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  • Kick-off: 15:00
  • Venue: The Valley
  • Attendance: 26206
  • Referee: Hall, A

Live Commentary

90 mins

That's it, it's all over, the referee has blown the final whistle.

90 mins

The referee has booked Chris Perry.

79 mins

Southampton are replacing Stern John with Vincent Pericard.

78 mins

Zhi Zheng is replaced by Jerome Thomas.

75 mins

Bradley Wright-Phillips is replaced by Marek Saganowski.

74 mins

The referee has booked Madjid Bougherra.

74 mins

The referee has booked Bradley Wright-Phillips.

70 mins

Inigo Idiakez is being taken off, Jhon Viafara has come on in his place.

69 mins

Goal!! Charlton have scored with Andy Gray putting it in the back of the net.

57 mins

Jermaine Wright is booked for timewasting.

46 mins

Chris Iwelumo is being taken off, Andy Gray has come on in his place.

46 mins

Charlton are replacing Jose Vitor Moreira Semedo with Darren Ambrose.

46 mins

The second half is under way with the score currently at 0 v 1.

45 mins

The ref has blown his whistle for half time.

28 mins

Jose Vitor Moreira Semedo is booked for unsporting behaviour.

11 mins

Own goal, Darren Randolph has put it in his own net.

0 mins

It's 3pm on Saturday, April 12th, the match has kicked off.

Match Report

Charlton Athletic's lingering hopes of a promotion play-off spot virtually disappeared when they could only draw 1-1 at The Valley with strugglers Southampton.

Before the game Charlton needed to win all four of their matches to give themselves a chance of a play-off spot, but their season has disintegrated because of their poor home form which has seen them win only eight of 22 matches.

They fell behind after just ten minutes to a bizarre goal when home goalkeeper Darren Randolph, recalled from a loan spell at Bury to replace the suspended Nicky Weaver, could only help the ball into his own net after he collided with his own defender following Stern John's lob.

Charlton failed to produce much sparkle in the first half, the closest they came to scoring were two efforts from on-loan striker Leroy Lita which failed to trouble visiting goalkeeper Richard Wright.

After the break Charlton manager Alan Pardew threw on Andy Gray and Darren Ambrose and the home side began to get on top of their opponents, with first Ambrose firing over the bar and then Lita heading over.

Charlton equalised on 68 minutes when Lee Cook's free-kick was headed into the net by Gray, his first goal since joining from Burnley and the first time he has found the net since he scored two for Burnley against Charlton at The Valley in December.

Saints keeper Wright then made a point-blank range save from Ambrose to keep his side in the game.

In injury time Charlton had two free-kicks just outside the Saints penalty area which they should have done better with.

Jerome Thomas also fired over as Southampton held on grimly for what could be a very important point in their battle to stay in the Championship.

Charlton Athletic Team

Southampton Team

Charlton Athletic

Southampton

Corners

2 4

Fouls

13 13

Goal attempts

15 6

Shots off target

9 3

Offsides

2 6

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