Stoke City v Charlton Athletic

Championship, game week 5 — UK time

Step 3 of 4 — Goals, and when they come.

What this step says

Stoke City scores heaviest in the 46-60 spell and concedes heaviest in 76-90+; Charlton Athletic scores heaviest in 76-90+ and concedes heaviest in 76-90+. The shapes mesh: Charlton Athletic's strongest scoring spell is exactly where Stoke City is softest.

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Stoke City: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season. Charlton Athletic: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season.

The question this step asks

Step three is GOALS, AND WHEN THEY COME. Not just how many each side scores and lets in, but the minute bands they come in, who lands the first blow, what each side does after falling behind, and who finds goals late. A side that concedes early and scores late reads very differently from one that does the opposite, at the same goal difference.

Side by side: Stoke City scores most in the 46-60 band (13 of 55); Stoke City concedes most in the 76-90+ band (19 of 65); Charlton Athletic scores most in the 76-90+ band (13 of 50); Charlton Athletic concedes most in the 76-90+ band (15 of 61). Who lands the first blow and who lands the last is the question this step exists to ask.

The two sides

Stoke City -- at home

Goals a game
Scores 1.1 and concedes 1.3 a game over its last 50 league matches; at home, 1.4 for and 1.2 against over 25.
When it scores
Of 55 scored across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 11; 16-30: 6; 31-45+: 10; 46-60: 13; 61-75: 8; 76-90+: 7.
When it concedes
Of 65 conceded across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 9; 16-30: 8; 31-45+: 8; 46-60: 15; 61-75: 6; 76-90+: 19. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 19 of 65 (29%).
The first goal
Scored first in 23 of its 50 read -- then won 15, drew 3, lost 5; conceded first in 23 -- pulled back 1 win and 3 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 8 points.
Two-goal swings
Led by two goals at some point in 11 of its 50 read, winning 10 of them; trailed by two in 14, rescuing nothing; was ahead at some point without winning in 8.

Charlton Athletic -- away

Goals a game
Scores 1.0 and concedes 1.2 a game over its last 50 league matches; away, 1.0 for and 1.4 against over 25.
When it scores
Of 50 scored across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 3; 16-30: 5; 31-45+: 8; 46-60: 9; 61-75: 12; 76-90+: 13. Its heaviest scoring spell is after the 75th minute -- 13 of 50 (26%).
When it concedes
Of 61 conceded across its own 50 matches with times recorded: 1-15: 8; 16-30: 9; 31-45+: 11; 46-60: 9; 61-75: 9; 76-90+: 15. Its heaviest conceding spell is after the 75th minute -- 15 of 61 (25%).
The first goal
Scored first in 24 of its 50 read -- then won 15, drew 6, lost 3; conceded first in 24 -- pulled back 1 win and 7 draws from them. Across every match where it trailed at some stage it recovered 10 points.
Two-goal swings
Led by two goals at some point in 6 of its 50 read, winning 5 of them; trailed by two in 10, rescuing nothing; was ahead at some point without winning in 9.

Built 06:38 from matches completed before kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator — not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.