Report: Charlton 1 Burnley 1

The match began in controversial fashion. Burnley thought they had taken the lead when Martin Paterson beat Nicky Weaver after a mazy run.

However, after talking to his assistant the referee disallowed the goal and for offside even though he had seemed to overrule his colleague.

Burnley were aggrieved with that decision, and would have felt justice was done when they took the lead on 13 minutes after a strong period of play.

The Addicks failed to clear a corner, Joey Gudjonsson fired it back in and it was deflected by Steve Thompson past Weaver.

Charlton were struggling to find a way forward and resorting to fruitless long balls to forwards Luke Varney and Izale McLeod.

A Grant Basey free-kick deflected over was the sum total of Charlton's efforts on goal in the first thirty minutes.

At the other end a last ditch tackle by Linvoy Primus on Chris McCann prevented Charlton going further behind.

On 35 minutes the home side's impressive debutante Josh Wright had a shot from outside the box but it sailed harmlessly wide.

Charlton got their first shot on target when Todorov, on for McLeod, headed straight at Burnley goalkeeper Brian Jensen moments after the restart.

This signaled a rise in tempo for the Addicks.

Varney was unlucky when his header from a Darren Ambrose cross was well saved.

On 58 minutes, Ambrose fired over from range after good work from substitute Lloyd Sam.

Then Gudjonsson and McCann both missed good chances to kill the game off for Burnley as the away side looked to attack on the break.

But it was Charlton and Todorov who got the goal when the Bulgarian headed home a Basey free kick on 76 minutes, his first in over a year following injury.

Todorov nearly added a second moments later but his long range effort went just wide.

A minute later the ball was nearly in the Charlton net when Gudjonsson rattled the bar from distance.

With just three minutes left Charlton had a golden chance to snatch the win but Varney, already round keeper Jensen, could not find a way past Michael Duff on the line, who somehow blocked the shot and cleared to safety.

Charlton: Weaver, Moutaouakil, Cranie, Primus [Sam], Hudson, Ambrose, Bailey, Wright [Holland 80], Basey, Varney, McLeod [Todorov 45].

Burnley: Jensen, Alexander, Kalvenes, Csrlisle, Caldwell, Duff, McCann, Thompson [Blake 74], Gudjonsson, Paterson [Eagles 60], Elliott.

Attendance: 21,884