West Brom Vs Charlton: Dykes strike extends Albion winless run to 10 after 1-1 draw
The Hawthorns hosted a tense west brom vs charlton contest that finished 1-1, leaving West Brom winless in 10 Championship matches and increasing scrutiny on their boss. The draw mattered because a dominant first-half display failed to translate into a match-winning margin and Charlton capitalised with a 70th-minute equaliser.
George Campbell’s stoppage-time header from an Alex Mowatt corner
Albion took the lead late in the first half when Alex Mowatt delivered a corner to the back post and George Campbell climbed highest to nod home in first-half stoppage time. That strike ended a sequence in which the hosts had not scored in their previous four Championship outings, and capped a dominant opening 45 minutes in which West Brom registered more than 60% possession and six shots to Charlton’s one.
Lyndon Dykes’ 70th-minute finish levels after Ramsay’s pass
Charlton salvaged a point when Lyndon Dykes ran onto a pass from Kayne Ramsay and finished calmly between goalkeeper Max O’Leary’s legs on 70 minutes. The goal was Dykes’ second for the club and cancelled Campbell’s earlier header, turning what had looked like a home victory into a shared result.
Missed chances: Maja, Price and late pressures
West Brom squandered multiple openings that might have sealed three points. Josh Maja was sent through one-on-one in the 52nd minute by a delightful Mowatt through ball but slid wide on the chance. Isaac Price followed with a run and a pass from Jayson Molumby, only to blaze over from inside the area in the 69th minute. After the restart, Maja poked a shot past the post and both Nat Phillips and Charlie Taylor headed crosses over, while Mowatt and substitute Jamaldeen Jimoh-Aloba went close late on. Charlton goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski—listed in one team sheet as Kaminki in the provided matchday roster—was called into action earlier when Max O’Leary saved Harry Clarke’s speculative strike.
West Brom Vs Charlton result and the table ramifications
The draw leaves West Brom 21st in the Championship and just one point above the relegation zone, extending a run without a league win to 10 matches. Charlton’s 11th draw of the season keeps them 17th on 41 points from 34 games. The immediate consequence for both clubs is a swift return to league duties: West Brom travel to fellow strugglers Oxford United on Saturday, while Charlton host play-off prospects Wrexham the same day.
Eric Ramsay’s assessment and team news from both camps
Head coach Eric Ramsay, who has been in charge for the last eight matches, said the team created good chances in open play and felt positive about the direction at half-time, but conceded that a lack of decisiveness from a defensive perspective cost them. His comments highlighted cause and effect: sustained territory and numerous chances did not produce the necessary margin, and that failure left the side vulnerable to the late equaliser.
Charlton manager Nathan Jones made two changes to the side that drew with Southampton at the weekend, with Harry Clarke and Miles Leaburn returning to the starting XI and Collins Sichenje and Tyreece Campbell sliding to the bench. The club had expected Kayne Ramsay, Lloyd Jones and Amari’i Bell to operate as a back three in front of Thomas Kaminski; Clarke and Luke Chambers were set as wing-backs with Conor Coady, captain Greg Docherty and Sonny Carey forming the midfield three behind Leaburn and Lyndon Dykes. Charlton’s matchday listing appeared as: Kaminki; Ramsay, Jones, Bell; Clarke, Coady, Docherty (c), Carey, Chambers; Leaburn, Dykes. The substitutes named included Will Mannion, Macaulay Gillesphey, Collins Sichenje, Conor Coventry, Joe Rankin-Costello, Luke Berry, Jayden Fevrier, Tyreece Campbell and Charlie Kelman.
West Brom’s starting XI was recorded as: O’Leary, Campbell (Imray 84), Phillips, Taylor, Styles, Diakite (Wallace 74), Mowatt, Molumby, Price (Jimoh-Aloba), Maja (Heggebø 65), Johnston. The club’s substitutes list included Wallis, Bielik, Gilchrist, Bostock and Dike.
Broadcast arrangements noted ahead of the fixture indicated CharltonTV would carry the match in all countries outside the UK and Ireland, with the game available on Sky Sports+ in the UK and Ireland. Lyndon Dykes spoke to Radio London after the match; the content of his remarks is unclear in the provided context. Eric Ramsay spoke to Radio WM about the result and his assessment of the game.
What makes this notable is that despite dominating possession and producing a sizeable shot advantage in the first half, West Brom could not convert that control into a decisive second goal, a shortfall that has left them facing mounting pressure as their winless stretch reaches double figures.
