Delightful dogfight as daring Leyton Orient duel with determined Shrewsbury Town

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Competition: England League One
Competition: Sat 23.Sep
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brisbane Road (9271 seats)

The football year has been a rollercoaster for these participants so far, both rise and fall leading to mid-table spots so far. Clear the decks for Leyton Orient - Shrewsbury Town!

Insights:
  • All of Leyton Orient's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League One

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leyton Orient and Shrewsbury Town.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient have played three League One home games so far, perhaps enough to set expectations for the season. In that case, only 3 points from these matches could be a signal of rough times ahead.

The home fans saw a 2-2 draw against Fulham U21 in the EFL Trophy last time out and are hoping for a victory here.

Before that, Leyton played out a League One draw 1-1 when visiting Peterborough United.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Leyton Orient have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 11 games) they have won 5 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

Leyton Orient have scored {2 league goals} here from 3 matches, not a lot. Leyton Orient are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (7 from 3 played).

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Shrewsbury Town form and stats

Shrewsbury Town are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the League One, having played 3 games and collected 3 points (1 win, 0 draws and 2 losses).

Shrewsbury have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 229 minutes ago. Udoh was the goal scorer.

Shrewsbury Town delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Brighton U21 in their previous match; a EFL Trophy fixture.

A loss against Bristol Rovers was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.

Shrewsbury Town are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 defeats. From a total of 9 matches.

There's been a serious shortage of goals from Shrewsbury's away games in the league this season with only {1 goals} from 3 matches. 4 goals have been conceded by Shrewsbury Town in these games.

Head 2 Head

Leyton have won every one of the 4 most recent battles against this team. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientR. Sotiriou
R. Sotiriou
3 goals
Leyton OrientO. Beckles
O. Beckles
1 goals
Leyton OrientT. Archibald
T. Archibald
1 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Shrewsbury Town missing players

Leyton Orient Shrewsbury Town
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
8 3 1 Played P 0 3 7
2 1 1 Won W 0 1 3
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 2 0 Lost L 0 2 4
7 2 2 Scored S 0 1 4
13 7 0 Conceded C 0 4 8
88% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 57%
50% 67% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 14%
25% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
12% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
38% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 14%
25% 33% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 29%
50% 67% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 67% 57%
 
5 5.3 5 Corners for (avg) C F 0 3.3 4.3
4.9 5.3 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 10 6.3
2.9 2.7 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3.3 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 11.7 16 Shots (avg) S ( 0 7 9.4
3.6 2.7 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2 2.6
24% 25% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 17% 22%
 
10.9 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 0 13.3 12
4.4 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3 3.4
Key stats in League One this season:
  • All of Leyton Orient's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Shrewsbury Town have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Shrewsbury Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in League One
  • Shrewsbury Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Shrewsbury Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 8 4 4 0 13 5 4 2 2 0 5 2 4 2 2 0 8 3 8 16
2 Exeter City 8 5 1 2 10 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 3 0 1 6 1 6 16
3 Port Vale 8 5 1 2 10 13 4 3 0 1 5 3 4 2 1 1 5 10 -3 16
4 Oxford United 7 5 0 2 12 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 4 3 0 1 8 4 5 15
5 Stevenage 8 4 3 1 11 6 4 1 3 0 5 3 4 3 0 1 6 3 5 15
6 Barnsley 8 4 1 3 18 10 5 2 0 3 13 9 3 2 1 0 5 1 8 13
7 Bolton Wanderers 7 4 1 2 13 9 4 3 0 1 8 6 3 1 1 1 5 3 4 13
8 Peterborough United 8 4 1 3 12 10 4 2 1 1 7 5 4 2 0 2 5 5 2 13
9 Wycombe Wanderers 7 4 1 2 8 9 4 2 1 1 5 5 3 2 0 1 3 4 -1 13
10 Lincoln City 7 3 3 1 11 7 3 2 1 0 7 1 4 1 2 1 4 6 4 12
11 Cambridge United 7 4 0 3 9 6 4 3 0 1 6 2 3 1 0 2 3 4 3 12
12 Derby County 7 3 1 3 12 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 3 2 0 1 8 4 3 10
13 Bristol Rovers 7 2 3 2 8 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 4 2 1 1 5 4 0 9
14 Blackpool 7 2 3 2 4 6 4 2 2 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 0 5 -2 9
15 Shrewsbury Town 7 3 0 4 4 8 4 2 0 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 1 4 -4 9
16 Leyton Orient 8 2 2 4 7 13 3 1 0 2 2 7 5 1 2 2 5 6 -6 8
17 Charlton Athletic 7 2 1 4 8 10 4 2 0 2 6 6 3 0 1 2 2 4 -2 7
18 Carlisle United 8 1 4 3 7 9 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 0 2 2 3 5 -2 7
19 Northampton Town 7 2 1 4 5 7 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 0 2 2 3 -2 7
20 Wigan Athletic 7 4 1 2 12 8 3 2 0 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 8 4 4 5
21 Reading 7 3 0 4 6 6 4 3 0 1 5 2 3 0 0 3 1 4 0 5
22 Burton Albion 8 1 2 5 5 13 3 0 1 2 1 5 5 1 1 3 4 8 -8 5
23 Fleetwood Town 7 0 1 6 3 13 3 0 0 3 0 6 4 0 1 3 3 7 -10 1
24 Cheltenham Town 8 0 1 7 0 12 3 0 0 3 0 6 5 0 1 4 0 6 -12 1

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The English Football League One (usually referred to as League One) is the third highest division in English football. The League One league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Three teams are promoted and four relegated.