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History of the Charlton Athletic v Arsenal fixture

Charlton prepare to entertain Arsenal at The Valley on Sunday afternoon, looking to improve on a dire past record against their opponents. It does not make pleasant reading, winning just 4 of the 22 games played, and losing 13.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at The Valley was just last season, in September 2002, as the visitors ran out cosy 0-3 winners in a Premiership match.

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Recent encounters between the teams:
2002/2003	Sun 02 Mar	Arsenal	2 - 0	Charlton	PREM
2002/2003	Sat 14 Sep	Charlton	0-3	Arsenal	PREM
2001/2002	Mon 01 Apr	Charlton	0 - 3	Arsenal	PREM
2001/2002	Sun 04 Nov	Arsenal	2 - 4	Charlton	PREM
2000/2001	Mon 01 Jan	Charlton	1 - 0	Arsenal	PREM
2000/2001	Sat 26 Aug	Arsenal	5 - 3	Charlton	PREM
1998/1999	Mon 28 Dec	Charlton	0 - 1	Arsenal	PREM

Recent respective form guides

Charlton Athletic's poor home run has seen them win just 1 and draw 2 of the last six. While Addicks have scored 9, a worringly large 14 have been leaked at the other end.

Arsenal's away form is none too clever either, unbeaten in their last six, consisting of three wins and three draws. The games have constituted a decent return of 9 goals for the Gunners, and 7 goals against.

Charlton's 14 points from 9 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 7th position. Arsenal are currently sitting proudly at the top of the entire league, having collected 23 points from the 9 games played.

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Current form guides:	P	W	D	L	F	A	P
Charlton	6	2	2	2	10	11	8
Arsenal	6	2	3	1	6	7	9

FootyMad's prediction ...

These are testing times at The Valley for the Addicks and the Madmen are unable to see past Arsenal claiming victory in a close match.

Sequence statistics:
Charlton	Unbeaten run of 3 matches.
Arsenal	Undefeated in last 11 away games. 5 games since last defeat.