West Brom Vs Charlton: Midweek clash at The Hawthorns carries relegation and survival stakes
West Brom vs Charlton meets at The Hawthorns on Tuesday 24 February 2026 with kick-off at 7. 45pm GMT, a fixture that matters because it has immediate consequences for both clubs’ league positions and for safety from relegation. The match combines a long head-to-head record with fresh form lines and a run of midweek matches that has not favoured either side.
West Brom Vs Charlton — team news and absences
Charlton will travel without Josh Edwards (ankle), Harvey Knibbs (ankle) and Matty Godden (hamstring). West Brom are set to miss Josh Griffiths (foot), Chris Mepham (hamstring), Tammer Bany (thigh) and Karlan Grant (hamstring). The Addicks will wear their red Reebok home kit for the trip. Matchday ticketing is on a card-only basis at the ground, with no price increase on the day.
Referee Samuel Allison and the match officials
The match will be controlled by referee Samuel Allison, assisted by Andrew Fox and James Wilson, with Thomas Kirk named as Fourth Official. The referee team is confirmed for Tuesday night’s fixture at The Hawthorns.
Head-to-head record and recent form
The clubs have met 63 times in league competition: Charlton have 22 wins, West Brom 21 and 20 matches have finished level. Charlton claimed a 1-0 win in the reverse fixture at The Valley in November 2025 when Sonny Carey scored a stoppage-time winner. West Brom sit 21st in the Sky Bet Championship table, one point above 22nd-placed Leicester City; they suffered a 2-0 home defeat to league leaders Coventry City last weekend. Under new manager Eric Ramsay West Brom have a sequence recorded as D3 L5 and are described as having been dragged close to the relegation zone, sitting just a point above the drop. That run has included just one point from their last four home games at The Hawthorns and a stretch of three matches without scoring.
Charlton’s recent record is stronger: one defeat in five (W2 D2) has reportedly pulled them seven points clear of danger, and their away record in the calendar year has seen only one defeat. A Charlton victory in the West Midlands would open their gap from danger to at least nine points.
In-game incidents: fouls, free kicks and an offside
Match action logged midweek included several stoppages and set-piece awards: Isaac Price was penalised for a foul; Kayne Ramsay won a free kick in his team’s defensive half; Aune Heggebø was shown to have fouled an opponent on more than one occasion; Greg Docherty won a free kick in the defensive half for Charlton; George Campbell was recorded as committing a foul; Tyreece Campbell won a defensive-half free kick; and Jed Wallace was flagged offside. These incidents contributed to a stop-start dynamic in the game’s passages.
Bets and the broader betting context for 24 February 2026
In betting markets published for 24 February 2026, one commentator backed Charlton to beat West Brom at 3/1. That same column offered other selections: Burton to beat Stockport at 12/5, Shrewsbury to beat Salford at 17/4, and a 1pt Trixie combining Charlton, Burton and Shrewsbury at 67/1. The betting piece argues that West Brom’s recent struggles under Eric Ramsay make Charlton an attractive price and frames the match as one with meaningful safety implications: a Charlton win would materially increase the cushion from danger.
Last updated 24th February 2026 at 21: 26, the information above assembles team news, officials, historical records and observed match incidents for a midweek fixture that will be judged by its immediate effect on the relegation battle and on each club’s momentum going forward.
