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Match insight

On paper this looks straightforward, but Birmingham City's recent form against a struggling Charlton Athletic makes it more of a puzzle than the table suggests. Birmingham City currently sit 9 places and 3 points above Charlton Athletic in the table — 4th against 13th. Birmingham City have taken 10 points from their last 5, against 4 for Charlton Athletic over the same stretch. Charlton Athletic are outperforming our metrics by some distance — about 5 places higher in the actual table than their underlying rating alone would suggest.