M. Godden · career
Matthew James Godden
Center Forward · Charlton · season-by-season, by competition, and every match.
Career report
Past his 2024/25 peak — the recent trend is downward, so buyers are paying for what's left, not what was.
Peak: 2024/25Trending downBreakout: 2024/25Stepped up 2025/26Injury-hit 2025/26
The record covers 7 seasons (2020/21–2025/26) across 2 clubs — 173 appearances, 52 goals and 9 assists.
His best campaign on record is 2024/25 at Charlton — Season rating 40, 18 goals and 1 assist in 47 games. 2024/25 was the leap — Season rating up 20 points at Charlton. Form has slipped 15 Season points across his last 3 full seasons. The gap to his peak is 35 Season points.
2025/26 was disrupted — 27 fixtures missed through injury or absence. Made the jump to a higher division in 2025/26 (Championship) and kept playing — 11 games that season.
By season
| Season | Club | Apps | G | A | Rating | Season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026/27 | Charlton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 2025/26 | Charlton | 11 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 |
| 2024/25 | Charlton | 47 | 18 | 1 | 18 | 40 |
| 2023/24 | Coventry | 35 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 20 |
| 2022/23 | Coventry | 32 | 8 | 4 | 33 | 29 |
| 2021/22 | Coventry | 24 | 12 | 2 | 36 | 33 |
| 2020/21 | Coventry | 23 | 6 | 2 | 39 | 21 |
| 2019/20 | Coventry | 26 | 14 | 2 | — | — |
| 2018/19 | Peterborough | 38 | 14 | 0 | — | — |
| 2017/18 | Stevenage | 38 | 10 | 0 | — | — |
| 2016/17 | Stevenage | 38 | 20 | 0 | — | — |
| 2015/16 | Ebbsfleet United | 41 | 26 | 0 | — | — |
| 2014/15 | Ebbsfleet United | 32 | 9 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013/14 | Scunthorpe | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013/14 | Dartford | 9 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2013/14 | Tamworth | 10 | 5 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012/13 | Scunthorpe | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012/13 | Ebbsfleet United | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — |
| 2012/13 | Gainsborough Trinity | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
| 2011/12 | Gainsborough Trinity | 8 | 2 | 0 | — | — |
| 2010/11 | Scunthorpe | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — |
Honours
League One×2League Two×2
By competition
| Competition | Apps | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League Cup | 1 | 70 | 1 | 0 | 7.2 |
Schedule · 2026/27
0 played10 not in squad· 0 min, 0g 0a
| Date | Competition | Opponent | Res | Status | Min | G | A | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3 | Friendlies Clubs | A Dartford | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 10 | Friendlies Clubs | A Maribor | 1-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 18 | Friendlies Clubs | A Gillingham | 1-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 25 | Friendlies Clubs | A AFC Wimbledon | 0-2 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Jul 28 | Friendlies Clubs | A Colchester | 2-0 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 1 | Friendlies Clubs | A Reading | 0-3 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 8 | League Cup | A Cheltenham | 3-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 15 | Championship | H Derby | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 22 | Championship | A West Ham | 2-1 | Not in squad | — | |||
| Aug 26 | League Cup | A Tottenham | 1-5 | Not in squad | — |