Tottenham Hotspur vs
Charlton Athletic
Bawler weighs each team's recent scoring and defending, then adjusts for home advantage and injuries to work out how this match is likely to go. This page shows the full chain — every number we used.
Tottenham average 6.0 corners per game at home this season (24 competitive matches). Charlton average 3.2 corners per game away from home this season (25 competitive matches).
Team news — absences and latest club updates· as of 13 Aug 2026
- Xavi Simons — Ruptured anterior cruciate ligament, right knee, sustained 25 April 2026 v Wolves; surgery early May. Ruled out at least seven monthsExpected return: reports differ — 'at least seven months' implies approximately December 2026; Transfermarkt lists 20 February…
- Wilson Odobert — Cruciate ligament tearExpected return: 28 November 2026 (Transfermarkt)
- Dejan Kulusevski — Knee cartilage; out 13+ months and missed the ENTIRE 2025/26 season. Sweden's team doctor said the injury is 'in a tricky spot' and 'is not recovering quickly enough due…Expected return: No timeline given
- Mohammed Kudus — Quadriceps/thigh tendon injury sustained January 2026 and aggravated in April (one source describes it as a hamstring); missed the second half of 2025/26Expected return: Imminent - De Zerbi, 26 July 2026: 'Kudus is very close, I think.
- Cristian Romero — Muscular leg problem sustained for Argentina in the 2026 World Cup final v Spain on 19 July, forced off before the second hydration break.Expected return: No timeline given
- 1 Aug · ReturnKulusevski's return from his knee injury being carefully managedDe Zerbi is managing his comeback from the season-long knee problem; still flagged as injured with no fixed return.
Club news is gathered once a day from club statements and reporting, last on 13 Aug 2026. It is not a confirmed team sheet — squads are named about an hour before kick-off, after this page was built, so late fitness news may not appear above.
Predicted lineups — expected XI, not a confirmed team sheet
- GOALKEEPER (the most live battle in the squad): Antonin Kinsky started the survival-clinching final day of 2025/26, signed a new deal to 2032 on 30 June, and Tribal Football, Italpress and Football…
- CENTRE-BACK: Jan Paul van Hecke (£52m) and Micky van de Ven are the likeliest pair, but Marcos Senesi (free) is on extended post-World Cup leave, captain Cristian Romero picked up a muscular injury…
Our projected starting elevens from squad news as of 30 July 2026 — not team sheets. Clubs confirm their starting elevens around an hour before kick-off, after this page was built. Only one side in this fixture is covered by our squad dossiers.
Early projection
These are the model's current numbers for a fixture that hasn't come round yet. They firm up on matchday, once team news and lineups are in — and once the model's call is locked it's never edited, which is what makes the track record mean anything.
Fantasy angle — top FPL picks in this fixture (2026/27 projections)
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Tottenham vs Charlton — Head-to-Head
This is the first meeting Bawler has on record between Tottenham and Charlton — the model's ledger starts at model launch, so no earlier fixtures between these two sides have been logged and settled yet.
The model's verdict for this fixture: Tottenham 56% · draw 29% · Charlton 15%.
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