Charlton focus on three points

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CHARLTON Athletic are keeping their fingers crossed that a victory over Athletic on Saturday will propel the club into League One's top two.

The Addicks beat Leeds United 1-0 last week through a Richard Naylor own goal which maintained their chances of side-stepping the play-offs en route back to the Championship.

Three points at Boundary Park need to be accompanied by a draw between Millwall and Swindon and a second successive defeat for Leeds if Phil Parkinson’s side are to go up automatically.

Defender Christian Dailly — like fellow centre-back Sean Gregan, voted the club’s player of the year at the age of 36 — says that his team will simply concentrate on the task in hand.

"We’ve just got to make sure we do our own job,” he told the Charlton website. “Oldham are safe from relegation, so they might be able to play with a bit of freedom.

“I’m sure it will be party time at their ground because it’s their final home game, but we have to go there and be businesslike and get on with it.”

Charlton’s form has been patchy in the latter half of the campaign and they will hope for better than the 0-0 draw they shared with Athletic at The Valley earlier this season.

One Addicks player who won’t take to the field on Saturday is 18-year-old midfielder Jonjo Shelvey.

The England Under-17 international has signed for Liverpool for an initial fee of £1.7million and though the deal doesn’t go through until May 10, he can no longer turn out for Charlton.