A home team triumph, the away team steals the points or a tactical 0-0 draw? Anything can happen when the mid-table sides Bradford City and Leyton Orient duel at The Utilita Energy Stadium.
- Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
It's no vacation for neither Bradford nor Leyton Orient 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.
Bradford City form and stats
4 victories, 7 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Bradford City have to build on here at The Utilita Energy Stadium in the League Two.
Bradford City's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Crawley Town (placed 13th). Cousin-Dawson was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.44 out of 10. The defender Cousin-Dawson won 11 of 16 duels.
Before that match, a win away at Walsall.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 Bradford City have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn six and lost two.
The manager Adams will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Harrogate Town in only four days.
Bradford City have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Utilita Energy Stadium with 20 goals in 13 league matches. Bradford have conceded 16 in these home matches.
Leyton Orient form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Leyton Orient so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 1-7-4 (win-draw-lose). A depressing four defeats in a row for Leyton Orient in their away games. Unhappy days, as the last time they avoided a loss on the road was versus Scunthorpe United.
Leyton Orient have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 388 minutes ago. Morris (own goal) was the goal scorer.
Leyton play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 0-2 to Mansfield Town (placed 6th).
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Newport County.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 19 similar matches played by Leyton Orient in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Leyton Orient, seven draws and eight defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Colchester United in just four days.
Leyton Orient have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 12 league away games 13 goals have been scored. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Leyton Orient have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The latest logged history between these teams is the Leyton Orient - Bradford City 2-0 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Bradford four wins, two draws and Leyton Orient four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Smith 11 goals |   A. Cook 10 goals |  A. Drinan 10 goals |
Bradford City missing players
Leyton Orient missing players
| Bradford City | Leyton Orient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 27 | 13 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | 7 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | 11 |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 34 | 20 | 6 | Scored | S | 6 | 13 | 37 |
| 32 | 16 | 8 | Conceded | C | 5 | 16 | 24 |
| 85% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 84% |
| 81% | 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 72% |
| 48% | 54% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 33% | 40% |
| 22% | 31% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 33% | 32% |
| 7% | 8% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 8% | 16% |
| 70% | 85% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 48% |
| 19% | 15% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 32% |
| 26% | 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 36% |
| 5 | 6.4 | 7.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 3.9 | 3.9 |
| 5.1 | 4.2 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12.9 | 15.1 | 16.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 11.2 | 11 |
| 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 |
| 33% | 34% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 30% | 41% |
| 12 | 11 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.7 | 9.9 | 8.7 |
| 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
- Bradford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Bradford City have won significantly more corners at 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 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 55 | 21 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 12 | 34 | 58 |
| 2 | Tranmere Rovers | 27 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 48 |
| 3 | Newport County | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 46 | 35 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 47 |
| 4 | Sutton United | 27 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 43 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 47 |
| 5 | Northampton Town | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 45 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 37 | 31 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 44 |
| 7 | Swindon Town | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 41 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 42 |
| 8 | Exeter City | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 37 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 41 |
| 9 | Port Vale | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 10 | 39 |
| 10 | Salford City | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 37 |
| 11 | Bradford City | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 36 |
| 12 | Bristol Rovers | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -2 | 36 |
| 13 | Crawley Town | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -5 | 35 |
| 14 | Harrogate Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 0 | 33 |
| 15 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 32 |
| 16 | Hartlepool United | 27 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 25 | -12 | 31 |
| 17 | Stevenage | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 24 | -14 | 31 |
| 18 | Rochdale | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -2 | 29 |
| 19 | Walsall | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 37 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 16 | -7 | 29 |
| 20 | Carlisle United | 27 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | -16 | 27 |
| 21 | Barrow | 27 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 26 |
| 22 | Colchester United | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 23 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 21 | -13 | 26 |
| 23 | Oldham Athletic | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 42 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -20 | 19 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 28 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 49 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 19 |
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