League Two preview: Can Leyton Orient edge out victory against Oldham Athletic?

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 11.September
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Breyer Group Stadium (9271 seats)

Nothing but a win will please the Leyton Orient fans in this The Breyer Group Stadium clash with Oldham Athletic, having a solid lead on them in the League Two standings.

Insights:
  • All of Leyton Orient's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Oldham Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-6) in League Two

Leyton Orient and Oldham Athletic should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient have secured 6 points from their first three home games in the League Two. A decent catch, still with room for improvement.

An away draw last time out for Leyton, facing Newport County in a game that ended 2-2. The attacking player Harry Smith was declared "man of the match" for Leyton with the rating of 9.44/10. Smith scored two goals and hit four key passes.

Ahead of that match, Leyton Orient won a home game hosting Bradford City (2-0).

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Leyton Orient matches with similar probabilities have ended with zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Southampton U21 are coming to town in three days.

A decent goal production from Leyton Orient in their home games so far, with 5 goals from 3 league matches. From these home matches, Leyton Orient have conceded only 2 goals.

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Oldham Athletic form and stats

Things could have gone better for Oldham Athletic in their League Two away matches, but 3 points from 3 games is all right.

Oldham Athletic's previous game was their home loss versus Barrow (0-3). Midfield player Nicky Adams was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.13/10. Adams hit two key passes.

That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus Salford City in the EFL Trophy.

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 Oldham playing away, we found eight games. Results were three away wins, zero draws and five home wins.

Oldham find the net regularly in their away games. 3 goals from 3 away fixtures in the league. 4 goals have been conceded by Oldham in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Leyton Orient victories, five draws and one Oldham Athletic win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeytonH. Smith
H. Smith
4 goals
Leyton OrientO. Beckles
O. Beckles
2 goals
Oldham AthleticD. Bahamboula
D. Bahamboula
2 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Oldham Athletic missing players

Leyton Orient Oldham Athletic
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
6 3 0 Played P 1 3 6
2 2 0 Won W 0 1 1
3 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 1 2 5
9 5 0 Scored S 1 3 4
6 2 0 Conceded C 2 4 10
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 67% 67%
33% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 67% 67%
17% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 50%
33% 67% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
17% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 50%
 
4.5 4.7 0 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.3 5.3
4.3 4.3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.7 4.2
2.2 1.7 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10 10 0 Shots (avg) S ( 12 10.7 10.3
4.2 4.7 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 3 2.8
36% 36% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 24%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • All of Leyton Orient's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Leyton Orient have scored more than double the goals of Oldham Athletic.
  • Leyton Orient haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Oldham Athletic have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Oldham Athletic have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their matches.
  • Oldham Athletic have the the worst goal difference (-6) in League Two
  • Oldham Athletic 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 Harrogate Town 5 4 1 0 11 5 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 2 0 0 5 1 6 13
2 Forest Green Rovers 6 4 1 1 13 8 3 2 0 1 8 6 3 2 1 0 5 2 5 13
3 Bradford City 6 3 2 1 10 7 3 2 1 0 7 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 11
4 Swindon Town 6 3 2 1 7 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 0 5 2 3 11
5 Northampton Town 5 3 1 1 5 3 3 2 0 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 10
6 Leyton Orient 6 2 3 1 9 6 3 2 0 1 5 2 3 0 3 0 4 4 3 9
7 Hartlepool United 5 3 0 2 7 5 3 3 0 0 5 1 2 0 0 2 2 4 2 9
8 Carlisle United 6 2 3 1 6 5 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 1 9
9 Barrow 6 2 2 2 8 6 3 1 2 0 4 3 3 1 0 2 4 3 2 8
10 Rochdale 6 2 2 2 10 9 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 0 1 8 6 1 8
11 Tranmere Rovers 6 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 0 1 2 1 3 0 2 1 0 1 0 8
12 Stevenage 6 2 2 2 6 7 3 1 2 0 3 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 -1 8
13 Exeter City 6 1 4 1 5 5 3 1 2 0 4 1 3 0 2 1 1 4 0 7
14 Mansfield Town 6 2 1 3 8 10 4 2 0 2 7 8 2 0 1 1 1 2 -2 7
15 Newport County 5 2 1 2 5 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 2 3 5 -2 7
16 Bristol Rovers 6 2 1 3 5 9 3 2 0 1 2 2 3 0 1 2 3 7 -4 7
17 Port Vale 6 1 3 2 5 5 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 1 1 1 3 2 0 6
18 Colchester United 5 1 3 1 4 4 2 0 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 0 3 2 0 6
19 Scunthorpe United 6 1 3 2 4 7 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 2 1 1 3 -3 6
20 Salford City 6 1 2 3 6 6 4 1 2 1 4 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 0 5
21 Walsall 6 1 2 3 4 8 3 1 1 1 3 4 3 0 1 2 1 4 -4 5
22 Crawley Town 5 1 1 3 5 9 2 1 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 3 3 8 -4 4
23 Oldham Athletic 6 1 0 5 4 10 3 0 0 3 1 6 3 1 0 2 3 4 -6 3
24 Sutton United 4 0 2 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 -2 2

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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.