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Wycombe and Charlton play out goalless draw in League One play-off semi-final first leg Godden & Docherty see late chances for Charlton saved by Norris Second leg is on Thursday at The Valley (20: 00 BST) Winner will play Stockport or Leyton Orient in final on Sunday, 25 May Kate Holloway FT: Wycombe 0-0 Charlton A goalless draw at Adams Park means that no League One side took an advantage in the first leg. You know what that means? All the excitement will be kept in store second time around. Stockport County and Leyton Orient are first up on Wednesday, the first game having ended 2-2. The Addicks will hope that they've been saving their best for their home ground as they welcome Wycombe on Thursday. All to play for, then, and we all know what that pressure can do. Join us in the week to see which two will bag their place in the final at Wembley. Thanks for joining! FT: Wycombe 0-0 Charlton I guess we were always going to get one really cagey first leg after plenty of goals this week. FT: Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Sam Parkin Former Millwall & Wycombe forward on BBC Radio London The way Wycombe set up tonight, in a few days time we're probably going to be served up something similar. If Charlton score first in the second leg it may change but if it's Wycombe it'll make it even harder. FT: Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Max Kretzschmar Former Wycombe midfielder on BBC Three Counties Radio Charlton will be happy - a clean sheet away from home but Nathan Jones will know the job isn't done. Wycombe might even be happy but as a Charlton fan with that home record you'd back your team. From Wycombe it looked like 'get the ball forward as quickly as possible' and as a player when you're caught in that it's difficult to put your foot on the ball. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton A stalemate to end a relatively stale match. Both sides had their chances. Daniel Udoh's the most threatening in the first half for the home side with a low drilled shot being parried out by the Charlton keeper. While the visitors were denied twice by the strong gloves of Chairboys keeper Will Norris in the second. It means no home side has won their first leg across all six of the EFL play-offs - but for Wycombe, all is not lost. They go to the Valley with no damage done. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton No. It's well delivered but no dice. Wycombe are able to clear it in the scramble in the box. Meanwhile on comes Magnus Westergaard for Wycombe to see out the final moment of the game. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Garath Mc Cleary trips up Josh Edwards in a worrying position. The Charlton supporters behind the goal are still hopeful of finding a winner. Can they nick a goal? Wycombe 0-0 Charlton There's four more minutes to go and Charlton are on the front foot. A nail-biting end for the home fans. If they go back to The Valley level pegging, it'll suit the Addicks. If the visitors go home with a goal, even tastier. Either way the pressure will mount on a Chairboys side heading for a do-or-die second leg. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Sam Parkin Former Millwall & Wycombe forward on BBC Radio London It's the best moment of the night. I thought Godden was going to try to loft it over the goalkeeper but in the end he goes for power. It's a good save from Norris. The second one is a bit more instinctive from Docherty but it's another good save. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton A SHOT ON TARGET! Two in fact! It's been a while since we've seen one of these. Matty Godden races through for Charlton and unleashes a stinging effort which Will Norris palms around the post. From the following corner, Greg Docherty has a snap shot from close range and Norris keeps it out again. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Hull City boss Ruben Selles is in the crowd tonight. Perhaps having an early look at some potential opponents in next season's Championship campaign. Wonder what's going through the Spaniard's mind watching this? Wycombe 0-0 Charlton A high looping ball finds Thierry Small. The visiting fans move to the edge of their seats, hoping he will shoot, but instead he doesn't. He passes it out to Conor Coventry, who delivers a threatening ball into the box which Wycombe are able to clear away. Better from the Londoners. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton We are into the final 10 minutes now plus any added time. There probably won't be much and, as it happens, it doesn't look like there will be much action either. Hopefully, either side will prove me wrong. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Max Kretzschmar Former Wycombe midfielder on BBC Three Counties Radio Both teams have defended well. Sonny Bradley for Wycombe seems to be in the right place all the time. It's the same for Charlton with Lloyd Jones Wycombe 0-0 Charlton A long, diagonal cross is on course to meet Matty Godden but gets cut out wisely by a Wycombe defender. Godden hasn't really shown his stuff in this match so far but, in fairness, he hasn't really had much service either. He's only had two touches in the box. Not quite as many as you'd want your leading goal scorer to have. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Sam Parkin Former Millwall & Wycombe forward on BBC Radio London Hopefully for Charlton the sheer endeavour of Anderson will help because Berry can't get about how he used to. Berry just lacked a bit of fitness tonight and the bang on his head didn't help either. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Visiting fans will be eager to see what Thierry Small can do. He's on the pitch, joined by Karoy Anderson. Making way are Luke Berry and Tennai Watson. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Another Wycombe corner, can Luke Leahy do better this time? Yes, he can. It finds a free Caleb Taylor at the back post but Charlton's defence is able to nod the attempt back out of danger. It lands for Adam Reach, who can score from distance and feels confident he can do so on this occasion. He can't and that's that. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Wycombe have a corner and it's. .. curled right out of play. Sonny Bradley is incensed that he was fouled as he went for the ball but it was never going anywhere but out. Badly executed and, yet again, wasteful. Wycombe 0-0 Charlton Here he is. Garath Mc Cleary enters the fray to replace Fred Onyedinma, who hasn't sparkled as bright this half as he did in the first. Charlton and Wycombe will meet in the return leg at The Valley on Thursday Wycombe and Charlton played out a largely uninspiring and cagey League One play-off semi-final first leg which ended goalless. Daniel Udoh forced a good save from Addicks goalkeeper Will Mannion in the first few minutes but that was a rare bright moment in the first half. Things got marginally better after the break and Will Norris in the Chairboys goal had to make key late saves from Matty Godden and Greg Docherty. They will meet again at The Valley on Thursday to see who will play either Stockport or Leyton Orient at Wembley for a place in the Championship. The stalemate means that none of the first legs in this season's EFL play-offs have been won by the home side - the first time this has happened since 2014-15. Charlton had ended the season in fantastic form, with 16 wins from their final 22 league matches, including a 4-0 win at Adams Park just last month, to help them finish one point and one position above their fifth-placed hosts. However, in a game where both teams lacked quality in the final third, it took them until almost the 70th minute for Godden to have their first shot on target. That was straight at Norris in the Wycombe goal but the keeper was worked more by the striker's second attempt in the last few minutes and he then showed good reflexes to keep out Docherty's instinctive effort from the resultant corner. Wycombe, who are looking to reach a third League One play-off final in five years, had lost their final three league games all to teams who are also in the play-offs and offered little in a match punctuated by fouls. They were perhaps a touch fortunate not to be reduced to 10 men before the break when striker Richard Kone was only booked for a poor challenge on Kayne Ramsay. Mike Dodds' men have now failed to score in five of their past nine matches but only runaway league winners Birmingham picked up more points away from home than the Buckinghamshire side in the regular season and nobody scored more goals. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Last Updated 11th May 2025 at 20: 26 Please Note: All times UK. Tables are subject to change. The BBC is not responsible for any changes that may be made. Manager: Mike Dodds Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Nathan Jones Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Mike Dodds Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Nathan Jones Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 League One All competitions All competitions All competitions Wycombe Wanderers have won just one of their last six games against Charlton Athletic in all competitions (D2 L3), a 1-0 home victory in the league in April 2024. Charlton Athletic won this exact fixture during the regular season 4-0 in April, their biggest ever win across all competitions against Wycombe Wanderers in 15 meetings. Wycombe enter the play-offs having lost each of their last three league games, the club’s longest losing run of the season, whilst they last lost four successive games in all competitions in October 2022. Charlton ended the League One season losing just three of their final 22 league games (W16 D3), though all three defeats during that time came away from home – 1-0 vs Birmingham City, 3-0 vs Peterborough United & 3-0 vs Wrexham. Wycombe have previously featured in six separate Football League play-off campaigns, earning promotion in two of those (1993-94 and 2019-20). On home soil at the semi-final stage, the Chairboys have only lost one of their six prior matches (W3 D2), winning their last 2-0 against MK Dons in May 2022 in League One. This is the seventh campaign that Charlton will feature in the EFL play-offs and first since 2018-19 in League One. That season was one of two times they’ve earned promotion, also being promoted to the Premier League following the 1997-98 play-off final against Sunderland, progressing 7-6 on penalties after finishing 4-4 in extra time. Only Birmingham City (375) and Leyton Orient (364) have recorded more high turnovers in League One this season than Wycombe Wanderers (339), while only the O’s (10) and Wrexham (9) have scored more goals following high turnovers than the Chairboys (8). Only four players in League One this season have recorded more 10+ metre progressive carries than Charlton Athletic’s Tyreece Campbell (162), while recording the second-most shot ending carries (40) and scoring the joint-second most goal ending carries (5). Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.