Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Charlton Athletic: result and report

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2009

Result

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Charlton Athletic

Championship · Saturday 14 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-1 Charlton Athletic: match report

Wolverhampton Wanderers defeated Charlton Athletic 2-1 in the Championship on Saturday 14 March 2009. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Chris Iwelumo opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Wolverhampton Wanderers's goals came from Chris Iwelumo (36') and Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (79'). Charlton Athletic scored through Zhi Zheng (51').

Discipline: Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card; Charlton Athletic received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Wolverhampton Wanderers were 1st on 71 points from 38 and Charlton Athletic 24th on 28 points from 37. Wolverhampton Wanderers went on to finish that season 1st with 90 points, and Charlton Athletic 24th with 39.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers wins, 0 draws and 2 for Charlton Athletic.

Going into the match Wolverhampton Wanderers's last five read D-W-W-L-D and Charlton Athletic's D-L-L-D-D.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 36'Goal · Chris IwelumoWolverhampton Wanderers · 1-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Michael KightlyWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 51'Goal · Zhi ZhengCharlton Athletic · 1-1
  • 70'Missed penalty · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 79'Goal · Sylvan Ebanks-BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Wolverhampton Wanderers 3, draws 0, Charlton Athletic 2.

Team news

Charlton Athletic expected line-up

Scott Carson, Luke Young, Souleymane Diawara, Alex Song, Zhi Zheng, Darren Ambrose, Matt Holland, Darren Bent, Hermann Hreidarsson, Talal El Karkouri