Bury v Charlton preview
Friday 12 January 2018 13:08, UK
Bury striker Ryan Lowe is suspended for the visit of Charlton.
The 39-year-old was sent off half-an-hour after coming on as a substitute in last weekend's defeat at Plymouth and starts a three-match ban. Manager Chris Lucketti made a raft of changes for the midweek Checkatrade Cup defeat to Fleetwood so will look to restore his full-strength side.
Striker Jermaine Beckford and goalkeeper Joe Murphy (both knee) remain sidelined while striker Michael Smith has joined for an undisclosed fee.
Charlton must do without forward Karlan Ahearne-Grant, who has a hamstring problem. Defender Patrick Bauer was rested from Tuesday night's EFL Trophy tie against Oxford, so should be available.
Addicks boss Karl Robinson, though, confirmed he only had 16 players "fit to travel", so may well be short of being able to field a full bench. Defender Jason Pearce (knee) continues his recovery, along with skipper Chris Solly (calf), midfielder Tariqe Fosu (thigh), Jake Forster-Caskey (hamstring) and forward Leon Best (knee).
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Bury are unbeaten in four League One matches against Charlton (W2 D2); in fact, the Shakers have lost just one of their last 12 matches against Charlton in all competitions (W5 D6), conceding just seven goals during that period.
Charlton have failed to score in five of their last nine visits to Bury in all competitions (W2 D2 L5).
Bury have lost each of their last six league games, failing to score a single goal during that spell.
The Addicks managed to end a run of eight league games without victory (D3 L5) with a 1-0 win at home to Oldham in their last league match but they are yet to win on the road since October, and have scored just once in their last four on their travels (D1 L3).
Whilst Jermaine Beckford scored his first goal against Charlton in seven league appearances against them in these sides' 1-1 draw back in September, he has never tasted victory over the Addicks in the Football League (P7 W0 D4 L3); against no other side has he faced more often without a victory.
