Charlton Athletic vs Norwich Prediction & Preview - Championship
Norwich City have lost six matches in a row. Charlton Athletic have drawn four of their last six and won none of them. Two sides stuck in very different kinds of rut meet in the Championship at The Valley in London on Saturday 24 October 2026, and only one of them arrives with nothing at all to show for the past month and a half.
- Fixture: Charlton Athletic v Norwich City
- Competition: Championship
- Date: Saturday 24 October 2026
- Kick-off: 12:30 BST
- Venue: The Valley, London
Full details and the call are on the Charlton Athletic vs Norwich City match page.
Norwich City have lost six in a row
Norwich City have taken 0 points from their last six games, scoring 7 and conceding 17. Philippe Clement's side lost 0-1 at home to Portsmouth 7 days before this fixture and 0-1 at home to Southampton 10 days before it, two games that followed a 1-2 defeat away to Swansea City.
Before that it got worse rather than better: 3-4 at home to Bolton Wanderers, 0-5 away to Manchester City in the EFL Cup, 3-4 away to Middlesbrough. Norwich have kept 0 clean sheets in those six and conceded two or more in 4 of them.
So the shape of it is odd. Norwich can score - they managed two or more in 2 of the six - but they also failed to score in 3 of the six, and there is no game in that run where the defence held up.
Charlton Athletic cannot find a winner
Charlton have 4 points from their last six, with no wins, four draws and two defeats. They scored 4 and conceded 8 across those matches, and they have scored two or more in just 1 of 6.
At home they have won 0 of 3, drawing 1-1 with Bristol City 14 days before this match and grinding out 0-0 against Portsmouth and 0-0 against Queens Park Rangers. Two clean sheets in six says Nathan Jones has something to work with at the back. Three games without a goal says the other end is the problem.
The most recent evidence is poor on both counts: beaten 0-2 away to Watford 7 days before this one, after a 2-2 draw away to Burnley.
Where the two runs meet
The last time these clubs met, Norwich won 0-1 at The Valley on 21 March 2026, 217 days before this fixture. That result would look ordinary now and does not read as a guide to much, given how far the Norwich defence has fallen away since.
What the numbers point at is a tight, low-scoring afternoon rather than a goal-heavy one. Charlton's home games have produced two goals between them across three matches. Norwich have conceded in every game of their run, which means Charlton should get a shot at breaking the pattern, and Norwich have found a goal in half of their recent games too.
Team news
Charlton are without Rob Apter for an extended spell after knee surgery, and Nathan Jones described it as a tough setback for a player who had worked hard since rejoining in the summer (LiveScore); Collins Sichenje will miss the rest of the season with a knee injury, while Will Mannion, Kayne Ramsay, Billy Koumetio, Nathaniel Chalobah and Matty Godden have all required assessment (Championship Insights). Norwich have a longer list: Mo Touré is not expected back until around January after surgery, Kenny McLean remains a few weeks away and Papa Diallo faces several weeks out with a muscle problem (Championship Insights), and goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic sat out the Portsmouth game with concussion after taking an opponent's knee to the head, with Kellen Fisher sent for a scan on a back complaint picked up on international duty (Yahoo Sports).
Charlton Athletic vs Norwich City prediction
Our prediction for Charlton Athletic vs Norwich City in the Championship on Saturday 24 October 2026 is a 1-1 draw at The Valley. Charlton have drawn four of their last six and all three of their home games, and nothing about a side that has scored four goals in six matches suggests they will suddenly put a struggling opponent away.
Norwich are worse, but they are not goalless - 7 goals in six games, with both sides scoring in 3 of them. Their problem is that they have not kept a clean sheet in the run, and Charlton will get something at home.
Our prediction: Charlton Athletic 1-1 Norwich City
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