The League Two league standings tell a story about these contenders to this date, with Leyton Orient ahead of Newport County by 20 points. Match preview to follow:
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two
- Newport County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
Both contenders have had enough days rest since their previous match. Let's look for an active game!
Leyton Orient form and stats
5-0-0 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Leyton Orient so far this season.
Nothing to worry about in defence for Leyton Orient, as their goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux has completely shut out the opponents for 380 minutes in the League Two.
Happy days for Leyton in their previous game, a fixture away at Barrow (placed 4th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Attacking player Smyth edged out all the other players in that fixture and managed a match rating of 7.61 out of 10. Smyth scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that result, a home victory hosting Sutton United in the EFL Trophy.
Not much happening? In this club's last 10 league games, 8 have had zero, one or two goals.
Defensively Leyton Orient have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (2 in 5 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Newport County form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Newport County's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Carlisle United that finished 1-1. Demetriou was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.34. The defender Demetriou won 6 of 8 duels.
The game before that was the EFL Trophy-battle against Forest Green Rovers, a home loss (1-2).
The schedule is very tough for Newport now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A League Two game at Swindon Town is waiting in only three days.
Newport County find the net regularly in their away games. 5 goals from 4 away fixtures in the league.
Head 2 Head
Leyton Orient-Newport County H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Leyton Orient five wins, Newport County three wins, two draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  O. Bogle 5 goals |   P. Smyth 4 goals |  G. Moncur 3 goals |
Leyton Orient missing players
Newport County missing players
| Leyton Orient | Newport County | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Played | P | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | 10 | 4 | Scored | S | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 60% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 75% | 80% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 25% | 30% |
| 20% | 20% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 25% | 20% |
| 10% | 20% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 10% |
| 30% | 20% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 25% | 40% |
| 70% | 80% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 25% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 4.2 | 4 | 2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
| 4.4 | 3.8 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 4.8 | 3.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2 | 1.9 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | 12.2 | 21 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 11 | 10.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.4 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 1.5 | 1.6 |
| 38% | 45% | 67% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 83% | 62% |
| 8.3 | 10 | 8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 10.5 | 9.4 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 2 | 3 |
- Leyton Orient have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Leyton Orient have scored in all their matches so far.
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (4) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (2) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (7) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+14) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+8) at home in League Two
- Leyton Orient have won all their matches at home so far.
- Leyton Orient haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Leyton Orient is in the best form (6-0-0) in League Two
- Newport County have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | Northampton Town | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 23 |
| 3 | Stevenage | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 22 |
| 4 | Barrow | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 21 |
| 5 | Salford City | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 20 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| 7 | Bradford City | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 17 |
| 9 | Doncaster Rovers | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Grimsby Town | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | Crewe Alexandra | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 |
| 12 | Carlisle United | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 |
| 13 | Sutton United | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 |
| 14 | Tranmere Rovers | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 |
| 15 | Walsall | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 9 |
| 16 | AFC Wimbledon | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 17 | Stockport County | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 8 |
| 18 | Newport County | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -4 | 8 |
| 19 | Harrogate Town | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 8 |
| 20 | Gillingham | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 7 |
| 21 | Colchester United | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -7 | 6 |
| 22 | Crawley Town | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -8 | 6 |
| 23 | Rochdale | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -10 | 5 |
| 24 | Hartlepool United | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 5 |
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