Leyton Orient vs Crewe Alexandra pre-match info: Visitors will have a grim task at Brisbane Road

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 22.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brisbane Road (9271 seats)

1st position in the League Two table for Leyton Orient right now, a fine campaign. The home team fans pray for more glory as 16th-placed Crewe Alexandra visit Brisbane Road.

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (29) in League Two
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in League Two

There have been little to rest for the hosts, as they featured in a League Two game only four days back. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Gillingham.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient have performed here at Brisbane Road this season with 14 wins from 21 League Two matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 1. The Leyton Orient fans aren't used to losing league-games here at Brisbane Road and will expect new points from this game. Leyton Orient has played 15 games in a row here without a defeat.

Leyton Orient lost their last game at Gillingham (placed 17th) after a 0-2 scoreline. This club managed a 13 league rounds long consecutive run without a defeat until that game!

In the preceding match a 2-0 victory visiting Sutton United.

Trench warfare? In this club's last 22 league games, 17 have seen zero, one or two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leyton as they are travelling to their away game against Mansfield Town in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

The Leyton Orient fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 30 in 21 matches. Defensively Leyton Orient have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (10 in 21 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Crewe Alexandra form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Crewe Alexandra so far with only 18 points returning home. The records show 3-9-8 (win-draw-lose).

Crewe Alexandra won their last game, 2-0 versus Walsall played at home. McDonald, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.65. McDonald scored one goal and won 9 of 14 duels.

Preceding that game, the 0-4 loss visiting Colchester United's place.

The schedule is very tough for Alexandra now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Grimsby Town is waiting in only three days.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crewe Alexandra as they have only managed to score 14 times from 20 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Crewe Alexandra have seen the ball go into their own net 28 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The latest head to head match ended Crewe Alexandra - Leyton 0-2, earlier this season. Leyton Orient-Crewe Alexandra H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Leyton Orient four wins, Crewe Alexandra five wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Crewe AlexandraD. Agyei
D. Agyei
14 goals
Leyton OrientP. Smyth
P. Smyth
10 goals
Leyton OrientR. Sotiriou
R. Sotiriou
8 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Crewe Alexandra missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leyton Orient Crewe Alexandra
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
42 21 7 Played P 7 20 41
24 14 5 Won W 0 3 12
12 6 2 Drew D 3 9 15
6 1 0 Lost L 4 8 14
56 30 9 Scored S 1 14 41
29 10 1 Conceded C 8 28 51
90% 86% 86% Over 0.5 O 0.5 71% 85% 90%
64% 52% 57% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 70% 73%
26% 29% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 14% 40% 41%
14% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 15% 12%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 2%
33% 29% 14% BTTS BTTS 14% 40% 41%
55% 71% 86% Clean Sheets C S 29% 25% 34%
21% 14% 14% Failed to Score F T 86% 50% 34%
 
4.8 5.6 5.6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.4 3.9 4.5
3.7 3.5 3.4 Corners against (avg) C A 7.1 6.8 6
2.2 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.6 1.7
5 2 1 Red cards R C 1 3 5
 
11.7 13.1 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 5.1 7.8 9
4 4.3 3.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0.9 1.9 2.6
34% 33% 35% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 38% 38%
 
8.9 8.7 8.3 Shots against (avg) S A 15.1 14.8 13.5
2.5 2.1 2.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.1 5.2 4
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crewe Alexandra have the fewest scored goals in the second half (16) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leyton Orient have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Leyton Orient have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Crewe Alexandra have scored away.
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (10) at home in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (29) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (12) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (17) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (15) at home in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (23) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+27) in League Two

  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 42 24 12 6 56 29 21 14 6 1 30 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 27 84
2 Northampton Town 43 21 14 8 57 39 21 11 6 4 27 17 22 10 8 4 30 22 18 77
3 Stevenage 42 21 13 8 57 38 22 16 2 4 38 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 19 76
4 Stockport County 43 20 12 11 60 36 21 10 8 3 30 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 24 72
5 Carlisle United 43 19 15 9 62 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 72
6 Bradford City 42 19 14 9 54 36 21 9 8 4 30 20 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 71
7 Salford City 43 20 9 14 66 49 22 10 5 7 28 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 17 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 19 12 11 67 51 20 8 8 4 34 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 16 69
9 Barrow 43 18 8 17 46 48 21 12 3 6 29 17 22 6 5 11 17 31 -2 62
10 Sutton United 43 15 12 16 43 49 22 11 4 7 25 20 21 4 8 9 18 29 -6 57
11 Swindon Town 42 14 13 15 53 50 21 8 6 7 29 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 3 55
12 Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 46 52 21 5 10 6 21 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -6 55
13 Tranmere Rovers 43 14 12 17 42 46 21 9 6 6 25 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -4 54
14 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 7 21 43 60 21 10 1 10 25 27 22 5 6 11 18 33 -17 52
15 Walsall 43 11 18 14 42 45 21 8 9 4 24 15 22 3 9 10 18 30 -3 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Gillingham 43 13 12 18 32 45 22 11 5 6 20 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -13 51
18 Newport County 42 12 14 16 44 49 21 6 6 9 23 25 21 6 8 7 21 24 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 43 11 13 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 22 6 4 12 19 27 -7 46
21 Harrogate Town 42 10 15 17 52 61 22 6 9 7 30 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -9 45
22 Crawley Town 43 10 12 21 45 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 42
23 Hartlepool United 43 8 15 20 48 74 21 4 10 7 24 33 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 39
24 Rochdale 43 8 10 25 41 67 22 4 5 13 25 37 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 34

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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 Leyton Orient 42 24 12 6 56 29 21 14 6 1 30 10 21 10 6 5 26 19 27 84
2 Northampton Town 43 21 14 8 57 39 21 11 6 4 27 17 22 10 8 4 30 22 18 77
3 Stevenage 42 21 13 8 57 38 22 16 2 4 38 16 20 5 11 4 19 22 19 76
4 Stockport County 43 20 12 11 60 36 21 10 8 3 30 15 22 10 4 8 30 21 24 72
5 Carlisle United 43 19 15 9 62 39 22 11 8 3 32 18 21 8 7 6 30 21 23 72
6 Bradford City 42 19 14 9 54 36 21 9 8 4 30 20 21 10 6 5 24 16 18 71
7 Salford City 43 20 9 14 66 49 22 10 5 7 28 22 21 10 4 7 38 27 17 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 19 12 11 67 51 20 8 8 4 34 27 22 11 4 7 33 24 16 69
9 Barrow 43 18 8 17 46 48 21 12 3 6 29 17 22 6 5 11 17 31 -2 62
10 Sutton United 43 15 12 16 43 49 22 11 4 7 25 20 21 4 8 9 18 29 -6 57
11 Swindon Town 42 14 13 15 53 50 21 8 6 7 29 22 21 6 7 8 24 28 3 55
12 Grimsby Town 42 14 13 15 46 52 21 5 10 6 21 25 21 9 3 9 25 27 -6 55
13 Tranmere Rovers 43 14 12 17 42 46 21 9 6 6 25 19 22 5 6 11 17 27 -4 54
14 Doncaster Rovers 43 15 7 21 43 60 21 10 1 10 25 27 22 5 6 11 18 33 -17 52
15 Walsall 43 11 18 14 42 45 21 8 9 4 24 15 22 3 9 10 18 30 -3 51
16 Crewe Alexandra 41 12 15 14 41 51 21 9 6 6 27 23 20 3 9 8 14 28 -10 51
17 Gillingham 43 13 12 18 32 45 22 11 5 6 20 18 21 2 7 12 12 27 -13 51
18 Newport County 42 12 14 16 44 49 21 6 6 9 23 25 21 6 8 7 21 24 -5 50
19 AFC Wimbledon 43 11 14 18 46 53 21 7 6 8 24 24 22 4 8 10 22 29 -7 47
20 Colchester United 43 11 13 19 40 47 21 5 9 7 21 20 22 6 4 12 19 27 -7 46
21 Harrogate Town 42 10 15 17 52 61 22 6 9 7 30 31 20 4 6 10 22 30 -9 45
22 Crawley Town 43 10 12 21 45 69 22 9 6 7 31 30 21 1 6 14 14 39 -24 42
23 Hartlepool United 43 8 15 20 48 74 21 4 10 7 24 33 22 4 5 13 24 41 -26 39
24 Rochdale 43 8 10 25 41 67 22 4 5 13 25 37 21 4 5 12 16 30 -26 34

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