Huddersfield 1-1 Charlton

After a wary stalemate of a first half, the game snapped into life after the break but it was the home side who drew first blood courtesy of Jordan Rhodes.

However, the Addicks weren’t behind for long as Reid drove home an unstoppable first-time effort just six minutes later.

And despite both sides coming close on several occasions to snatching three points, Phil Parkinson’s men clung on for a share of the spoils at the site of one of the best home records in League One.

Although the game’s slow, even start was nothing like the breakneck encounter between the two sides at The Valley in October, both teams nonetheless put the other under serious pressure at times in the early going.

Just after the quarter hour mark, the best of the early near-chances went against the Addicks as only Fraser Richardson’s quick thinking cleared a dangerous Gary Roberts centre with the back of his outstretched heel.

Minutes later, the hosts threatened from the right flank once more with Roberts playing right-back Lee Peltier in to cross low only for Antony Pilkington’s first touch to let him down.

Halfway through the first period, Town were gradually building up their best passing play but were lucky not to go down to ten men while chasing the ball after Peltier lunged in wildly on Therry Racon with the defender only seeing yellow.

As predicted before this difficult away trip, Charlton’s attacks were few and far between although Dave Mooney could only guide a header from Frazer Richardson’s cross well off target half an hour in.

Darren Randolph, picked over new recruit Tony Warner to replace injured Rob Elliot in goal, had little to do for the majority of the half although he did well to fist the ball out of the path of the approaching head of Theo Robinson on 37 minutes.

And soon after a Gary Borrowdale free kick from the visitors’ own half was flicked into the path of fellow loanee Nicky Forster by strike partner Dave Mooney only for the Brighton man’s effort to be deflected off for the first of two straight corners.

Shortly before the break, interim skipper Christian Dailly joined Peltier in the book for wrestling Robinson down to the ground, and like Peltier may have been lucky to only get the yellow card as it looked doubtful any of his defensive comrades would have been able to prevent Theo from going clean through afterward.

Though Pilkington overshot the resulting free-kick, Roberts headed it back into the danger zone for defender Neal Trotman to nod an effort onto the crossbar in the closest chance of the half for either side.

Charlton started the second half encouragingly enough, but it was the hosts who took the lead on the counter attack with Rhodes heading home a splendid cross from Roberts.

To the shock of the home crowd, however, their lead lasted just six minutes as a clearance from an Addicks attacking throw fell to Reid who fired a fantastic low drive into the far bottom corner from 20 yards on the left.

Despite the visitors’ resurgence, Town continued to threaten to retake the lead and probably should have on 65 minutes when a low cross trickled its way into the path of Robinson who elected to try and centre the ball himself instead of try his luck from a tight angle, which allowed Charlton to clear.

Breaking the momentum in a much improved second period was a facial injury to Sam Sodje, which after minutes of attention on the touchlines saw the Nigerian defender return to action despite a substitution for Llera looking likely at one stage.

In the dying minutes, a Town free-kick fell to Michael Collins at the far post but his goalbound strike was parried majestically by Randolph to keep the visitors in it.

CHARLTON: Randolph, Richardson, Dailly, S.Sodje, Borrowdale (Solly 82), Wagstaff, Semedo, Racon, Reid, Forster (A.Sodje 85), Mooney. Subs not used: Warner, Llera, Spring, Shelvey, Sam. Att: 14,459.