Open game expected at Brisbane Road: Leyton Orient vs Cambridge United preview

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brisbane Road (9271 seats)

Yet another entertaining match in the League One. Leyton Orient is in the 23rd position after completing four games. They welcome Cambridge United who are placed 1st after four games.

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in League One

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first League One game of the season here at Brisbane Road. Last season these fans witnessed 15 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses from Leyton Orient's 23 home games.

Leyton Orient travelled for their previous game, a trip to Blackpool that ended 0-0. Howes, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.15 out of 10 in that game. Howes topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Wycombe Wanderers (2-3).

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 Leyton Orient have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 11 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 3.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Leyton Orient at home in the league. 0 on target and 4 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Cambridge United form and stats

A perfect away game record so far for the visitors in the League One, but they have only played once. Last season their away game stats were 4 wins, 3 draws and 16 defeats from 23 matches.

Cambridge United had fun at their own home (Brisbane Road) last time out, beating Bristol Rovers 2-0. Okenabirhie and Kaikai scored. Goalkeeper Stevens got the top player rating of the team with 8.21/10. Stevens topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Stevenage.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 9 similar matches played by Cambridge in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Cambridge United, 2 draws and 5 defeats.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Cambridge United has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Data for the former eight meetings featuring these two teams are: two wins for Leyton Orient, two draws and four wins for Cambridge United. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: two games.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientR. Sotiriou
R. Sotiriou
2 goals
Cambridge UnitedG. Ahadme
G. Ahadme
2 goals
Cambridge UnitedP. Digby
P. Digby
1 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Cambridge United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leyton Orient Cambridge United
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 1 1 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 3
1 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
3 1 1 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 2 2 7
8 4 4 Conceded C 0 0 2
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 25%
50% 100% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 75%
75% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
3.5 3 3 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 5
4 3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9 6.5
2.8 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.2 11 11 Shots (avg) S ( 16 16 12.2
3.8 3 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 7 5
13% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 35%
 
13.2 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 13 13 10.2
5 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • Leyton Orient have the the worst goal difference (-4) at home in League One
Leyton Orient Last season Cambridge United
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
46 23   Played P   23 46
26 15   Won W   4 13
13 6   Drew D   3 7
7 2   Lost L   16 26
61 32   Scored S   17 41
34 13   Conceded C   42 68
91% 87%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   96% 93%
67% 57%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 70%
28% 30%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   48% 43%
13% 13%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   22% 13%
4% 4%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 11%
35% 26%   BTTS BTTS   48% 46%
52% 70%   Clean Sheets C S   9% 20%
22% 17%   Failed to Score F T   48% 41%
 
4.8 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.7 4.5
3.8 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   5 4.8
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
6 2   Red cards R C   0 0
 
11.7 12.9   Shots (avg) S (   9.8 10.7
4 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.1 3.4
33% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 26%
 
9 8.5   Shots against (avg) S A   13.8 12.3
2.6 2.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.7 4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 4 3 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Bolton Wanderers 4 3 0 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Peterborough United 4 3 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 9
4 Oxford United 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 9
5 Stevenage 4 3 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 9
6 Portsmouth 4 2 2 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 8
7 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 7
8 Lincoln City 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 7
9 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 9 -5 7
10 Derby County 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 6
11 Blackpool 4 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
12 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 6
13 Reading 4 2 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
14 Bristol Rovers 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 5
15 Barnsley 4 1 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 2 9 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
16 Northampton Town 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Wycombe Wanderers 4 1 1 2 3 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 4
18 Charlton Athletic 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
19 Wigan Athletic 4 3 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 2
20 Carlisle United 4 0 2 2 2 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 2
21 Fleetwood Town 4 0 1 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 1
22 Cheltenham Town 4 0 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 -5 1
23 Leyton Orient 4 0 1 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 1
24 Burton Albion 4 0 1 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 -6 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 46 26 13 7 61 34 23 15 6 2 32 13 23 11 7 5 29 21 27 91
2 Stevenage 46 24 13 9 61 39 23 17 2 4 40 16 23 7 11 5 21 23 22 85
3 Northampton Town 46 23 14 9 62 42 23 12 6 5 31 20 23 11 8 4 31 22 20 83
4 Stockport County 46 22 13 11 65 37 23 11 9 3 32 16 23 11 4 8 33 21 28 79
5 Carlisle United 46 20 16 10 66 43 23 11 8 4 34 21 23 9 8 6 32 22 23 76
6 Bradford City 46 20 16 10 61 43 23 9 10 4 33 23 23 11 6 6 28 20 18 76
7 Salford City 46 22 9 15 72 54 23 10 5 8 28 23 23 12 4 7 44 31 18 75
8 Mansfield Town 46 21 12 13 72 55 23 9 8 6 37 31 23 12 4 7 35 24 17 75
9 Barrow 46 18 8 20 47 53 23 12 3 8 29 19 23 6 5 12 18 34 -6 62
10 Swindon Town 46 16 13 17 61 55 23 9 6 8 31 24 23 7 7 9 30 31 6 61
11 Grimsby Town 46 16 13 17 49 56 23 7 10 6 24 25 23 9 3 11 25 31 -7 61
12 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 13 18 45 48 23 10 6 7 27 20 23 5 7 11 18 28 -3 58
13 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 16 16 48 60 23 11 6 6 32 26 23 3 10 10 16 34 -12 58
14 Sutton United 46 15 13 18 46 58 23 11 5 7 26 21 23 4 8 11 20 37 -12 58
15 Newport County 46 14 15 17 53 56 23 6 7 10 27 30 23 8 8 7 26 26 -3 57
16 Walsall 46 12 19 15 46 49 23 9 9 5 28 19 23 3 10 10 18 30 -3 55
17 Gillingham 46 14 13 19 36 49 23 11 5 7 21 20 23 3 8 12 15 29 -13 55
18 Doncaster Rovers 46 16 7 23 46 65 23 11 1 11 27 30 23 5 6 12 19 35 -19 55
19 Harrogate Town 46 12 16 18 59 68 23 6 10 7 31 32 23 6 6 11 28 36 -9 52
20 Colchester United 46 12 13 21 44 51 23 6 9 8 25 23 23 6 4 13 19 28 -7 49
21 AFC Wimbledon 46 11 15 20 48 60 23 7 7 9 26 30 23 4 8 11 22 30 -12 48
22 Crawley Town 46 11 13 22 48 71 23 9 7 7 31 30 23 2 6 15 17 41 -23 46
23 Hartlepool United 46 9 16 21 52 78 23 5 10 8 27 36 23 4 6 13 25 42 -26 43
24 Rochdale 46 9 11 26 46 70 23 5 5 13 29 38 23 4 6 13 17 32 -24 38
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Plymouth Argyle 46 31 8 7 82 47 23 20 1 2 44 16 23 11 7 5 38 31 35 101
2 Ipswich Town 46 28 14 4 101 35 23 16 6 1 60 13 23 12 8 3 41 22 66 98
3 Sheffield Wednesday 46 28 12 6 81 37 23 16 6 1 49 16 23 12 6 5 32 21 44 96
4 Barnsley 46 26 8 12 80 47 23 16 1 6 45 24 23 10 7 6 35 23 33 86
5 Bolton Wanderers 46 23 12 11 62 36 23 14 5 4 32 13 23 9 7 7 30 23 26 81
6 Peterborough United 46 24 5 17 75 54 23 13 4 6 38 25 23 11 1 11 37 29 21 77
7 Derby County 46 21 13 12 67 46 23 13 6 4 40 20 23 8 7 8 27 26 21 76
8 Portsmouth 46 17 19 10 61 50 23 9 11 3 34 22 23 8 8 7 27 28 11 70
9 Wycombe Wanderers 46 20 9 17 59 51 23 11 5 7 32 24 23 9 4 10 27 27 8 69
10 Charlton Athletic 46 16 14 16 70 66 23 9 7 7 44 31 23 7 7 9 26 35 4 62
11 Lincoln City 46 14 20 12 47 47 23 7 14 2 22 17 23 7 6 10 25 30 0 62
12 Shrewsbury Town 46 17 8 21 52 61 23 11 3 9 32 32 23 6 5 12 20 29 -9 59
13 Fleetwood Town 46 14 16 16 53 51 23 7 8 8 25 25 23 7 8 8 28 26 2 58
14 Exeter City 46 15 11 20 64 68 23 10 5 8 36 27 23 5 6 12 28 41 -4 56
15 Burton Albion 46 15 11 20 57 79 23 9 7 7 28 33 23 6 4 13 29 46 -22 56
16 Cheltenham Town 46 14 12 20 45 61 23 8 8 7 25 27 23 6 4 13 20 34 -16 54
17 Bristol Rovers 46 14 11 21 58 73 23 6 7 10 27 36 23 8 4 11 31 37 -15 53
18 Port Vale 46 13 10 23 48 71 23 8 5 10 23 30 23 5 5 13 25 41 -23 49
19 Oxford United 46 11 14 21 49 56 23 6 5 12 29 31 23 5 9 9 20 25 -7 47
20 Cambridge United 46 13 7 26 41 68 23 9 4 10 24 26 23 4 3 16 17 42 -27 46
21 Milton Keynes Dons 46 11 12 23 44 66 23 4 7 12 20 33 23 7 5 11 24 33 -22 45
22 Morecambe 46 10 14 22 47 78 23 8 8 7 30 31 23 2 6 15 17 47 -31 44
23 Accrington Stanley 46 11 11 24 40 77 23 6 5 12 27 39 23 5 6 12 13 38 -37 44
24 Forest Green Rovers 46 6 9 31 31 89 23 5 2 16 15 42 23 1 7 15 16 47 -58 27

Leyton Orient:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cambridge United 4 3 0 1 7 2 3 2 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 9
2 Bolton Wanderers 4 3 0 1 9 5 3 2 0 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 4 9
3 Peterborough United 4 3 0 1 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 9
4 Oxford United 4 3 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 0 1 5 4 2 9
5 Stevenage 4 3 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 3 3 2 9
6 Portsmouth 4 2 2 0 6 1 3 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 5 8
7 Exeter City 4 2 1 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 5 1 4 7
8 Lincoln City 4 2 1 1 6 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 7
9 Port Vale 4 2 1 1 4 9 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 1 3 9 -5 7
10 Derby County 4 2 0 2 6 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 6
11 Blackpool 4 1 3 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 6
12 Shrewsbury Town 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 2 0 1 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 6
13 Reading 4 2 0 2 3 2 3 2 0 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 5
14 Bristol Rovers 4 1 2 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 4 -1 5
15 Barnsley 4 1 1 2 10 7 3 1 0 2 9 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 4
16 Northampton Town 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 4
17 Wycombe Wanderers 4 1 1 2 3 8 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -5 4
18 Charlton Athletic 4 1 0 3 4 6 3 1 0 2 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 3
19 Wigan Athletic 4 3 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 2 1 0 7 2 6 2
20 Carlisle United 4 0 2 2 2 5 3 0 2 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 2
21 Fleetwood Town 4 0 1 3 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 2 3 0 1 2 2 5 -5 1
22 Cheltenham Town 4 0 1 3 0 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 0 2 -5 1
23 Leyton Orient 4 0 1 3 2 8 1 0 0 1 0 4 3 0 1 2 2 4 -6 1
24 Burton Albion 4 0 1 3 1 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 0 1 2 1 4 -6 1

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