A pitch inspection will take place at The Valley on Friday morning before Charlton’s Championship clash with Nottingham Forest on Saturday.

Freezing temperatures in South-East London since last weekend have affected large areas of the playing surface.

Although Thursday’s fine weather has helped the situation, the forecast is for further freezing temperatures before the game.

Charlton operations director Mick Everett said: “We have a pitch inspection scheduled for Friday morning because there are areas of the surface that we are concerned about.

“We have protected the surface by covering it straight after the Norwich game, but we’ve experienced some extremely low temperatures, and more are forecast.”