League Two game lowdown: Leyton Orient against Newport County

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 25.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Breyer Group Stadium (9271 seats)

It's been three sleeps since Leyton Orient faced Port Vale and the result was 0-0. Can they win against Newport County?

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in League Two
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (15) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient have played 12 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-2 (wins-draws-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 208 minutes without scoring a league goal. Morris (own goal) was the last player to find the net.

Leyton Orient's last game was hosting Port Vale (placed 9th) and winning 0-0. The spoils were shared in Leyton Orient's previous game, also at home. Visiting Port Vale (placed 9th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Leyton Orient's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-0 versus Port Vale (placed 9th). Ogie, defender, was given a rating of 7.41/10 in that game, top of the team. Ogie hit one key pass and won 9 of 14 duels.

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 Orient have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found twelve games) they have won six times, drawn five and lost one.

The manager Jackett will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Mansfield Town in only four days.

A decent goal production from Leyton Orient in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 12 league matches. Leyton 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 7 from 12 matches.

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Newport County form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their League Two travels is 5 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.

218 minutes! That's how long the Newport County goalkeeper Nick Townsend and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

It's the second away game in a row for Newport County, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Scunthorpe United (placed 23rd) last time out. Newport County are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-0 draw at Scunthorpe United (placed 23rd). Newport County are travelling again after losing away to Scunthorpe United in their previous match (1-0). Midfield player Azaz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 9.01/10. Azaz hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 44 successful passes (of 48 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Harrogate Town. A draw for Newport before that, at their own venue hosting Harrogate Town (4-0). Preceding that, the 4-0 home loss versus Harrogate Town.

We have checked recent matches where Newport County have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those three games were zero victories, one draw and two defeats.

A new game in only four days for Newport County, the League Two home match versus Barrow. Busy days.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Newport County have scored 19 goals in 14 league games away. Newport County have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The last head to head meeting ended Newport County - Leyton Orient 2-2, earlier this season. Stats for the prior ten meetings featuring these two contenders are: six wins for Leyton, two draws and two wins for Newport County. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Newport CountyD. Telford
D. Telford
18 goals
Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
11 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
10 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Newport County missing players

Leyton Orient Newport County
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 12 5 Played P 5 14 26
7 6 3 Won W 2 5 11
11 4 2 Drew D 2 5 8
5 2 0 Lost L 1 4 7
37 24 12 Scored S 8 19 43
21 7 3 Conceded C 8 21 34
83% 75% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
74% 75% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 81%
43% 50% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 64% 69%
35% 33% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 40% 29% 35%
17% 25% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 7% 12%
52% 33% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 64% 58%
35% 58% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 27%
30% 33% 20% Failed to Score F T 20% 14% 19%
 
4 3.9 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.4 4.7
5 4.6 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 4.3 4.2
2.7 2.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.1 1.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.3 10.9 12.6 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.3 13.9
3.9 3.8 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.4 5.4 5.6
42% 53% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 25% 30%
 
8.8 7.5 7.4 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 13.1 11.8
3.3 2.9 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 3.7 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leyton Orient have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+17) at home in League Two
  • Newport County have the fewest matches under the total-line (6) in League Two
  • Newport County have the most matches over the total-line (15) in League Two
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 25 16 7 2 51 21 13 9 2 2 23 9 12 7 5 0 28 12 30 55
2 Tranmere Rovers 26 14 6 6 28 15 13 10 0 3 19 6 13 4 6 3 9 9 13 48
3 Sutton United 26 13 5 8 41 33 13 9 1 3 22 12 13 4 4 5 19 21 8 44
4 Northampton Town 25 12 6 7 32 24 12 7 2 3 17 9 13 5 4 4 15 15 8 42
5 Newport County 26 11 8 7 43 34 12 6 3 3 24 13 14 5 5 4 19 21 9 41
6 Swindon Town 25 11 8 6 40 31 12 3 6 3 16 14 13 8 2 3 24 17 9 41
7 Mansfield Town 25 12 5 8 35 31 15 9 3 3 25 17 10 3 2 5 10 14 4 41
8 Exeter City 25 10 10 5 37 26 12 6 4 2 19 11 13 4 6 3 18 15 11 40
9 Port Vale 24 10 6 8 36 27 12 5 3 4 17 12 12 5 3 4 19 15 9 36
10 Salford City 26 9 7 10 29 27 14 5 6 3 15 11 12 4 1 7 14 16 2 34
11 Harrogate Town 24 9 6 9 38 35 12 4 4 4 21 18 12 5 2 5 17 17 3 33
12 Bradford City 25 7 12 6 31 29 12 4 7 1 19 14 13 3 5 5 12 15 2 33
13 Leyton Orient 23 7 11 5 37 21 12 6 4 2 24 7 11 1 7 3 13 14 16 32
14 Crawley Town 25 9 5 11 29 35 12 4 3 5 15 18 13 5 2 6 14 17 -6 32
15 Bristol Rovers 23 8 6 9 30 34 12 6 1 5 19 18 11 2 5 4 11 16 -4 30
16 Hartlepool United 26 8 6 12 25 37 13 7 4 2 17 12 13 1 2 10 8 25 -12 30
17 Walsall 25 7 8 10 29 34 13 4 5 4 19 19 12 3 3 6 10 15 -5 29
18 Rochdale 24 6 10 8 30 32 12 3 6 3 14 12 12 3 4 5 16 20 -2 28
19 Stevenage 27 6 10 11 25 42 14 5 6 3 18 18 13 1 4 8 7 24 -17 28
20 Carlisle United 26 6 9 11 19 33 13 3 7 3 9 10 13 3 2 8 10 23 -14 27
21 Barrow 25 6 8 11 26 31 13 3 5 5 15 17 12 3 3 6 11 14 -5 26
22 Colchester United 25 6 7 12 22 35 11 3 3 5 10 14 14 3 4 7 12 21 -13 25
23 Scunthorpe United 26 3 10 13 19 45 12 2 4 6 8 17 14 1 6 7 11 28 -26 19
24 Oldham Athletic 25 4 6 15 22 42 12 2 2 8 16 25 13 2 4 7 6 17 -20 18

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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.