Three points for the home side is predicted from this fixture if the league standings is a guide to future results. The Leyton Orient followers are hopeful that the gap between 1st and Colchester United's 20th position in the table will show on the playing field.
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (22) in League Two
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
This has all the signs of an engaging fixture with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well refreshed since they last saw competitive action. Bring it on!
Leyton Orient form and stats
The home supporters can't complain about results here at Brisbane Road as Leyton Orient have scored 25 goals to get 43 points from 18 games. The overall stats in the League Two are 13-4-1 (wins-draws-losses). In general it's been a long time since Leyton tasted defeat here at Brisbane Road, as they have taken at least one point from their last twelve home games in the league.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Leyton Orient, who played 1-1 against Swindon Town. That match was also played at this venue (Brisbane Road). Midfield player Sadlier got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, the max score being 10. Sadlier served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Preceding that game was the away draw at Grimsby Town that finished 2-2.The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Leyton Orient's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 7 games, won 5 matches, drawn 1 and lost 1.
It should be considered that a look at the 21 most recent league matches shows that 16 of them qualified as a both teams not to score result (only one or none of the sides scored a goal).
Leyton Orient are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 18 games. As for guarding their own goal, Leyton have only let in {6 goals} at home.
Colchester United form and stats
There's been little loot from Colchester United's travels as they have only collected 16 points from 18 away games in the League Two. Colchester United only have 5 wins to counter their 12 defeats and 1 draw. It's looking increasingly bleak for Colchester United who now has to deal with a four game losing streak. Walsall was the last time a defeat was avoided.
The attacking players of Colchester have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 508 minutes.
Colchester United failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Stockport County (placed 5th) that ended with defeat 0-1.
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bradford City wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Colchester United playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 0 draws and 5 home wins.
Low on goals? 9 of this side's latest 10 league matches have contained zero, one or two goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Colchester as they have only managed to score 15 times from 18 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Colchester United have seen the ball go into their own net 24 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The latest registered result between these sides is the Colchester United - Leyton 1-3 played previously this season. Leyton Orient-Colchester United H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Leyton Orient two wins, Colchester United six wins, two draws. seven of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  P. Smyth 9 goals |  G. Moncur 6 goals | T. Archibald 5 goals |
Leyton Orient missing players
Colchester United missing players
| Leyton Orient | Colchester United | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 35 | 18 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 18 | 36 |
| 21 | 13 | 4 | Won | W | 0 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 5 | 12 | 19 |
| 46 | 25 | 10 | Scored | S | 3 | 15 | 31 |
| 22 | 6 | 5 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | 43 |
| 89% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 97% |
| 60% | 50% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 60% | 56% | 58% |
| 26% | 22% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 39% | 33% |
| 11% | 6% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | 14% |
| 6% | 6% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 6% | 3% |
| 31% | 22% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 40% | 44% | 47% |
| 57% | 78% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 17% |
| 23% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 60% | 44% | 39% |
| 5.1 | 5.8 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.7 |
| 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 5 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.1 | 17.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6 | 7.1 | 8.7 |
| 4 | 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 |
| 33% | 32% | 43% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 75% | 70% |
| 8.9 | 8.7 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14 | 11.9 | 11.4 |
| 2.3 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 3.7 |
- Colchester United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Colchester United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Colchester United 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 (22) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (14) at home in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (20) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the most points (43) at home in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+24) 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 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 22 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 24 | 72 |
| 2 | Carlisle United | 35 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 35 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 19 | 23 | 64 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 49 | 31 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 63 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 35 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 48 | 33 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 26 | 18 | 15 | 60 |
| 5 | Stockport County | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 31 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 59 |
| 6 | Bradford City | 35 | 16 | 11 | 8 | 43 | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 59 |
| 7 | Salford City | 36 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 54 | 41 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 23 | 13 | 56 |
| 8 | Mansfield Town | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 43 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 55 |
| 9 | Sutton United | 36 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 39 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 1 | 55 |
| 10 | Barrow | 36 | 15 | 7 | 14 | 38 | 41 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | -3 | 52 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 35 | 15 | 5 | 15 | 38 | 46 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -8 | 50 |
| 12 | Swindon Town | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 45 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 49 |
| 13 | Tranmere Rovers | 36 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 0 | 48 |
| 14 | Walsall | 34 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 36 | 32 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 44 |
| 15 | AFC Wimbledon | 35 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 37 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -4 | 42 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 33 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 36 | 41 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 19 | 22 | -5 | 42 |
| 17 | Crewe Alexandra | 34 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 20 | -10 | 42 |
| 18 | Newport County | 35 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 41 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 19 | -7 | 39 |
| 19 | Gillingham | 35 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 37 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 21 | -14 | 38 |
| 20 | Colchester United | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 31 | 43 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 18 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 15 | 24 | -12 | 35 |
| 21 | Harrogate Town | 36 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 54 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 22 | 27 | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 27 | -13 | 35 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 36 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 64 | 18 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 30 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 34 | -26 | 30 |
| 23 | Crawley Town | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 37 | 58 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 31 | -21 | 29 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 29 | 53 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 26 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 27 | -24 | 25 |
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