It's the EFL Trophy: Leyton Orient and Bristol Rovers face off

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It's no vacation for neither Leyton nor Bristol Rovers 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.

Leyton Orient form and stats

Action has already taken place for Leyton in EFL Trophy as they have defeated AFC Wimbledon, Charlton Athletic and Brighton U21 to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Leyton Orient's EFL Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round.

Leyton Orient have played 7 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-2 (wins-draws-losses). On the other hand, in the EFL Trophy, Leyton Orient has performed like this (both home and away): 2 wins, 0 draws and 1 loss. It’s been three wins in a row for Leyton here at The H2T Group Stadium, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.

No payout for Leyton Orient in their previous match, an away game at Scunthorpe United that ended in defeat 0-2. Before that match, a League Two win away at Port Vale.

Some supporters pointed their nail-bitten fingers at Danny Johnson for missing a penalty kick versus Scunthorpe United in the 7th minute. It's possible that a goal in that situation would have changed the outcome.

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn three and lost two.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the League Two game versus Newport County in only four days. This game is also played here at The H2T Group Stadium.

Leyton Orient have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The H2T Group Stadium with 13 goals in 7 league matches. Leyton's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 8 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Bristol Rovers form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Oxford United, Chelsea U21 and Walsall in order to reach 2nd Round of EFL Trophy. Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the 3rd round.

The story so far for the visiting team on their League One travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats. Total EFL Trophy statistics for Bristol Rovers: 1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses.

Two travels in a row for Bristol, whose manager B. Garner could celebrate last time after the League One win against AFC Wimbledon. A loss against Gillingham was the result prior to that, in a League One home game.

A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Bristol, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Bristol Rovers playing away and similar expectations, we found 16 relevant matches. Results were six Bristol Rovers wins, eight draws and two defeats.

After this away game Bristol Rovers return home for a League One game against Plymouth Argyle. That game is only four sleeps after this.

The visiting Bristol Rovers have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 8 games. As opposed to that, Bristol Rovers have seen the ball go into their own net 10 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Leyton Orient won six games, one match ended with a draw and Bristol Rovers has three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: eight / two

Top Goalscorers

D. Johnson 10 goals

C. Wilkinson 6 goals

B. Hanlan 5 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Bristol Rovers missing players