Blackburn Rovers vs Charlton Athletic Prediction and Betting Tips | January 4th 2026

Blackburn Rovers will host Charlton Athletic at Ewood Park on Sunday in another round of the 2025-26 EFL Championship campaign. The home side have endured a challenging campaign and will need to make improvements across board if they are to avoid being dragged into a mid-season relegation scrap.

After ending 2025 with a goalless draw against last-placed Sheffield Wednesday, Blackburn welcomed Wrexham to Ewood Park on New Year's Day, seeking a winning start to the year. However, Rovers suffered a 2-0 defeat to the newly promoted club, conceding twice in a hapless first-half display in which they failed to register a shot on target.

Charlton Athletic, meanwhile, ended 2025 with consecutive defeats and looked like they had brought that rot into the new year after falling behind in the third minute of their game against Coventry City on Thursday. However, they stepped things up after the restart with Joe Rankin-Costello finding the net to level the scores at 1-1 and secure a much-needed point for the Addicks against the league leaders.

The visitors now sit a point above their weekend opponents in the table and will hope to at least maintain that advantage by the end of the round.

Blackburn Rovers vs Charlton Athletic Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

• The two teams have faced off 82 times. Blackburn have won 37 of those encounters, while Charlton have claimed victory 28 times, with their remaining 17 contests ending in draws.
• The Addicks secured a 3-0 victory when the two teams met in the league last month, marking their third win in their last four games this fixture.
• Charlton have managed just one clean sheet in their last 10 games.
• Blackburn have scored 22 goals in the Championship this season, with only Portsmouth (21) and Sheffield Wednesday (18) having scored fewer.

Blackburn Rovers vs Charlton Athletic Prediction

The Riversiders are winless in their last three matches and have claimed just one victory in their last nine. They head into this contest as slight favorites but will need a stronger showing at home to secure all three points.

Similarly, the Addicks have managed just one win in their last 10 outings. They have struggled on the road of late and could see those issues continue on Sunday.

Prediction: Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Charlton Athletic

Blackburn Rovers vs Charlton Athletic Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Blackburn Rovers to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Under 2.5 goals (Eight of the hosts' last nine matches have produced fewer than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES

Edited by Peter P