Getting closer to the top teams is at stake when these two mid-table clubs battle it out. Both will be aiming to improve their league table standing, Colchester United in 11th and Leyton Orient in 13th place.
It's no vacation for neither Colchester United 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.
Colchester United form and stats
Overall League Two stats at home this season for Colchester United are 4-1-0 (wins-draw-losses). Colchester are on a three game winning streak in their home games.
Colchester's previous game was a EFL Trophy match also played at home, ending 6-1 versus Southend United (placed 24th). The home side are looking to build on that result. Before that, Colchester drew at home versus Marine (after extra-time, 3-5 on penalties).
As mentioned above, Colchester United "killed" Southend United in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency. What a game it was for J. Brown when beating Southend United, applying the finishing touch to three goals!
This is expected to be a close game, with Colchester United perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Colchester as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Colchester United has won ten of these, drawn two and lost two.
Colchester can score goals in their home matches. After 5 league matches they have found the net 11 times. Colchester's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Leyton Orient form and stats
As the visiting team in League Two matches, Leyton Orient have produced an overall stat of 3-1-2 so far.
There might be some fixture complaints from Leyton as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, the EFL Trophy match against Charlton Athletic (1-3). A loss against Newport County was the result prior to that, in a FA Cup home game.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leyton Orient playing away and similar expectations, we found eight relevant matches. Results were four Leyton Orient wins, two draws and two defeats.
Leyton find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. It's not easy to score on Leyton as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: seven - zero - three (Colchester wins - draws - Leyton Orient wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Johnson 6 goals |   J. Brown 5 goals | C. Wilkinson 4 goals |
Colchester United missing players
Leyton Orient missing players
| Colchester United | Leyton Orient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 4 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 11 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 5 | 13 |
| 90% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 80% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 82% |
| 50% | 60% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 33% | 45% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 27% |
| 20% | 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 70% | 60% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 50% | 55% |
| 30% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 50% | 36% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.6 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 105 | 57 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 5 | 60 | 108 |
| 41 | 24 | 7 | Shots on Target | S O | 3 | 19 | 36 |
| 39% | 46% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | 44% |
- Colchester United have not yet lost a game at home.
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Colchester United have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Colchester United have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Colchester United haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Leyton Orient have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Leyton Orient haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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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