National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Leyton Orient or Ebbsfleet United that keep their silverware dream alive.
Leyton Orient and Ebbsfleet United should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Leyton Orient form and stats
Leyton participated in FA Cup the last season, where they reached the 1st round.4-3-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Leyton Orient so far this season.
A nice win for Leyton last time playing, versus Hartlepool United. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-0 with Aaron Drinan (3), Thomas James and Harry Smith scoring for the victors. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Leyton played a great game against Hartlepool United and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Aaron Drinan was absolutely essential when Leyton beat Hartlepool United 5-0, scoring three goals. The forward Aaron Drinan bettered all the other footballers in that match and was awarded a match rating of 10.0 out of 10. Drinan scored three goals, signed up for two assists and hit two key passes.
0-0 away at Stevenage before that.The match schedule is unforgiving for Leyton as they have a new game in only three days, a EFL Trophy match thankfully also at home. Charlton Athletic are visiting.
A decent goal production from Leyton in their home games so far, with 15 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively Leyton have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (3 in 8 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Ebbsfleet United form and stats
They also participated in FA Cup last season. This ended in the 3rd round qualifying.When we have look at the FA Cup statistics, we find 3W-0D-0L. This is both home and away. The visitors have performed well in their home games as well, building a total win streak of four games home and away. Ebbsfleet United hope to make it five in this match.
Ebbsfleet won their last game, 2-0 versus Braintree Town played at home.
Preceding that game was the away Vanarama National League South victory against Eastbourne Borough with the score of 1-0.Head 2 Head
Statistics for the prior four meetings between these two contenders are: zero wins for Leyton Orient, two draws and two wins for Ebbsfleet United. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  D. Poleon 8 goals |   H. Smith 7 goals |  A. Drinan 6 goals |
Leyton Orient missing players
Ebbsfleet United missing players
| Leyton Orient | Ebbsfleet United | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 17 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 6 | Won | W | 9 | 15 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 38 | 22 | Scored | S | 35 | 53 | ||
| 24 | 8 | Conceded | C | 29 | 36 | ||
| 84% | 79% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 88% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 84% | ||
| 44% | 29% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 65% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 41% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 44% | 29% | BTTS | BTTS | 53% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 64% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.7 | 7 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 4 | ||
| 9.8 | 9.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.6 | 12.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.5 | ||
| 41% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 35% | ||
| 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 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 31 |
| 2 | Port Vale | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 28 |
| 3 | Northampton Town | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 27 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 25 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 26 |
| 6 | Leyton Orient | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 7 | Harrogate Town | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 23 |
| 8 | Newport County | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 23 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 23 |
| 10 | Hartlepool United | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 15 | -3 | 23 |
| 11 | Tranmere Rovers | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 22 |
| 12 | Bradford City | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 13 | Rochdale | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 0 | 20 |
| 14 | Walsall | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Barrow | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 18 |
| 16 | Bristol Rovers | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 18 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 17 |
| 18 | Crawley Town | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 17 |
| 19 | Salford City | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 16 |
| 20 | Mansfield Town | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 14 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 14 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -11 | 12 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -13 | 12 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | -18 | 11 |
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