Charlton Athletic 2-0 Gillingham

Ben Reeves and Tariqe Fosu struck first-half goals as League One promotion hopefuls Charlton brushed aside Gillingham at The Valley.

Addicks goalkeeper Jed Steer survived an early scare after dropping Darren Oldaker's free-kick and spilling the ball to Connor Ogilvie, whose effort hit the outside of a post.

But Charlton went ahead in the sixth minute when Fosu's clever low pass picked out an unmarked Reeves in the box and he coolly slotted home.

The advantage was almost doubled on the quarter hour as Fosu hit the woodwork before Ogilvie hacked clear.

Brandon Hanlan was perhaps unfortunate to glance a header off target from Ogilvie's delivery but the Gills had goalkeeper Tomas Holy to thank for using his leg to deny Reeves a second.

However, there was nothing he could do to prevent Fosu's stunning strike from outside the box flying into the top corner six minutes before the break.

Hanlan almost had Gillingham right back in contention within a minute of the restart, placing a header agonisingly wide from a corner.

Holy was a relieved man after Reeves' 69th-minute cross cannoned back off the woodwork.

Gillingham's Elliott List headed wide from close range five minutes from time but Charlton never looked seriously troubled as they maintained their promotion push in a straightforward home success.

Match report supplied by the Press Association.

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Line-ups

Charlton

• 21Steer
• 2Dijksteel
• 5Bauer
• 6Pearce
• 20Solly
• 11Fosu-HenrySubstituted forMarshallat 90+4'minutes
• 4BielikBooked at 56mins
• 17AriboSubstituted forPratleyat 73'minutes
• 12Reeves
• 25Ajose
• 9TaylorSubstituted forHackett-Fairchildat 79'minutes

Substitutes

• 1Phillips
• 7Marshall
• 15Pratley
• 19Morgan
• 37Hackett-Fairchild
• 43Stevenson
• 44Sarpeng-Wiredu

Gillingham

• 1Holy
• 12FullerSubstituted forO'Neillat 66'minutes
• 4Lacey
• 6Zakuani
• 34Ogilvie
• 20OldakerSubstituted forReillyat 45'minutes
• 33Byrne
• 8Parrett
• 15List
• 14Parker
• 7HanlanSubstituted forCharles-Cookat 71'minutes

Substitutes

• 2O'Neill
• 3Garmston
• 11Charles-Cook
• 13Reilly
• 16Bingham
• 24Rees
• 30Hadler

Referee:

Charles Breakspear

Attendance:

12,836

Match Stats

Home TeamCharltonAway TeamGillingham

Possession

Home55%

Away45%

Shots

Home13

Away12

Shots on Target

Home6

Away2

Corners

Home9

Away7

Fouls

Home17

Away14

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Charlton Athletic 2, Gillingham 0.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Charlton Athletic 2, Gillingham 0.

Posted at 90'+5'

Attempt saved. Mark Marshall (Charlton Athletic) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Krystian Bielik (Charlton Athletic).

Posted at 90'+4'

Luke O'Neill (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Substitution

Posted at 90'+4'

Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Mark Marshall replaces Tariqe Fosu-Henry.

Posted at 90'+2'

Foul by Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Charlton Athletic).

Posted at 90'+2'

Connor Ogilvie (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 88'

Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Regan Charles-Cook.

Posted at 87'

Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Alex Lacey.

Posted at 85'

Attempt missed. Elliott List (Gillingham) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.

Posted at 84'

Corner, Gillingham. Conceded by Darren Pratley.

Posted at 84'

Attempt blocked. Callum Reilly (Gillingham) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 82'

Ben Reeves (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 82'

Foul by Regan Charles-Cook (Gillingham).

Posted at 80'

Attempt missed. Ben Reeves (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.

Substitution

Posted at 79'

Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Reeco Hackett-Fairchild replaces Lyle Taylor.

Posted at 78'

Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 78'

Foul by Gabriel Zakuani (Gillingham).

Posted at 77'

Foul by Darren Pratley (Charlton Athletic).

Posted at 77'

Dean Parrett (Gillingham) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 77'

Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Foul by Dean Parrett (Gillingham).

Posted at 75'

Foul by Ben Reeves (Charlton Athletic).

Posted at 75'

Dean Parrett (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 74'

Attempt missed. Ben Reeves (Charlton Athletic) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Substitution

Posted at 73'

Substitution, Charlton Athletic. Darren Pratley replaces Joe Aribo.

Substitution

Posted at 71'

Substitution, Gillingham. Regan Charles-Cook replaces Brandon Hanlan.

Posted at 71'

Nicky Ajose (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 71'

Foul by Mark Byrne (Gillingham).

Posted at 69'

Foul by Lyle Taylor (Charlton Athletic).

Posted at 69'

Luke O'Neill (Gillingham) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 68'

Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Mark Byrne.

Posted at 68'

Attempt saved. Patrick Bauer (Charlton Athletic) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal.

Posted at 67'

Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Alex Lacey.

Substitution

Posted at 66'

Substitution, Gillingham. Luke O'Neill replaces Barry Fuller.

Posted at 64'

Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Alex Lacey.

Posted at 63'

Corner, Charlton Athletic. Conceded by Barry Fuller.

Posted at 61'

Tariqe Fosu-Henry (Charlton Athletic) wins a free kick on the left wing.

Posted at 61'

Foul by Dean Parrett (Gillingham).

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