This fixture features two participants living in the lower parts of the League Two, Leyton Orient holding 18th spot and Carlisle United sitting at 23rd. A nice chance for one of the squads to better their situation.
- Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Carlisle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Little time to rest for the host team, as they were involved in a League Two game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Bristol Rovers, was also a home game here at The Breyer Group Stadium. The away team is better rested.
Leyton Orient form and stats
Leyton Orient have played 16 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-6 (wins-draws-losses). The home team are struggling everywhere these days as they haven't won a league-game, regardless of being the home or the away team, in ten attempts.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 381 minutes without scoring a league goal. Pratley was the last player to find the net.
The Leyton Orient crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-2 to Bristol Rovers here at The Breyer Group Stadium. Defender Khan got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.4/10. Khan hit two key passes and won 11 of 17 duels.
Preceding that match was the home game against Salford City that was lost 0-2.There will be little rest for Leyton Orient after this match as they are travelling to Colchester United for a League Two game in only three days.
Leyton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The Breyer Group Stadium with 24 goals in 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leyton Orient are not conceding a lot of goals here at The Breyer Group Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 13 from 16 matches. Leyton has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Carlisle United form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Carlisle United so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-9 (win-draw-lose). When Carlisle United is visiting a side on the bottom half, they have won 2 of 3 matches. Scunthorpe United, Colchester United, Carlisle United, Walsall, Stevenage, Oldham Athletic and Barrow is teams we like to compare Leyton Orient with.
Home advantage was not enough for Carlisle United in their previous game as they lost hosting Swindon Town, 0-3. Defender Feeney was the best team player with a rating of 7.64. Feeney hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
A 2-2 draw at Colchester United's stadium before that.A quick return to home after this game, as Carlisle United are hosting Rochdale in the League Two only three days away.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Carlisle as they have only managed to score 13 times from 15 away games in the league. Carlisle United have conceded 27 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The contenders have faced each other before in this season, with the result Carlisle United - Leyton Orient 1-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Leyton Orient three wins, four draws and Carlisle United three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  H. Smith 11 goals |  A. Drinan 10 goals |  T. James 4 goals |
Leyton Orient missing players
Carlisle United missing players
| Leyton Orient | Carlisle United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 16 | 3 | Played | P | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 7 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| 38 | 24 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 31 | 13 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 27 | 45 |
| 87% | 81% | 67% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 84% |
| 70% | 69% | 33% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 71% |
| 33% | 38% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 73% | 48% |
| 27% | 25% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 20% | 16% |
| 13% | 19% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 43% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 47% | 39% |
| 27% | 44% | 67% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 20% | 29% |
| 43% | 50% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 40% | 48% |
| 4 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.3 | 4.8 |
| 4.9 | 4.4 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8.3 | 4.7 | 4.5 |
| 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | 1.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10.4 | 10.4 | 7.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.7 | 11 | 11.6 |
| 3.4 | 3.3 | 2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 |
| 37% | 45% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 22% | 20% |
| 9.1 | 8.1 | 8.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15 | 13.1 | 12 |
| 3.4 | 3.4 | 2.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4 |
- Carlisle United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Carlisle United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Leyton Orient 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 | 31 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 61 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 11 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 34 | 14 | 36 | 66 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 56 |
| 3 | Tranmere Rovers | 33 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 24 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 56 |
| 4 | Exeter City | 30 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 16 | 15 | 53 |
| 5 | Swindon Town | 32 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 54 | 38 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 21 | 16 | 52 |
| 6 | Sutton United | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 46 | 38 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 51 |
| 7 | Mansfield Town | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 40 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 18 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 7 | 50 |
| 8 | Newport County | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 50 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 49 |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers | 31 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 44 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 5 | 47 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 30 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 43 | 31 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 12 | 46 |
| 11 | Salford City | 31 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 35 | 29 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 44 |
| 12 | Hartlepool United | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 26 | -7 | 44 |
| 13 | Harrogate Town | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 50 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 28 | 1 | 41 |
| 14 | Bradford City | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 20 | -4 | 40 |
| 15 | Crawley Town | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 37 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 20 | -4 | 40 |
| 16 | Rochdale | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 38 | 40 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 24 | -2 | 35 |
| 17 | Walsall | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 22 | -12 | 35 |
| 18 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 38 | 31 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 33 |
| 19 | Stevenage | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 50 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 27 | -20 | 33 |
| 20 | Barrow | 31 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 30 | 39 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 26 | -17 | 31 |
| 22 | Oldham Athletic | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 46 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 26 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 20 | -16 | 29 |
| 23 | Carlisle United | 31 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 45 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 27 | -22 | 28 |
| 24 | Scunthorpe United | 33 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 55 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 32 | -32 | 23 |
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