Charlton Athletic 2-1 Northampton Town: result and report

League One · Friday 18 April 2025

Result

Charlton Athletic 2-1 Northampton Town

League One · Friday 18 April 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Charlton Athletic 2-1 Northampton Town: match report

Charlton Athletic won against Northampton Town 2-1 in the League One on Friday 18 April 2025. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Luke Berry opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Charlton Athletic's goals came from Luke Berry (9') and Matty Godden (71'). Northampton Town scored through Dara Costelloe (15', penalty).

Discipline: Charlton Athletic received 5 yellow cards; Northampton Town received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Charlton Athletic were 5th on 76 points from 42 and Northampton Town 19th on 47 points from 42. Charlton Athletic went on to finish that season 3rd with 92 points, and Northampton Town 19th with 51.

Charlton Athletic lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Northampton Town in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Luke Berry of Charlton Athletic (8.2), ahead of Lloyd Jones (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Charlton Athletic wins, 2 draws and 2 for Northampton Town.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Luke BerryCharlton Athletic · 1-0
  • 12'Yellow card · Conor CoventryCharlton Athletic
  • 15'Penalty goal · Dara CostelloeNorthampton Town · 1-1
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Kevin NolanNorthampton Town
  • 68'Yellow card · Aaron McGowanNorthampton Town
  • 71'Goal · Matty GoddenCharlton Athletic · 2-1
  • 77'Yellow card · Alex GilbertCharlton Athletic
  • 85'Yellow card · Kayne RamsayCharlton Athletic
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Thierry SmallCharlton Athletic
  • 90+6'Yellow card · C. AnekeCharlton Athletic
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Max DycheNorthampton Town
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Cameron McGeehanNorthampton Town

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Charlton Athletic 5, draws 2, Northampton Town 2.

Team news

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Charlton Athletic line-up (4-2-3-1)

Will Mannion, Kayne Ramsay, Lloyd Jones, Tom McIntyre, Josh Edwards, Conor Coventry, Greg Docherty, Thierry Small, Luke Berry, Tyreece Campbell, Matty Godden

Northampton Town line-up (3-4-2-1)

Lee Burge, Timothy Eyoma, Luke Mbete, Akin Odimayo, Aaron McGowan, Ben Perry, Cameron McGeehan, Mitch Pinnock, Tyler Roberts, Tariqe Fosu-Henry, Dara Costelloe