It's the EFL Trophy: Leyton Orient and Southampton U21 face off

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Competition: England EFL Trophy
Competition: Tue 14.September
Match begins: 18:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Breyer Group Stadium (9271 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leyton Orient or Southampton U21 that keep their silverware dream alive.

These are active days for the hometeam, as they were in action only three days ago in the League Two. This match was also played here at The Breyer Group Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Southampton U21 have had more rest.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Last season, Leyton's EFL Trophy journey ended in the 2nd round.

Leyton Orient have collected 9 points from their League Two home games so far after 3-0-1. Leyton Orient has recorded two wins in a row here at The Breyer Group Stadium, increasing their hopes of victory in this match.

The Leyton supporters enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Oldham Athletic in League Two and win 4-0. Theodore Archibald, who plays in attack, was the champion player for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.41 (out of 10). Archibald scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times. As mentioned above, Leyton "killed" Oldham Athletic in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

2-2 away at Newport County before that.

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 17 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn five and lost four.

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

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (9 in 4 games), Leyton's attacking play is working. Defensively Leyton have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 4 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Southampton U21 form and stats

Last season their EFL Trophy adventure ended in the group stage.

The visitors are W5-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Premier League U21.

It's the second away game in a row for Southampton, but there's smiles all around after the 2-1 victory versus Milton Keynes Dons in the EFL Trophy last time out. Late drama in the previous game, when K. Olaigbe scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Milton Keynes Dons.

A 0-5 defeat away at Northampton Town before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Southampton U21 playing away and similar expectations, we found one relevant match. Results were zero Southampton U21 wins, zero draws and one defeat.

Southampton U21 have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 25 goals from 11 away matches. For Southampton, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

LeytonH. Smith
H. Smith
5 goals
Leyton OrientO. Beckles
O. Beckles
2 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
2 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Southampton U21 missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leyton Orient Southampton U21
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   19 25
10 6   Won W   5 7
8 4   Drew D   2 5
7 3   Lost L   12 13
34 21   Scored S   26 34
28 12   Conceded C   42 49
92% 85%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 88%
44% 38%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   79% 72%
20% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   58% 48%
8% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 24%
44% 38%   BTTS BTTS   53% 60%
40% 54%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 16%
24% 23%   Failed to Score F T   32% 28%
 
3.9 4   Corners for (avg) C F   2.9 2.9
5.1 4.2   Corners against (avg) C A   6.7 6.7
1.5 1.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2 2
0 0   Red cards R C   0 0
 
8.5 8.6   Shots (avg) S (   7 7
3.1 3.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   2.8 2.8
44% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   32% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Southampton U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Forest Green Rovers 7 5 1 1 14 8 4 3 0 1 9 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 6 16
2 Harrogate Town 6 4 2 0 13 7 4 2 2 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 14
3 Leyton Orient 7 3 3 1 13 6 4 3 0 1 9 2 3 0 3 0 4 4 7 12
4 Hartlepool United 6 4 0 2 8 5 4 4 0 0 6 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 3 12
5 Rochdale 7 3 2 2 11 9 4 1 2 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 8 6 2 11
6 Bradford City 7 3 2 2 10 8 3 2 1 0 7 3 4 1 1 2 3 5 2 11
7 Swindon Town 7 3 2 2 8 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 11
8 Exeter City 7 2 4 1 9 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 4 1 2 1 5 4 4 10
9 Northampton Town 6 3 1 2 5 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 10
10 Colchester United 6 2 3 1 7 6 2 0 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 0 6 4 1 9
11 Port Vale 7 2 3 2 7 6 3 0 2 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 5 3 1 9
12 Carlisle United 7 2 3 2 7 7 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 1 2 4 5 0 9
13 Barrow 7 2 2 3 10 9 4 1 2 1 6 6 3 1 0 2 4 3 1 8
14 Salford City 7 2 2 3 7 6 5 2 2 1 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 8
15 Tranmere Rovers 7 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 0 1 2 1 4 0 2 2 0 2 -1 8
16 Newport County 6 2 2 2 7 9 1 0 1 0 2 2 5 2 1 2 5 7 -2 8
17 Stevenage 7 2 2 3 7 9 3 1 2 0 3 2 4 1 0 3 4 7 -2 8
18 Walsall 7 2 2 3 7 9 4 2 1 1 6 5 3 0 1 2 1 4 -2 8
19 Crawley Town 6 2 1 3 7 10 3 2 1 0 4 2 3 0 0 3 3 8 -3 7
20 Mansfield Town 7 2 1 4 9 13 4 2 0 2 7 8 3 0 1 2 2 5 -4 7
21 Bristol Rovers 7 2 1 4 5 10 3 2 0 1 2 2 4 0 1 3 3 8 -5 7
22 Scunthorpe United 7 1 3 3 4 11 4 1 1 2 3 8 3 0 2 1 1 3 -7 6
23 Sutton United 5 1 2 2 5 6 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 0 2 1 2 3 -1 5
24 Oldham Athletic 7 1 0 6 4 14 3 0 0 3 1 6 4 1 0 3 3 8 -10 3
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Manchester United U21 22 15 3 4 44 19 11 10 1 0 31 6 11 5 2 4 13 13 25 48
2 Sunderland U21 22 13 4 5 38 20 11 7 2 2 18 10 11 6 2 3 20 10 18 43
3 Everton U21 22 10 7 5 35 27 11 6 4 1 21 12 11 4 3 4 14 15 8 37
4 Manchester City U21 22 10 4 8 35 26 11 6 2 3 20 12 11 4 2 5 15 14 9 34
5 Chelsea U21 22 9 6 7 34 30 11 4 2 5 18 16 11 5 4 2 16 14 4 33
6 Southampton U21 22 8 6 8 39 40 11 3 5 3 14 15 11 5 1 5 25 25 -1 30
7 Liverpool U21 22 8 4 10 26 37 11 5 1 5 12 18 11 3 3 5 14 19 -11 28
8 Tottenham U21 22 7 6 9 44 43 11 3 2 6 26 27 11 4 4 3 18 16 1 27
9 Reading U21 22 7 6 9 34 40 11 5 2 4 16 20 11 2 4 5 18 20 -6 27
10 Leicester U21 22 6 3 13 25 48 11 4 3 4 12 17 11 2 0 9 13 31 -23 21
11 Middlesbrough U21 22 5 5 12 33 37 11 3 2 6 16 17 11 2 3 6 17 20 -4 20
12 Norwich City U21 22 5 4 13 30 50 11 3 3 5 21 22 11 2 1 8 9 28 -20 19

Leyton Orient:
England:
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 Charlton Athletic 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
2 Leyton Orient 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Southampton U21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Crawley Town 1 0 0 1 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 6 -5 0

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