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Follow live coverage as Stoke City face Charlton Athletic in the Championship today.
An increasingly competitive second tier in English football remains an intense and exciting competition, with the prize of a place in the Premier League on offer at the end of the season.
Relegation from the top flight last term means Leicester City, Ipswich Town and Southampton are all back in the second tier this term and will be expected to push for play-off spots again at least, but so too will newly-promoted Birmingham City and Wrexham, with a host of hopefuls eyeing up the £200m jackpot that comes with promotion to the top flight. At the other end of the table, Sheffield Wednesday and Hull City hope to stay up amid crises.
Follow updates from today’s game in the live blog below.
Stoke City FC 2 – 0 Charlton Athletic FC
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
19:59
Corner, Stoke City. Conceded by Lloyd Jones.
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
19:57
Attempt blocked. Bae Jun-Ho (Stoke City) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sorba Thomas.
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
19:52
Goal! Stoke City 2, Charlton Athletic 0. Million Manhoef (Stoke City) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sorba Thomas.
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
19:50
Goal! Stoke City 1, Charlton Athletic 0. Sorba Thomas (Stoke City) left footed shot from long range on the left to the top right corner. Assisted by Eric-Junior Bocat.
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
19:50
Attempt missed. Eric-Junior Bocat (Stoke City) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
19:49
Foul by Róbert Bozeník (Stoke City).
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
19:47
First Half begins.
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
19:15
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
Stoke City vs Charlton Athletic
17:45
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