsewhere, Charlie Kirk is poised to face his former club while Elliot Lee is eligible to make his Charlton debut having penned a season-long loan deal on Thursday.
Luke Offord is once again available for the Railwaymen having served his one-match suspension in midweek, though duo Chris Long and Owen Dale have been absent in recent weeks owing to Norovirus.
The visitors fully expect Manchester City loanee Ben Knight to travel to the capital, despite missing a day of training after feeling unwell following his vaccination.
THE OPPOSITION
David Artell’s side come into the encounter on the back of a 3-0 Carabao Cup reverse against Leeds United at Elland Road on Tuesday, having previously beaten Hartlepool 1-0 to secure their passage into the second-round.
The Railwaymen have made an identical start to the Addicks in League One, accumulating one point from their four outings thus far, with their solitary point coming in Cheshire on the opening-day against newly-promoted Cheltenham Town.
HEAD-TO-HEAD
Charlton and Crewe have gone toe-to-toe on six previous occasions with the Addicks winning five, while the spoils were shared in the remaining fixture.
The last meeting came at The Valley and resulted in a 2-2 draw in April as Dale twice pegged back Adkins’ men after Jayden Stockley and Alex Gilbey had twice fired the south Londoners ahead.
MATCH OFFICIALS
James Bell will control proceedings in SE7 on Saturday afternoon. He last oversaw the Addicks during the 1-0 triumph at Blackpool in October, dismissing both James Husband and Ben Purrington in the first half.
Bell will be assisted by Andrew Aylott and Greg Read, while Paul Yates is the Fourth Official.
OTHER INFO
Tickets for the clash against the Railwaymen are still available - click here to get yours!
Supporters based outside of the UK & Ireland can watch every kick of Saturday’s game against Crewe live on CharltonTV, with John Humphrey joining host Scott Minto and Alan Curbishley in SE7 for his CharltonTV debut.
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Supporters can buy Valley Gold Jackpot tickets online for the fixture. For every £1 spent on a Jackpot ticket, half goes to the club’s Academy to help produce the stars of the future, with the other half going to the two winners of a cash prize.