This match features two teams living in the basement of the League Two, Leyton Orient holding 19th place and Grimsby Town lying 17th. A good chance for both teams to improve their position.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Leyton Orient form and stats
With 2 League Two wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats from their home games, Leyton Orient are certainly not brimming with confidence.
Leyton Orient lost their last game at Walsall (placed 11th) after a 0-1 scoreline. Preceding that game was the away draw at Newport County that finished 1-1.
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 Leyton Orient have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won 4 Drawn 0 Lost 2.
The Leyton Orient fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 15 in 12 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 22 goals have been conceded.
Grimsby Town form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Grimsby Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.
Grimsby Town have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper James McKeown. It's been 233 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.
It's the second away game in a row for Grimsby Town, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Mansfield Town (placed 18th) in the League Two last time out. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs Salford City.
Grimsby Town made it very difficult for themselves, when L. Waterfall got a red card in the 10th minute. The match was still a draw at this point. But even with this card, Grimsby Town won the match 1-0!
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 14 similar matches played by Grimsby Town in our archives, and the results are: 7 wins for Grimsby Town, 2 draws and 5 defeats.
Grimsby Town have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 12 away games in the league. It's not easy to score on Grimsby Town as they have only conceded 11 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Grimsby Town - Leyton Orient 0-4 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last five meetings: 3 - 1 - 1 (Leyton Orient wins - draws - Grimsby Town wins). As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 2 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  J. Wright 7 goals |  J. Maguire-Drew 5 goals |   J. Hanson 5 goals |
Leyton Orient missing players
Grimsby Town missing players
| Leyton Orient | Grimsby Town | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 2 | Played | P | 6 | 12 | 24 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 11 | 6 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 32 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 42 | 22 | 1 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 28 |
| 92% | 83% | 50% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 83% | 88% |
| 76% | 75% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 58% | 58% |
| 56% | 58% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 33% | 33% |
| 44% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 25% | 25% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 4% |
| 60% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 38% |
| 20% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 28% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 42% | 46% |
| 5.3 | 6 | 8.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 4 | 5 |
| 5.3 | 5.7 | 6 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 0.5 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 264 | 148 | 28 | Total Shots | T S | 71 | 138 | 272 |
| 92 | 50 | 12 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 40 | 82 |
| 35% | 30% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 32% | 29% |
- Grimsby Town has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Grimsby Town has the fewest scored goals in the first half (4)
- Grimsby Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Leyton Orient has the most conceded goals in the first half (26)
- Leyton Orient has the the worst goal difference (-7) at 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 | Swindon Town | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 50 |
| 2 | Exeter City | 25 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 47 |
| 3 | Crewe Alexandra | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 44 |
| 4 | Bradford City | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 32 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 44 |
| 5 | Cheltenham Town | 25 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 41 |
| 6 | Plymouth Argyle | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 37 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 41 |
| 7 | Forest Green Rovers | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 41 |
| 8 | Colchester United | 25 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 35 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 40 |
| 9 | Northampton Town | 25 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 6 | 39 |
| 10 | Port Vale | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 32 | 31 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Walsall | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 33 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 17 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Salford City | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | -4 | 32 |
| 13 | Cambridge United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 30 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -1 | 31 |
| 14 | Scunthorpe United | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 34 | 36 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 31 |
| 15 | Newport County | 23 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
| 16 | Crawley Town | 26 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -3 | 29 |
| 17 | Grimsby Town | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 11 | -4 | 29 |
| 18 | Mansfield Town | 26 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 38 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -5 | 27 |
| 19 | Leyton Orient | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 32 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 20 | -10 | 26 |
| 20 | Oldham Athletic | 25 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 22 | -15 | 26 |
| 21 | Carlisle United | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 25 | -17 | 25 |
| 22 | Macclesfield Town | 24 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 23 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 19 | -3 | 23 |
| 23 | Stevenage | 25 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 30 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -15 | 18 |
| 24 | Morecambe | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 44 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 26 | -24 | 18 |