Charlton Athletic got their second EFL Championship win in a row thanks to goals from Macaulay Gillesphey, Sonny Carey and James Bree, overcoming Blackburn Rovers 3-0.
Both come into this game following dramatic games for different reasons last time out. For Charlton, Tanto Olaofe scored in the final minutes to secure a 1-0 against a struggling Sheffield United side, their first win at Bramall Lane since October 2011.
For Blackburn, the drama was both on and off the pitch. Despite leading Ipswich Town 1-0 at Ewood Park and the visitors being down to ten men, the game had to be abandoned in the 80th minute due to a waterlogged pitch.
On Friday, the EFL ruled that the game had to be replayed in full.
Nathan Jones side had only lost one of their last 18 games at the Valley, that being a 1-0 defeat to Leicester in August. However, they had only won one of their last six at home to Blackburn, drawing two and losing the other three.
This would be the first meeting between the pair since February 2020, Rovers winning 2-0 with goals from John Buckley and now Chelsea defender Tosin.
It had been a caged 30 minutes but Charlton broke the deadlock on 31 minutes through a brilliant header from Macaulay Gillesphey. The free kick was whipped to the back post by James Bree and Gillesphey headed it down across goal and into the bottom right corner.
Right at the end of the first half, Charlton had a brilliant chance to make it 2-0, a header from Lloyd Jones saved from point blank range by Rovers keeper, Balazs Toth.
Charlton had dominated the first half managing an XG of 0.65 compared to Blackburn's 0.22 XG.
The first ten minutes in the second half saw Blackburn begin to grow into the game and up the tempo. although they had yet to really test Thomas Kaminski in the Charlton goal.
A poor goal kick from Blackburn saw Charlton retrieve the ball right on the edge of the area where they worked an opening but Tyreece Campbell fired over from 7 yards out.
On 59 minutes, Campbell nearly delivered an incredible solo effort, winning the ball back and cutting inside from just outside the box. Rovers keeper, Toth was glued to the spot but the curling shot. flew just wide of the post.
After the pressure in the early parts of the second half, Blackburn were unable to retain possession of the ball at all, the Addicks pressingly brilliantly and just missing that final touch in front of goal.
70 minutes in and it should have been 2-0, the original effort from Sonny Carey was saved by Toth and the rebound falls to Reece Burke who somehow with the goal open, fires over into the Covered End of the Valley.
The 80th minute saw Charlton finally double their lead in incredible fashion, the ball ends with Sonny Carey outside the box and he lashes his shot into the corner where Toth could get nowhere near it.
With the context of the game, the 2-0 lead was a deserved one and quite frankly Charlton should've scored another two or three in the second half alone.
In the final minute of the game, Charlton made it 3-0, loanee James Bree getting on the scoresheet having got the assist for the first goal. His shot being drilled into the bottom corner.
3-0 was how it finished, a brilliant result for Charlton, they move up to seventh place in the Championship.
They now prepare a a couple of away matches, firstly on Tuesday at Derby County before going to Preston next Saturday.
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