National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Gillingham or Leyton Orient that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Gillingham nor Leyton Orient as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Gillingham form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Gillingham's two home games in the League Two so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Priestfield Stadium.
Gillingham are anxiously hoping for a goal as it's been 230 minutes since the last one in league fixtures. (Scored by Ransom (own goal)).
The fans are hoping that Gillingham will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-2 away loss in the match against Grimsby Town.
Before that, a loss in the away fixture against Luton Town in the Carabao Cup. The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Gillingham have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 10 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 3 and lost 3.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Harrogate Town are coming to town in four days.
Gillingham has scored {1 goals} so far and conceded {3 goals} from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Leyton Orient form and stats
Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.The League One season is young and Leyton Orient have only just started going through their travel schedule, with 3 away games done and still no victory. 1 draw and 2 defeats so far.
This match can not go any worse than the previous one, the home loss versus Stevenage with 0-3 on the scoreboard. James was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 6.82. The defender James hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.
Before that, Leyton secured a home win against Cambridge United with the score 2-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leyton Orient playing away and similar expectations, we found 12 relevant matches. Results were 3 Leyton Orient wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Leyton have another fixture that requires travelling in just four nights, a League One game versus Exeter City. A rough timetable for the guests!
The attacking power of Leyton Orient when travelling is not overwhelming with 2 goals scored from 3 league matches away. Leyton Orient have conceded 4 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the preceeding ten meetings featuring these two participants are: four wins for Gillingham, one draw and five wins for Leyton Orient. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Nadesan 2 goals |   R. Sotiriou 2 goals |  R. McKenzie 1 goals |
Gillingham missing players
Leyton Orient missing players
| Gillingham | Leyton Orient | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 18 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 6 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 32 | 11 | Scored | S | 18 | 25 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 89% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 78% | 80% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 28% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 11% | 8% | ||
| 32% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 40% | ||
| 48% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 22% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 39% | 40% | ||
| 3.8 | 3.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 2.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 8.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 9.8 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.1 | ||
| 39% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 32% | ||
| 10 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.7 | 8.5 | ||
| 3.5 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Portsmouth | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Fulham U21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Leyton Orient | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gillingham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Notts County | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 13 |
| 2 | Milton Keynes Dons | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Gillingham | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 12 |
| 4 | Barrow | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 5 | AFC Wimbledon | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 6 | Newport County | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Accrington Stanley | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Morecambe | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Swindon Town | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | Grimsby Town | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 13 | Wrexham | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Walsall | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 8 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 8 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Salford City | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 18 | Forest Green Rovers | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | -4 | 7 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -3 | 6 |
| 20 | Stockport County | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 5 |
| 21 | Tranmere Rovers | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 23 | Sutton United | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 24 | Doncaster Rovers | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -8 | 2 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Exeter City | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 |
| 4 | Port Vale | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | -3 | 13 |
| 5 | Portsmouth | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 6 | Oxford United | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| 7 | Lincoln City | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | Barnsley | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 9 | Wycombe Wanderers | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 10 |
| 10 | Derby County | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 11 | Cambridge United | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | Blackpool | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Peterborough United | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 15 | Northampton Town | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 16 | Charlton Athletic | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 6 |
| 17 | Bristol Rovers | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 6 |
| 18 | Reading | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Carlisle United | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 5 |
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 4 |
| 21 | Wigan Athletic | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | Burton Albion | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 2 |
| 23 | Fleetwood Town | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 1 |
| 24 | Cheltenham Town | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -8 | 1 |
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