Leyton Orient vs Northampton Town betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 23.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Breyer Group Stadium (9271 seats)

The Breyer Group Stadium: Shake it up for a football celebration when Leyton Orient put their fighting gear on for Northampton Town. Read up on the match here!

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (34) in League Two

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient have collected 32 points from their League Two home games so far after 9-5-7. Leyton Orient are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A strong away win for Leyton against Swindon Town the last match, as Beckles (2) were on target. Vigouroux loved the game against Swindon Town. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory. Defender Beckles got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 9.03/10. Beckles scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 6 of 9 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Scunthorpe United in a game that was won 3-0.

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 nine matches with the results: Won four, drawn two and lost three.

A decent goal production from Leyton Orient in their home games so far, with 34 goals from 21 league 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 17 from 21 matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Northampton Town form and stats

8 wins, 6 draws and 7 losses. That’s the product of Northampton Town playing as the away team in the League Two this season.

Northampton have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Liam Roberts. It's been 339 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

Appéré and Hoskins (2) scored in Northampton Town's previous match, the home game against Harrogate Town that ended 3-0. Appéré, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.13. Appéré scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Oldham Athletic.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Northampton Town in our archives, and the results are: four wins for Northampton Town, three draws and three defeats.

Northampton are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 20 times in 21 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Northampton Town - Leyton Orient 1-0 was the product when these participants formerly did battle, also in this season. Leyton Orient-Northampton Town H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Leyton three wins, Northampton Town four wins, three draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
13 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
12 goals
Northampton TownS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
12 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Northampton Town missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leyton Orient Northampton Town
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
43 21 6 Played P 7 21 43
13 9 2 Won W 2 8 21
16 5 3 Drew D 2 6 10
14 7 1 Lost L 3 7 12
58 34 8 Scored S 7 21 52
42 17 4 Conceded C 10 20 34
88% 86% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 86% 81% 88%
72% 71% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 43% 52% 58%
37% 43% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 43% 38% 35%
26% 29% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 29% 10% 9%
9% 14% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 14% 5% 5%
42% 29% 33% BTTS BTTS 43% 43% 35%
30% 43% 50% Clean Sheets C S 43% 43% 49%
40% 43% 50% Failed to Score F T 29% 33% 28%
 
4 4.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 3.9 3.4 4.3
4.8 4.6 4.8 Corners against (avg) C A 4.6 4.6 4.6
2.5 2.3 2.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.1
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
10.4 11.3 12.2 Shots (avg) S ( 9.9 10 10.7
3.4 3.6 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.6 3.6 3.6
39% 45% 38% Goal Efficiency G E 22% 28% 34%
 
9.6 8.8 7.3 Shots against (avg) S A 10.1 10.7 9.8
3.4 3.4 3.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.3 4.1 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals (34) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (2) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (21) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  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 42 23 13 6 71 37 22 14 4 4 33 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 34 82
2 Exeter City 42 21 14 7 60 38 20 12 6 2 33 17 22 9 8 5 27 21 22 77
3 Port Vale 43 21 12 10 65 42 22 11 6 5 34 20 21 10 6 5 31 22 23 75
4 Northampton Town 43 21 10 12 52 34 22 13 4 5 31 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 18 73
5 Bristol Rovers 43 21 10 12 60 46 21 13 3 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 73
6 Sutton United 42 20 10 12 63 48 21 13 5 3 34 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 15 70
7 Tranmere Rovers 43 19 12 12 50 38 22 15 3 4 34 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 12 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 20 9 13 59 48 20 13 3 4 34 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 11 69
9 Salford City 43 18 12 13 54 39 22 10 8 4 31 19 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 66
10 Newport County 43 18 12 13 64 53 21 9 6 6 39 27 22 9 6 7 25 26 11 66
11 Swindon Town 42 18 11 13 67 52 21 7 7 7 31 23 21 11 4 6 36 29 15 65
12 Crawley Town 42 17 9 16 53 56 22 9 6 7 28 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -3 60
13 Leyton Orient 43 13 16 14 58 42 21 9 5 7 34 17 22 4 11 7 24 25 16 55
14 Hartlepool United 43 14 11 18 43 58 21 9 7 5 24 21 22 5 4 13 19 37 -15 53
15 Rochdale 43 11 17 15 46 53 22 7 11 4 25 19 21 4 6 11 21 34 -7 50
16 Walsall 43 13 11 19 43 55 21 9 5 7 28 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -12 50
17 Carlisle United 43 13 11 19 37 56 22 7 7 8 17 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -19 50
18 Bradford City 43 11 16 16 45 53 21 4 10 7 25 28 22 7 6 9 20 25 -8 49
19 Colchester United 43 12 12 19 42 57 22 6 8 8 23 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -15 48
20 Harrogate Town 43 12 11 20 58 72 21 5 7 9 29 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -14 47
21 Barrow 42 9 14 19 40 50 21 4 9 8 23 25 21 5 5 11 17 25 -10 41
22 Stevenage 42 9 14 19 38 62 21 7 6 8 23 28 21 2 8 11 15 34 -24 41
23 Oldham Athletic 43 9 10 24 42 68 21 5 3 13 25 37 22 4 7 11 17 31 -26 37
24 Scunthorpe United 43 4 13 26 27 80 22 3 6 13 14 35 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 25

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  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 42 23 13 6 71 37 22 14 4 4 33 15 20 9 9 2 38 22 34 82
2 Exeter City 42 21 14 7 60 38 20 12 6 2 33 17 22 9 8 5 27 21 22 77
3 Port Vale 43 21 12 10 65 42 22 11 6 5 34 20 21 10 6 5 31 22 23 75
4 Northampton Town 43 21 10 12 52 34 22 13 4 5 31 14 21 8 6 7 21 20 18 73
5 Bristol Rovers 43 21 10 12 60 46 21 13 3 5 31 20 22 8 7 7 29 26 14 73
6 Sutton United 42 20 10 12 63 48 21 13 5 3 34 16 21 7 5 9 29 32 15 70
7 Tranmere Rovers 43 19 12 12 50 38 22 15 3 4 34 16 21 4 9 8 16 22 12 69
8 Mansfield Town 42 20 9 13 59 48 20 13 3 4 34 22 22 7 6 9 25 26 11 69
9 Salford City 43 18 12 13 54 39 22 10 8 4 31 19 21 8 4 9 23 20 15 66
10 Newport County 43 18 12 13 64 53 21 9 6 6 39 27 22 9 6 7 25 26 11 66
11 Swindon Town 42 18 11 13 67 52 21 7 7 7 31 23 21 11 4 6 36 29 15 65
12 Crawley Town 42 17 9 16 53 56 22 9 6 7 28 27 20 8 3 9 25 29 -3 60
13 Leyton Orient 43 13 16 14 58 42 21 9 5 7 34 17 22 4 11 7 24 25 16 55
14 Hartlepool United 43 14 11 18 43 58 21 9 7 5 24 21 22 5 4 13 19 37 -15 53
15 Rochdale 43 11 17 15 46 53 22 7 11 4 25 19 21 4 6 11 21 34 -7 50
16 Walsall 43 13 11 19 43 55 21 9 5 7 28 26 22 4 6 12 15 29 -12 50
17 Carlisle United 43 13 11 19 37 56 22 7 7 8 17 22 21 6 4 11 20 34 -19 50
18 Bradford City 43 11 16 16 45 53 21 4 10 7 25 28 22 7 6 9 20 25 -8 49
19 Colchester United 43 12 12 19 42 57 22 6 8 8 23 26 21 6 4 11 19 31 -15 48
20 Harrogate Town 43 12 11 20 58 72 21 5 7 9 29 34 22 7 4 11 29 38 -14 47
21 Barrow 42 9 14 19 40 50 21 4 9 8 23 25 21 5 5 11 17 25 -10 41
22 Stevenage 42 9 14 19 38 62 21 7 6 8 23 28 21 2 8 11 15 34 -24 41
23 Oldham Athletic 43 9 10 24 42 68 21 5 3 13 25 37 22 4 7 11 17 31 -26 37
24 Scunthorpe United 43 4 13 26 27 80 22 3 6 13 14 35 21 1 7 13 13 45 -53 25

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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.