Home advantage could prove decisive in Newport County - Leyton Orient battle

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 20.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

Newport County perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Leyton Orient can look both up and down from their 14th position.

Insights:
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The hosts Newport County saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Two. That game was an away game at Port Vale, so at least Newport are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Newport County form and stats

9-4-3 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Newport County so far this season.

Newport lost their last game at Port Vale (placed 20th) after a 1-2 scoreline. In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Morecambe.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Newport handle that role? We have found 22 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are eleven wins, five draws and six defeats.

Newport has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 16 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Newport have conceded only 15 goals.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

5 wins, 2 draws and 9 losses. That’s the product of Leyton Orient playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Leyton's last game was the home draw against Scunthorpe United (1-1). A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Stevenage.

We have checked recent matches where Leyton have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 14 games were two victories, four draws and eight defeats.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Leyton manager R. Embleton as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Carlisle United.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Leyton as they have only managed to score 14 times from 16 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. 22 goals have been conceded by Leyton in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Leyton Orient - Newport 2-1, played this season. Last eight meetings between the teams: Newport County won two, Leyton Orient won five and one draw. five games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientD. Johnson
D. Johnson
14 goals
Leyton OrientC. Wilkinson
C. Wilkinson
7 goals
NewportM. Dolan
M. Dolan
6 goals

Newport County missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Newport County Leyton Orient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 16 5 Played P 6 16 34
16 9 3 Won W 1 5 12
9 4 2 Drew D 0 2 8
10 3 0 Lost L 5 9 14
46 19 6 Scored S 4 14 38
36 15 3 Conceded C 12 22 39
94% 88% 60% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
74% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 83% 69% 71%
43% 44% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 44% 41%
11% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 12% 18%
9% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 6%
60% 56% 60% BTTS BTTS 50% 44% 44%
31% 31% 40% Clean Sheets C S 17% 31% 38%
14% 25% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 26%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 0.9 0.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.9 2.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 2 3
 
12.5 14.2 13.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.8 9.9
3.5 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.3 2.8 3
38% 35% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 31% 38%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Newport County have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cheltenham Town 35 18 8 9 46 33 17 8 4 5 24 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 13 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 35 16 9 10 46 36 16 9 4 3 19 15 19 7 5 7 27 21 10 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 34 13 12 9 41 27 18 8 10 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 51
10 Crawley Town 34 14 9 11 45 41 18 9 5 4 26 16 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 51
11 Carlisle United 32 14 6 12 45 38 16 10 2 4 32 21 16 4 4 8 13 17 7 48
12 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 35 9 14 12 42 46 17 4 7 6 23 25 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 41
17 Oldham Athletic 35 11 8 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 17 7 6 4 29 28 -9 41
18 Scunthorpe United 34 12 5 17 35 44 17 6 3 8 19 24 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 41
19 Walsall 34 8 15 11 37 43 18 5 5 8 17 22 16 3 10 3 20 21 -6 39
20 Port Vale 36 10 8 18 45 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 38
21 Colchester United 35 8 14 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 19 1 9 9 10 29 -15 38
22 Barrow 33 9 8 16 38 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 17 5 1 11 16 20 -3 35
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

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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 Cheltenham Town 35 18 8 9 46 33 17 8 4 5 24 19 18 10 4 4 22 14 13 62
2 Cambridge United 36 18 7 11 54 34 18 9 5 4 23 14 18 9 2 7 31 20 20 61
3 Forest Green Rovers 34 17 10 7 49 36 17 8 6 3 26 19 17 9 4 4 23 17 13 61
4 Newport County 35 16 9 10 46 36 16 9 4 3 19 15 19 7 5 7 27 21 10 57
5 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
6 Bolton Wanderers 35 16 9 10 45 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 17 8 5 4 24 23 3 57
7 Morecambe 35 16 8 11 50 49 17 9 4 4 26 21 18 7 4 7 24 28 1 56
8 Exeter City 33 14 11 8 57 38 17 9 3 5 33 17 16 5 8 3 24 21 19 53
9 Salford City 34 13 12 9 41 27 18 8 10 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 51
10 Crawley Town 34 14 9 11 45 41 18 9 5 4 26 16 16 5 4 7 19 25 4 51
11 Carlisle United 32 14 6 12 45 38 16 10 2 4 32 21 16 4 4 8 13 17 7 48
12 Harrogate Town 35 14 6 15 40 40 16 6 4 6 15 15 19 8 2 9 25 25 0 48
13 Bradford City 33 13 8 12 38 38 16 7 5 4 17 14 17 6 3 8 21 24 0 47
14 Leyton Orient 34 12 8 14 38 39 18 7 6 5 24 17 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 44
15 Stevenage 36 9 16 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 19 3 10 6 11 19 -3 43
16 Mansfield Town 35 9 14 12 42 46 17 4 7 6 23 25 18 5 7 6 19 21 -4 41
17 Oldham Athletic 35 11 8 16 52 61 18 4 2 12 23 33 17 7 6 4 29 28 -9 41
18 Scunthorpe United 34 12 5 17 35 44 17 6 3 8 19 24 17 6 2 9 16 20 -9 41
19 Walsall 34 8 15 11 37 43 18 5 5 8 17 22 16 3 10 3 20 21 -6 39
20 Port Vale 36 10 8 18 45 51 19 6 5 8 23 21 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 38
21 Colchester United 35 8 14 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 19 1 9 9 10 29 -15 38
22 Barrow 33 9 8 16 38 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 17 5 1 11 16 20 -3 35
23 Southend United 35 7 9 19 21 49 18 4 3 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 30
24 Grimsby Town 33 6 8 19 24 52 17 3 5 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 26

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