League Two duel: Close contest expected between Crawley Town and Leyton Orient

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The People's Pension Stadium (30750 seats)

A story of highs and lows for these two teams so far, placed in positions near the center of the League Two table. Here's the Crawley Town - Leyton Orient latest:

Insights:
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Crawley Town can neither be promoted or relegated from League Two. For Leyton Orient most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Crawley Town have less rest than Leyton Orient in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a League Two game only four days ago. That game was an away game at Sutton United, so at least Crawley are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Crawley Town form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Crawley Town at their home stadium (The People's Pension Stadium) is 9 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. Crawley Town has won so many consecutive home games (four in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at The People's Pension Stadium. We remember; it was Bristol Rovers.

Crawley haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 201 minutes ago. Hutchinson scored that one.

The regulars are hoping that Crawley Town will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the match against Sutton United (placed 7th). Hessenthaler (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.03/10. Hessenthaler hit one key pass and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Mansfield Town.

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 Crawley Town have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn three and lost six.

Crawley are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 28 goals in 22 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Crawley Town's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 27 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

The visitors are W4-D11-L7 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.

Leyton Orient might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Northampton Town proved too strong as Leyton slumped to a 2-4 defeat in front of their own fans at Matchroom Stadium. As you can tell from the result, the match against Northampton Town was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Brown got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. Brown scored one goal.

Prior to that result Leyton Orient won their away game at Swindon Town. The scoreline was 2-1.

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 21 relevant matches. Results were three Leyton wins, nine draws and nine defeats.

Leyton Orient are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 24 away goals from 22 games (in the league). 25 goals have been conceded by Leyton Orient in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

These two sides faced each other previously this campaign: Leyton Orient - Crawley 1-2. Previous ten meetings featuring these sides: Crawley Town won six, Leyton Orient triumphed in three and we saw one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
13 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
12 goals
CrawleyK. Appiah
K. Appiah
11 goals

Crawley Town missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Crawley Town Leyton Orient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
44 22 6 Played P 6 22 44
17 9 3 Won W 1 4 13
9 6 1 Drew D 4 11 16
18 7 2 Lost L 1 7 15
53 28 6 Scored S 6 24 60
61 27 5 Conceded C 5 25 46
95% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 91% 89%
68% 64% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 73% 73%
57% 59% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 32% 39%
23% 32% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 17% 23% 27%
7% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 11%
64% 64% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 55% 43%
20% 23% 17% Clean Sheets C S 33% 18% 30%
20% 23% 33% Failed to Score F T 33% 36% 39%
 
4.3 4.2 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 3.9 4
5 5.2 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4.5 5.1 4.8
1.6 1.5 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.3 2.7 2.5
4 3 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
10.8 11.4 12.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10.2 9.5 10.5
3.4 3.5 2.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.2 3.4
36% 37% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 26% 34% 40%
 
12.3 11.9 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.4 9.7
4.5 4.7 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.3 3.5 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Crawley Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 44 23 14 7 72 39 22 14 4 4 33 15 22 9 10 3 39 24 33 83
2 Exeter City 44 23 14 7 64 39 22 14 6 2 37 18 22 9 8 5 27 21 25 83
3 Northampton Town 44 22 10 12 56 36 22 13 4 5 31 14 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 76
4 Port Vale 44 21 12 11 65 44 22 11 6 5 34 20 22 10 6 6 31 24 21 75
5 Mansfield Town 44 22 9 13 63 48 22 15 3 4 38 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 15 75
6 Bristol Rovers 44 21 11 12 60 46 22 13 4 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 74
7 Sutton United 44 21 10 13 66 49 22 14 5 3 37 16 22 7 5 10 29 33 17 73
8 Swindon Town 44 20 11 13 72 53 22 8 7 7 33 24 22 12 4 6 39 29 19 71
9 Salford City 44 19 12 13 56 40 22 10 8 4 31 19 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 69
10 Tranmere Rovers 44 19 12 13 50 40 22 15 3 4 34 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 10 69
11 Newport County 44 18 12 14 65 55 22 9 6 7 40 29 22 9 6 7 25 26 10 66
12 Crawley Town 44 17 9 18 53 61 22 9 6 7 28 27 22 8 3 11 25 34 -8 60
13 Leyton Orient 44 13 16 15 60 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 22 4 11 7 24 25 14 55
14 Walsall 44 14 11 19 45 55 22 10 5 7 30 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -10 53
15 Hartlepool United 44 14 11 19 43 61 22 9 7 6 24 24 22 5 4 13 19 37 -18 53
16 Bradford City 44 12 16 16 47 54 22 5 10 7 27 29 22 7 6 9 20 25 -7 52
17 Colchester United 44 13 12 19 44 58 22 6 8 8 23 26 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 51
18 Rochdale 44 11 17 16 46 55 22 7 11 4 25 19 22 4 6 12 21 36 -9 50
19 Harrogate Town 44 13 11 20 61 72 22 6 7 9 32 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -11 50
20 Carlisle United 44 13 11 20 37 59 22 7 7 8 17 22 22 6 4 12 20 37 -22 50
21 Barrow 44 10 14 20 42 52 22 5 9 8 24 25 22 5 5 12 18 27 -10 44
22 Stevenage 44 10 14 20 40 64 22 8 6 8 25 28 22 2 8 12 15 36 -24 44
23 Oldham Athletic 44 9 10 25 43 70 22 5 3 14 26 39 22 4 7 11 17 31 -27 37
24 Scunthorpe United 44 4 13 27 28 82 22 3 6 13 14 35 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 25

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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 Forest Green Rovers 44 23 14 7 72 39 22 14 4 4 33 15 22 9 10 3 39 24 33 83
2 Exeter City 44 23 14 7 64 39 22 14 6 2 37 18 22 9 8 5 27 21 25 83
3 Northampton Town 44 22 10 12 56 36 22 13 4 5 31 14 22 9 6 7 25 22 20 76
4 Port Vale 44 21 12 11 65 44 22 11 6 5 34 20 22 10 6 6 31 24 21 75
5 Mansfield Town 44 22 9 13 63 48 22 15 3 4 38 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 15 75
6 Bristol Rovers 44 21 11 12 60 46 22 13 4 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 74
7 Sutton United 44 21 10 13 66 49 22 14 5 3 37 16 22 7 5 10 29 33 17 73
8 Swindon Town 44 20 11 13 72 53 22 8 7 7 33 24 22 12 4 6 39 29 19 71
9 Salford City 44 19 12 13 56 40 22 10 8 4 31 19 22 9 4 9 25 21 16 69
10 Tranmere Rovers 44 19 12 13 50 40 22 15 3 4 34 16 22 4 9 9 16 24 10 69
11 Newport County 44 18 12 14 65 55 22 9 6 7 40 29 22 9 6 7 25 26 10 66
12 Crawley Town 44 17 9 18 53 61 22 9 6 7 28 27 22 8 3 11 25 34 -8 60
13 Leyton Orient 44 13 16 15 60 46 22 9 5 8 36 21 22 4 11 7 24 25 14 55
14 Walsall 44 14 11 19 45 55 22 10 5 7 30 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -10 53
15 Hartlepool United 44 14 11 19 43 61 22 9 7 6 24 24 22 5 4 13 19 37 -18 53
16 Bradford City 44 12 16 16 47 54 22 5 10 7 27 29 22 7 6 9 20 25 -7 52
17 Colchester United 44 13 12 19 44 58 22 6 8 8 23 26 22 7 4 11 21 32 -14 51
18 Rochdale 44 11 17 16 46 55 22 7 11 4 25 19 22 4 6 12 21 36 -9 50
19 Harrogate Town 44 13 11 20 61 72 22 6 7 9 32 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -11 50
20 Carlisle United 44 13 11 20 37 59 22 7 7 8 17 22 22 6 4 12 20 37 -22 50
21 Barrow 44 10 14 20 42 52 22 5 9 8 24 25 22 5 5 12 18 27 -10 44
22 Stevenage 44 10 14 20 40 64 22 8 6 8 25 28 22 2 8 12 15 36 -24 44
23 Oldham Athletic 44 9 10 25 43 70 22 5 3 14 26 39 22 4 7 11 17 31 -27 37
24 Scunthorpe United 44 4 13 27 28 82 22 3 6 13 14 35 22 1 7 14 14 47 -54 25

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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.