Leyton Orient supporters put their faith in manager Wellens to deliver victory against Barrow

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 14.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brisbane Road (9271 seats)

Lots to play for in this match, with Leyton Orient placed 1st and Barrow placed 6th. Here's our full preview!

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (13) in League Two
  • Barrow have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in League Two

Both squads have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's wish for an active game!

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Leyton Orient form and stats

32 points is a decent return from 13 League Two games here at Brisbane Road for Leyton Orient. The data says 10 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss.

Leyton's last game was hosting Doncaster Rovers (placed 10th) and winning 1-0. Sweet to taste a league victory after three fixtures without. The attacker Archibald won the honour of being "man of the match" for Leyton Orient with the rating of 8.0/10. Archibald scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Northampton Town.

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 Leyton have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 3 and lost 3.

It should be considered that a glance at the 11 latest league matches shows that 10 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored).

A decent goal production from Leyton Orient in their home games so far, with 20 goals from 13 league matches. As for guarding their own goal, Leyton Orient have only let in {4 goals} at home. 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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Barrow form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats.

Barrow play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Mansfield Town (placed 9th). That win felt sweet as this team had gone five league games without winning. Attacker Waters got a player rating of 7.42 in the game. "Man of the match" Waters scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Rochdale.

Barrow are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is 3 wins, 3 draws and 9 defeats. From a total of 15 matches.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Barrow have scored 13 goals in 12 league games away. In the opposite end, Barrow have conceded 19 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

Leyton Orient have won or drawn the last 9 matches (5-4-0) versus Barrow.

Leyton Orient and Barrow have met before this season: Barrow - Leyton 0-2.

Top Goalscorers

BarrowJ. Gordon
J. Gordon
11 goals
Leyton OrientP. Smyth
P. Smyth
9 goals
BarrowB. Waters
B. Waters
8 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Barrow missing players

Leyton Orient Barrow
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
25 13 4 Played P 3 12 25
17 10 2 Won W 0 4 12
5 2 2 Drew D 1 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 2 6 10
36 20 4 Scored S 2 13 32
13 4 0 Conceded C 9 19 30
88% 85% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
60% 54% 25% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 64%
24% 23% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 42% 44%
12% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 33% 28%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 25% 16%
28% 15% 0% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 44%
64% 85% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 28%
20% 15% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 32%
 
4.9 5.2 5.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.3 5.2
3.7 3.2 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4.1 3.9
2 1.8 0.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.2 1.8
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.6 12.3 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.7 11.7 12
4.4 4.4 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 3.4 3.7
33% 35% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 32% 35%
 
8.8 9.1 9.2 Shots against (avg) S A 10.3 10.7 9.8
2.1 1.8 1.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 3.3 3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Barrow have the most scored goals in the first half (20) in League Two
  • Barrow have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Barrow haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Leyton Orient have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (13) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (5) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (11) at home in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (16) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+23) in League Two

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Leyton Orient 25 17 5 3 36 13 13 10 2 1 20 4 12 7 3 2 16 9 23 56
2 Stevenage 24 15 6 3 35 17 13 11 1 1 24 6 11 4 5 2 11 11 18 51
3 Northampton Town 25 13 7 5 40 26 13 7 3 3 20 13 12 6 4 2 20 13 14 46
4 Carlisle United 24 10 9 5 37 25 11 5 5 1 15 9 13 5 4 4 22 16 12 39
5 Bradford City 23 11 6 6 30 23 12 5 5 2 16 11 11 6 1 4 14 12 7 39
6 Barrow 25 12 3 10 32 30 13 8 1 4 19 11 12 4 2 6 13 19 2 39
7 Salford City 24 11 5 8 32 24 12 4 4 4 13 13 12 7 1 4 19 11 8 38
8 Swindon Town 25 10 8 7 28 25 12 5 4 3 14 10 13 5 4 4 14 15 3 38
9 Mansfield Town 25 11 5 9 35 34 12 5 4 3 20 18 13 6 1 6 15 16 1 38
10 Doncaster Rovers 25 11 4 10 30 35 12 7 1 4 19 16 13 4 3 6 11 19 -5 37
11 Walsall 23 10 6 7 29 21 12 7 2 3 19 11 11 3 4 4 10 10 8 36
12 Sutton United 26 10 6 10 27 33 13 8 2 3 16 12 13 2 4 7 11 21 -6 36
13 AFC Wimbledon 25 9 8 8 29 28 11 5 3 3 14 11 14 4 5 5 15 17 1 35
14 Stockport County 23 10 4 9 33 23 11 5 3 3 15 10 12 5 1 6 18 13 10 34
15 Tranmere Rovers 25 9 7 9 27 22 12 5 3 4 17 11 13 4 4 5 10 11 5 34
16 Grimsby Town 23 8 6 9 26 27 12 3 5 4 13 15 11 5 1 5 13 12 -1 30
17 Crewe Alexandra 23 7 8 8 19 27 13 5 4 4 14 13 10 2 4 4 5 14 -8 29
18 Newport County 25 6 8 11 24 28 13 3 3 7 11 16 12 3 5 4 13 12 -4 26
19 Harrogate Town 24 6 5 13 31 39 12 4 3 5 17 19 12 2 2 8 14 20 -8 23
20 Colchester United 25 6 5 14 24 32 12 4 4 4 14 13 13 2 1 10 10 19 -8 23
21 Crawley Town 24 5 7 12 26 39 12 5 1 6 15 17 12 0 6 6 11 22 -13 22
22 Hartlepool United 24 4 7 13 24 45 12 2 5 5 11 21 12 2 2 8 13 24 -21 19
23 Rochdale 24 4 5 15 19 36 12 2 2 8 10 18 12 2 3 7 9 18 -17 17
24 Gillingham 23 2 8 13 7 28 11 2 4 5 4 12 12 0 4 8 3 16 -21 14

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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.