Delightful dogfight as daring Cheltenham Town duels with determined Leyton Orient

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 15.February
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Jonny-Rocks Stadium (7066 seats)

There should be a significant difference in quality between these teams based on table positions so far, with Cheltenham Town leading Leyton Orient by 13 points.

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Cheltenham Town and Leyton Orient.

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Cheltenham Town form and stats

Cheltenham Town are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Jonny-Rocks Stadium. 8 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 14 games. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Cheltenham Town, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

Cheltenham Town are returning here after visiting Carlisle United in a League Two game and winning with a 1-0 scoreline. Reuben Reid scored the goal(s). A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Scunthorpe United.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Cheltenham Town handle that role? We have found five games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are two wins, one draw and two defeats.

Cheltenham Town can score goals in their home matches. After 14 league matches they have found the net 30 times. 15 goals have been conceded.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Playing away, Leyton Orient have won 5 games, drawn 4 and suffered 7 defeats in the League Two this season.

Impressive finishing from James Dayton secured the home win 2-1 against Mansfield Town in their previous game. Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Macclesfield Town.

We have checked recent matches where Leyton Orient have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were two victories, four draws and two defeats.

Leyton Orient are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 16 games (in the league). 23 goals have been conceded by Leyton Orient in these games.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: Leyton Orient - Cheltenham Town 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Cheltenham Town four wins, one draw and Leyton Orient five victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientJ. Wright
J. Wright
8 goals
Cheltenham TownR. Broom
R. Broom
7 goals
Cheltenham TownC. Thomas
C. Thomas
6 goals

Cheltenham Town missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Cheltenham Town Leyton Orient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 14 6 Played P 5 16 33
13 8 6 Won W 1 5 9
12 4 0 Drew D 1 4 11
6 2 0 Lost L 3 7 13
45 30 18 Scored S 4 20 42
25 15 4 Conceded C 10 23 50
90% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
71% 93% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 75% 79%
35% 64% 83% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 50% 52%
16% 36% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 31% 33%
10% 21% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 15%
52% 71% 50% BTTS BTTS 40% 44% 61%
32% 21% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 19% 18%
26% 7% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 38% 27%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.6 1.3 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.4 2.6 2.2
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
317 175 77 Total Shots T S 55 148 354
114 64 32 Shots on Target S O 15 57 121
39% 47% 56% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 35% 35%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals (25)
  • Cheltenham Town has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12)
  • Cheltenham Town has the fewest dropped points from leading position (6)
  • Cheltenham Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Cheltenham Town haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Leyton Orient has the most conceded goals in the first half (28)
  • Leyton Orient haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Swindon Town 33 19 6 8 57 36 16 11 2 3 29 14 17 8 4 5 28 22 21 63
2 Crewe Alexandra 32 18 7 7 59 38 17 11 3 3 33 16 15 7 4 4 26 22 21 61
3 Exeter City 32 17 9 6 47 34 16 10 5 1 29 13 16 7 4 5 18 21 13 60
4 Plymouth Argyle 31 17 6 8 51 35 15 9 4 2 30 15 16 8 2 6 21 20 16 57
5 Colchester United 33 13 13 7 47 31 17 9 5 3 28 15 16 4 8 4 19 16 16 52
6 Northampton Town 32 15 7 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 28 12 15 5 5 5 17 21 12 52
7 Cheltenham Town 31 13 12 6 45 25 14 8 4 2 30 15 17 5 8 4 15 10 20 51
8 Bradford City 33 13 12 8 40 33 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 3 7 6 13 20 7 51
9 Port Vale 33 13 12 8 43 40 16 8 7 1 23 13 17 5 5 7 20 27 3 51
10 Forest Green Rovers 33 12 9 12 40 38 17 5 4 8 16 22 16 7 5 4 24 16 2 45
11 Salford City 33 10 11 12 43 44 17 4 6 7 17 22 16 6 5 5 26 22 -1 41
12 Cambridge United 33 11 8 14 36 43 16 6 3 7 20 24 17 5 5 7 16 19 -7 41
13 Newport County 30 10 10 10 27 26 17 7 7 3 17 12 13 3 3 7 10 14 1 40
14 Crawley Town 33 9 13 11 45 46 16 8 4 4 25 19 17 1 9 7 20 27 -1 40
15 Walsall 33 11 7 15 32 44 16 4 4 8 13 21 17 7 3 7 19 23 -12 40
16 Grimsby Town 31 9 11 11 36 39 15 4 5 6 16 21 16 5 6 5 20 18 -3 38
17 Leyton Orient 33 9 11 13 42 50 17 4 7 6 22 27 16 5 4 7 20 23 -8 38
18 Scunthorpe United 33 9 9 15 41 50 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 4 3 9 18 27 -9 36
19 Oldham Athletic 33 8 12 13 36 51 16 5 6 5 22 20 17 3 6 8 14 31 -15 36
20 Carlisle United 32 8 10 14 33 50 16 4 6 6 13 21 16 4 4 8 20 29 -17 34
21 Mansfield Town 33 7 11 15 45 53 16 3 5 8 26 29 17 4 6 7 19 24 -8 32
22 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 31 54 17 4 7 6 19 22 16 3 2 11 12 32 -23 30
23 Macclesfield Town 32 7 14 11 29 36 15 5 8 2 16 11 17 2 6 9 13 25 -7 29
24 Stevenage 33 3 13 17 23 44 16 2 6 8 10 21 17 1 7 9 13 23 -21 22

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 Swindon Town 33 19 6 8 57 36 16 11 2 3 29 14 17 8 4 5 28 22 21 63
2 Crewe Alexandra 32 18 7 7 59 38 17 11 3 3 33 16 15 7 4 4 26 22 21 61
3 Exeter City 32 17 9 6 47 34 16 10 5 1 29 13 16 7 4 5 18 21 13 60
4 Plymouth Argyle 31 17 6 8 51 35 15 9 4 2 30 15 16 8 2 6 21 20 16 57
5 Colchester United 33 13 13 7 47 31 17 9 5 3 28 15 16 4 8 4 19 16 16 52
6 Northampton Town 32 15 7 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 28 12 15 5 5 5 17 21 12 52
7 Cheltenham Town 31 13 12 6 45 25 14 8 4 2 30 15 17 5 8 4 15 10 20 51
8 Bradford City 33 13 12 8 40 33 17 10 5 2 27 13 16 3 7 6 13 20 7 51
9 Port Vale 33 13 12 8 43 40 16 8 7 1 23 13 17 5 5 7 20 27 3 51
10 Forest Green Rovers 33 12 9 12 40 38 17 5 4 8 16 22 16 7 5 4 24 16 2 45
11 Salford City 33 10 11 12 43 44 17 4 6 7 17 22 16 6 5 5 26 22 -1 41
12 Cambridge United 33 11 8 14 36 43 16 6 3 7 20 24 17 5 5 7 16 19 -7 41
13 Newport County 30 10 10 10 27 26 17 7 7 3 17 12 13 3 3 7 10 14 1 40
14 Crawley Town 33 9 13 11 45 46 16 8 4 4 25 19 17 1 9 7 20 27 -1 40
15 Walsall 33 11 7 15 32 44 16 4 4 8 13 21 17 7 3 7 19 23 -12 40
16 Grimsby Town 31 9 11 11 36 39 15 4 5 6 16 21 16 5 6 5 20 18 -3 38
17 Leyton Orient 33 9 11 13 42 50 17 4 7 6 22 27 16 5 4 7 20 23 -8 38
18 Scunthorpe United 33 9 9 15 41 50 17 5 6 6 23 23 16 4 3 9 18 27 -9 36
19 Oldham Athletic 33 8 12 13 36 51 16 5 6 5 22 20 17 3 6 8 14 31 -15 36
20 Carlisle United 32 8 10 14 33 50 16 4 6 6 13 21 16 4 4 8 20 29 -17 34
21 Mansfield Town 33 7 11 15 45 53 16 3 5 8 26 29 17 4 6 7 19 24 -8 32
22 Morecambe 33 7 9 17 31 54 17 4 7 6 19 22 16 3 2 11 12 32 -23 30
23 Macclesfield Town 32 7 14 11 29 36 15 5 8 2 16 11 17 2 6 9 13 25 -7 29
24 Stevenage 33 3 13 17 23 44 16 2 6 8 10 21 17 1 7 9 13 23 -21 22

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The English Football League Two (usually referred to as League Two) is the fourth highest division in English football. The League Two league table has 24 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 552 fixtures. Seasons run from August to May. Four teams are promoted and four relegated.