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Newcastle Utd. prepare to entertain Charlton Athletic at St. James' Park on Wednesday evening, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having chalked up an impressive 21 wins out of 32 previous matches.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at St. James' Park was less than a year ago, in February 2005, where the two sides shared the spoils courtesy of a 1-1 final scoreline in a Premiership match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Sat 05 Feb | Newcastle Utd. | 1-1 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2004/2005 | Sun 17 Oct | Charlton Ath. | 1 - 1 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Mar | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 1 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Dec | Charlton Ath. | 0 - 0 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 15 Mar | Charlton Ath. | 0 - 2 | Newcastle Utd. | PREM |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 26 Oct | Newcastle Utd. | 2 - 1 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 20 Apr | Newcastle Utd. | 3 - 0 | Charlton Ath. | PREM |
Recent respective form guides
Newcastle United are in decent form at home, having won four and drawn two of their last six games, A total of 8 goals have been scored by the Magpies in those games, with 4 conceded.
Charlton Ath. have an average recent record on the road, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. While the Addicks have hit 6 goals, 11 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Newcastle Utd.'s 25 points from 18 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Charlton Ath. see themselves just below half way in the Barclays Premiership, showing a record of 22 points from their 17 games played so far,
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Newcastle Utd. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Charlton Ath. | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Newcastle Utd. may be coming up against a decent side in Charlton Ath., but I do believe that its going to result in a narrow home win for the Magpies. Home Win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Newcastle Utd. | Unbeaten in the last 6 home games. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Charlton Ath. | Lost each of the previous 3 away matches. Not won in previous 4 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |