Colchester United favourites for feisty fight facing Leyton Orient

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 21.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: JobServe Community Stadium (10083 seats)

With their 3 point advantage in the league table, Colchester United fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Leyton Orient.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Colchester United form and stats

1-2-1 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Colchester United so far this season.

A good away victory last time out for Colchester United, who won 3-0 against Swindon Town (placed 4th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Forest Green Rovers (0-1).

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Colchester United have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found ten games) they have won 3 times, drawn 3 and lost 4.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Colchester United, as the Carabao Cup home game vs Tottenham Hotspur is only three days away.

Colchester United have scored 3 league goals here from 4 matches, not a lot. Colchester United have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

1 win, 2 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Leyton Orient playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Two points from the last two away games for Leyton Orient, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.

The manager R. Embleton was unhappy after their last game, a League Two match played at their home ground JobServe Community Stadium. Leyton Orient suffered a 1-2 loss to Crewe Alexandra (placed 2nd). Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Exeter City.

Leyton Orient are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 1 win, 5 draws and 0 defeats. From a total of six matches.

The travelling fans enjoy Leyton Orient's attacking play in away games, having scored 6 goals in 4 league matches away. For Leyton Orient, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 6 - 1 - 3 (Colchester United wins - draws - Leyton Orient wins). As for goals, 5 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 5 had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

L. Norris
4 goals / 1 assists
J. Maguire-Drew
3 goals / 1 assists
L. Angol
3 goals

Colchester United missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Colchester United Leyton Orient
Total Home Home vs low Statistics Stat Away vs mid Away Total
9 4 1 Played P 2 4 9
3 1 0 Won W 0 1 2
3 2 1 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 1 4
9 3 0 Scored S 1 6 11
7 3 0 Conceded C 4 8 16
89% 75% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
44% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 78%
33% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 75% 67%
11% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 44%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 22%
33% 50% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 75% 67%
44% 50% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 22%
33% 25% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 22%
 
5.1 5 5 Corners For (avg) C F 7.5 6 6
3.9 3.5 4 Corners Against (avg) C A 3.5 4.5 5.3
0.9 0 0 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 0.5 2 1.9
0 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 0
Key stats This season:
  • All of Leyton Orient's away matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Leyton Orient have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Leyton Orient haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Colchester United
All EFL Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LT Oldham Athletic 0 - 1 Colchester United
03-09-19 EFL Gillingham 2 - 3 Colchester United
07-09-19 LT Colchester United 0 - 0 Walsall
14-09-19 LT Forest Green Rovers 1 - 0 Colchester United
17-09-19 LT Swindon Town 0 - 3 Colchester United
21-09-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Leyton Orient
24-09-19 CC Colchester United 18:45 Tottenham Hotspur
28-09-19 LT Macclesfield Town 14:00 Colchester United
05-10-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Stevenage
08-10-19 EFL Colchester United 18:30 Tottenham U21
Leyton Orient
All EFL Trophy Vanarama National League Fa Trophy League Two Club Friendlies Carabao Cup FA Cup
All Home Away
31-08-19 LT Salford City 1 - 1 Leyton Orient
03-09-19 EFL Leyton Orient 2 - 0 Southend United
07-09-19 LT Leyton Orient 1 - 3 Swindon Town
14-09-19 LT Exeter City 2 - 2 Leyton Orient
17-09-19 LT Leyton Orient 1 - 2 Crewe Alexandra
21-09-19 LT Colchester United 14:00 Leyton Orient
28-09-19 LT Leyton Orient 14:00 Port Vale
05-10-19 LT Northampton Town 14:00 Leyton Orient
08-10-19 EFL AFC Wimbledon 18:30 Leyton Orient
12-10-19 LT Leyton Orient 14:00 Walsall

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Exeter City 9 6 3 0 14 6 5 3 2 0 7 3 4 3 1 0 7 3 8 21
2 Crewe Alexandra 9 6 0 3 13 11 4 2 0 2 5 7 5 4 0 1 8 4 2 18
3 Cheltenham Town 9 5 2 2 17 9 5 4 1 0 15 7 4 1 1 2 2 2 8 17
4 Swindon Town 9 5 2 2 17 11 5 3 0 2 9 7 4 2 2 0 8 4 6 17
5 Forest Green Rovers 9 5 2 2 7 5 4 3 0 1 3 2 5 2 2 1 4 3 2 17
6 Newport County 9 4 4 1 8 5 4 3 1 0 5 2 5 1 3 1 3 3 3 16
7 Crawley Town 9 4 3 2 14 11 5 3 1 1 7 4 4 1 2 1 7 7 3 15
8 Cambridge United 9 4 2 3 13 9 4 1 1 2 4 5 5 3 1 1 9 4 4 14
9 Bradford City 9 4 2 3 11 8 4 2 1 1 5 2 5 2 1 2 6 6 3 14
10 Northampton Town 9 4 1 4 10 8 4 2 0 2 6 4 5 2 1 2 4 4 2 13
11 Grimsby Town 9 3 3 3 15 12 4 1 2 1 8 7 5 2 1 2 7 5 3 12
12 Plymouth Argyle 9 3 3 3 14 11 4 2 2 0 8 4 5 1 1 3 6 7 3 12
13 Colchester United 9 3 3 3 9 7 4 1 2 1 3 3 5 2 1 2 6 4 2 12
14 Macclesfield Town 9 3 3 3 10 10 5 2 2 1 6 3 4 1 1 2 4 7 0 12
15 Port Vale 9 3 3 3 9 12 4 3 1 0 5 2 5 0 2 3 4 10 -3 12
16 Salford City 9 2 5 2 11 12 5 2 2 1 5 4 4 0 3 1 6 8 -1 11
17 Carlisle United 9 3 2 4 11 15 5 1 2 2 5 8 4 2 0 2 6 7 -4 11
18 Mansfield Town 9 2 3 4 10 13 5 1 2 2 6 9 4 1 1 2 4 4 -3 9
19 Leyton Orient 9 2 3 4 11 16 5 1 1 3 5 8 4 1 2 1 6 8 -5 9
20 Walsall 9 2 3 4 4 9 4 0 2 2 2 5 5 2 1 2 2 4 -5 9
21 Oldham Athletic 9 1 4 4 9 14 4 0 2 2 3 5 5 1 2 2 6 9 -5 7
22 Morecambe 9 1 3 5 8 16 5 0 2 3 4 8 4 1 1 2 4 8 -8 6
23 Scunthorpe United 9 1 2 6 10 17 5 1 2 2 7 7 4 0 0 4 3 10 -7 5
24 Stevenage 9 0 3 6 6 14 5 0 1 4 4 8 4 0 2 2 2 6 -8 3

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