Last night · Championship
DALBY STRIKE SINKS ADDICKS
Bolton's early goal is enough at The Valley as Charlton slip to a fourth straight defeat
CHARLTON 0 BOLTON 1
Sam Dalby's 18th-minute strike was the only thing to separate two struggling sides at The Valley, and it sends Bolton home with three precious points.
The forward drove a low left-footed shot from 21 yards into the bottom corner, and Charlton never found the answer. The hosts had slightly more of the ball and two efforts on target, but chances were scarce at both ends.
It ends a run of two defeats for Bolton, who had shipped eight goals against Bristol City and Middlesbrough, and lifts them to 16th on 17 points. For Charlton it is a fourth defeat in a row and 11 matches without a win since August, and they sit 21st on 14 points.
"We had no problem all night and then gifted them a goal," Charlton manager Nathan Jones told BBC Radio London. "Then we just didn't demonstrate enough quality in the final third, with the amount of opportunities we've had to cross it, to put it in areas, corners and free kicks." He added: "We aren't doing the out-of-possession stuff well enough because we are gifting goals."