{"id":559059,"date":"2020-07-22T00:00:49","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T04:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/?p=559059"},"modified":"2020-08-21T12:07:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-21T16:07:32","slug":"champions-leeds-united-finish-the-season-at-home-to-struggling-charlton-athletic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/07\/22\/champions-leeds-united-finish-the-season-at-home-to-struggling-charlton-athletic\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Leeds United Finish the Season at Home to Struggling Charlton Athletic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United finish their tremendous season at home to struggling Charlton Athletic. Marcelo Bielsa\u2019s side have promotion and the title in the bag as they target a sixth straight league win.<\/p>\n<p>Bielsa\u2019s title-winning side will lift the trophy once the game with Charlton finishes at Elland Road. Visitors Charlton are desperate for the victory to secure their place in the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/championship\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Championship<\/a>. The Addicks are hoping to avoid an instant return to <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonfootball.com\/category\/league-football\/league12\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">League One<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Champions Leeds United Finish the Season Against Struggling Charlton Athletic<\/h2>\n<h3>A Sixth Consecutive Win is a Target For Leeds<\/h3>\n<p>Marcelo Bielsa will expect nothing less than victory from his title-winning team. They will want to finish with a flurry of goals and points at fortress Elland Road.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds head into this game having won their last five games and Bielsa will want the sixth win before they lift the Championship trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Swiss defender<a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/5348aada\/Gaetano-Berardi\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Gaetano Berardi<\/a> is unavailable after sustaining an ACL injury in Sunday\u2019s win at Derby. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/dc64b8b3\/Liam-Cooper\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liam Cooper<\/a> will likely be his replacement in the starting eleven.<\/p>\n<h3>A Win is Imperative for Charlton as They Target Championship Survival<\/h3>\n<p>Strugglers Charlton head to Elland Road knowing a win should be enough to secure their Championship status. The Addicks sit 21<sup>st<\/sup> in the Championship table, outside the relegation zone on goal difference.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the uncertainty surrounding Wigan Athletic\u2019s points deduction, Lee Bowyer knows his side must win. However, they head into this game on a run of six games without a win. While a win should be enough to secure survival, matching or bettering Luton\u2019s result will also be a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n<p>Victory at the Champions could see Charlton climb above the likes of Birmingham City, Middlesbrough and Huddersfield Town in the table.<\/p>\n<p>Lee Bowyer has a few fitness concerns ahead of this vital game. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e9ec272c\/Jake-Forster-Caskey\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Forster-Caskey<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/bd8a7d05\/Sam-Field\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Field<\/a> are fighting to be fit \u2013 both are struggling with injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/49b8432c\/Jonny-Williams\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonny Williams<\/a> and Albie Morgan will replace them in the team if they are unavailable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/bfc3bf1b\/Darren-Pratley\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Darren Pratley<\/a> is ruled out with a hamstring problem.<\/p>\n<h3>Previous Meeting<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/9ca8b21c\/Macauley-Bonne\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Macaulay Bonne<\/a> scored the only goal as Charlton beat Leeds back in September. Another win will do Charlton nicely as they target the league double over the Champions.<\/p>\n<h3>Prediction<\/h3>\n<p>Charlton have to go for it. Leeds will be up for this with the trophy presentation to follow. Lee Bowyer knows his side should avoid the drop with a win at Elland Road. He will be determined to continue the excellent job he has done in trying circumstances at the Valley.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds will want to crown their season with another victory. They are targeting a 28<sup>th<\/sup> league win of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Leeds United 1-0 Charlton Athletic<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"kJQrOKRRSct26r8d7UVoNA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1257024479\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'kJQrOKRRSct26r8d7UVoNA',sig:'7QDJuDs6lwuEU2Ij-XxuAhS9TOjWtERg2sFXw07ucRA=',w:'594px',h:'398px',items:'1257024479',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leeds United finish their tremendous season at home to struggling Charlton Athletic. Marcelo Bielsa\u2019s side have promotion and the title in the bag as they target a sixth straight league win. Bielsa\u2019s title-winning side will lift the trophy once the game with Charlton finishes at Elland Road. Visitors Charlton are desperate for the victory to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3241,"featured_media":559083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32,33,1828,6443],"tags":[4477,779,168,1552,240,1516,136],"class_list":["post-559059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-league-football","category-championship","category-fixtures","category-leeds-united","tag-2019-20-championship","tag-charlton-athletic","tag-efl","tag-lee-bowyer","tag-leeds-united","tag-marcelo-bielsa","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559059\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}