TEAM NEWS | Bonne and Taylor start together, Williams expected to play from the bench

Macauley Bonne and Lyle Taylor will start up front together for the first time in today’s game against Gillingham.

You can watch live coverage of this afternoon's game at Priestfield Stadium against the Gillingham from 1.50pm on Valley Pass with commentators Terry Smith and Lewis Catt. Valley Pass costs just £6.50 per month or £60 for the year and you can sign-up here.

Summer signing Bonne netted his first goal for Charlton in the club's 4-0 win at Dagenham & Redbridge on Wednesday and will partner last season's top scorer Taylor for the first time.

Charlton are expected to line-up in a 3-5-2 formation. Dillon Phillips will start in goal with Tom Lockyer, Jason Pearce and Naby Sarr in front of him. Anfernee Dijksteel and Lewis Page will operate as wing backs with Darren Pratley moving into midfield alongside Albie Morgan with Chuks Aneke expected to play in front of them behind the front two. 

The returning Jonny Williams is joined on the bench by Ben Amos, George Lapslie, Ben Dempsey, Taylor Maloney, Brendan Wiredu and Alfie Doughty.

As part of management of minutes first teamers Ben Purrington, Chris Solly and Jake Forster-Caskey miss out and are expected to play a larger role on Tuesday against Colchester United.

Charlton: Phillips; Lockyer, Pearce, Sarr; Dijksteel, Pratley, Aneke, Morgan, Page; Taylor, Bonne

Substitutes: Amos, Williams, Lapslie, Dempsey, Maloney, Wiredu, Doughty

You can watch live coverage of this afternoon's game at the Priestfield against the Gillingham from 1.50pm on Valley Pass with commentators Terry Smith and Lewis Catt. Valley Pass costs just £6.50 per month or £60 for the year and you can sign-up here.

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