Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Leyton Orient & Newport County face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the FA Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Leyton nor Newport County 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
Last season, Leyton's FA Cup journey ended in the 1st round.Leyton Orient have played 5 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-2-2 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager R. Embleton led his Leyton to a defeat in the League Two match away at Forest Green Rovers. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at The H2T Group Stadium. Before that, Leyton had a League Two home game versus Bolton Wanderers which ended with a victory 4-0.
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 twelve matches with the results: Won seven, drawn three and lost two.
The manager R. Embleton will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Charlton Athletic in only three days.
The Leyton fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. Leyton have conceded 8 from these games.
Newport County form and stats
Newport's mission in FA Cup last season failed in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in League Two matches, Newport County have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
Newport are travelling again after losing away to Carlisle United in their previous match (2-3). That result followed a home victory 2-1 versus Harrogate Town in the League Two.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Newport County in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Newport County, three draws and eight defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The EFL Trophy trip to Plymouth Argyle.
The travelling fans enjoy Newport's attacking play in away games, having scored 10 goals in 6 league matches away. As opposed to that, Newport have seen the ball go into their own net 6 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
As for the last six games between these two teams, there's four Leyton victories, one draw and one Newport County win. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Johnson 6 goals | C. Wilkinson 4 goals |  P. Amond 3 goals |
Leyton Orient missing players
Newport County missing players
| Leyton Orient | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 40 | 26 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 29 | 18 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 68% | ||
| 56% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 30% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 30% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 15% | Clean Sheets | C S | 30% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 30% | 28% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 255 | 146 | Total Shots | T S | 116 | 336 | ||
| 95 | 51 | Shots on Target | S O | 31 | 88 | ||
| 42% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 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 | Newport County | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 25 |
| 2 | Cambridge United | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 16 | 23 |
| 3 | Forest Green Rovers | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 21 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 20 |
| 5 | Carlisle United | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| 6 | Cheltenham Town | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Port Vale | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 19 |
| 8 | Crawley Town | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 17 |
| 9 | Morecambe | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -7 | 17 |
| 10 | Salford City | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 11 | Colchester United | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 16 |
| 12 | Walsall | 11 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 16 |
| 13 | Leyton Orient | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| 15 | Bradford City | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 12 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -3 | 12 |
| 17 | Tranmere Rovers | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 12 |
| 18 | Barrow | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 7 | -1 | 11 |
| 19 | Oldham Athletic | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -6 | 11 |
| 20 | Bolton Wanderers | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | -8 | 10 |
| 21 | Stevenage | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 7 |
| 22 | Mansfield Town | 11 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -6 | 7 |
| 23 | Scunthorpe United | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -13 | 4 |
| 24 | Southend United | 11 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 25 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 11 | -20 | 2 |
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