Leyton Orient vs Rochdale: Full pre-match guide and statistics

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 19.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Breyer Group Stadium (9271 seats)

These two teams have had a low return so far, but three points in this highly important match would certainly provide a boost. Let's hear it for Leyton Orient - Rochdale!

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rochdale have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in League Two

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Leyton Orient and Rochdale.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

6-5-7 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Leyton Orient so far this season. All in all it has been a very rough period for Leyton Orient who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 15 attempts. Their previous win was against Swindon Town, 101 days ago.

The Leyton manager Harrold and his gang return home after a 1-1 draw away versus Forest Green Rovers (placed 1st). The attacker Sotiriou was declared "man of the match" for Leyton Orient with the rating of 7.45/10. Sotiriou scored one goal.

Preceding that game was the away draw at Hartlepool United that finished 0-0.

This is expected to be a close game, with Leyton Orient perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Leyton as a small favourite), we find ten games. Leyton Orient has won five of these, drawn two and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Leyton Orient as they are travelling to their away game against Harrogate Town in the League Two. That match is three days after this one.

Leyton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 26 goals in 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leyton Orient have only conceded 16 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Rochdale form and stats

Rochdale have only collected 18 points from their away games in the League Two, after 4-6-8 (18 played). Rochdale has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Rochdale's last game was the home draw against Salford City (1-1). Defender Dorsett was the best team player with a rating of 8.04. Dorsett won 10 of 13 duels.

Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Barrow.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found seven similar matches played by Rochdale in our archives, and the results are: three wins for Rochdale, one draw and three defeats.

A new game in only three days for Rochdale, the League Two home match versus Mansfield Town. Busy days.

The visiting Rochdale have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 20 goals from 18 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Rochdale rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 29 goals from these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The former head to head match ended Rochdale - Leyton Orient 2-2, played this season. Leyton Orient-Rochdale H2H statistics last nine meetings regardless of arena: Leyton four wins, Rochdale three wins, two draws. six of these nine matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
11 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
10 goals
Leyton OrientR. Sotiriou
R. Sotiriou
5 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Rochdale missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leyton Orient Rochdale
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 18 4 Played P 5 18 35
7 6 1 Won W 2 4 8
16 5 1 Drew D 2 6 16
12 7 2 Lost L 1 8 11
43 26 6 Scored S 5 20 40
37 16 4 Conceded C 5 29 46
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 83% 83%
69% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 83% 71%
34% 39% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 46%
29% 28% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 28% 26%
11% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 14%
46% 28% 25% BTTS BTTS 60% 61% 57%
26% 39% 25% Clean Sheets C S 20% 17% 26%
43% 50% 50% Failed to Score F T 40% 39% 34%
 
3.8 4 4.2 Corners for (avg) C F 6 5.5 6
4.8 4.4 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 2.2 4.8 4.5
2.5 2.3 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.4 1.1 1.1
2 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.2 10.4 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 11.9 13
3.2 3.2 2.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.8 2.7 2.9
38% 45% 55% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 42% 39%
 
9.4 8.3 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8.6 12.3 11.8
3.5 3.5 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 4.3 3.9
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Rochdale have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rochdale have the fewest scored goals in the first half (11) in League Two

  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 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Northampton Town 37 18 9 10 45 32 18 11 3 4 26 13 19 7 6 6 19 19 13 63
3 Newport County 37 17 11 9 60 46 18 9 6 3 36 21 19 8 5 6 24 25 14 62
4 Tranmere Rovers 37 18 8 11 43 32 19 14 1 4 29 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 11 62
5 Exeter City 35 16 13 6 52 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 17 6 7 4 23 19 17 61
6 Swindon Town 37 17 10 10 61 45 19 7 7 5 30 20 18 10 3 5 31 25 16 61
7 Bristol Rovers 37 17 9 11 52 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 10 60
8 Sutton United 36 16 9 11 54 42 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 57
9 Port Vale 35 15 11 9 53 35 18 9 5 4 28 15 17 6 6 5 25 20 18 56
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 35 13 11 11 39 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 19 7 4 8 21 19 7 50
12 Hartlepool United 36 13 9 14 36 46 18 9 6 3 22 16 18 4 3 11 14 30 -10 48
13 Bradford City 37 11 13 13 42 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 19 7 5 7 19 20 -3 46
14 Walsall 37 12 10 15 40 48 19 8 5 6 27 24 18 4 5 9 13 24 -8 46
15 Crawley Town 36 12 9 15 44 52 18 5 6 7 22 26 18 7 3 8 22 26 -8 45
16 Harrogate Town 36 11 10 15 52 57 17 5 6 6 26 24 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 43
17 Rochdale 35 8 16 11 40 46 17 4 10 3 20 17 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 40
18 Carlisle United 36 10 10 16 31 49 19 5 7 7 15 21 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 40
19 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
20 Leyton Orient 35 7 16 12 43 37 18 6 5 7 26 16 17 1 11 5 17 21 6 37
21 Barrow 36 8 13 15 32 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 18 5 4 9 15 20 -9 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 35 7 10 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 21 28 19 3 7 9 14 26 -19 31
24 Scunthorpe United 37 4 12 21 25 63 19 3 5 11 13 27 18 1 7 10 12 36 -38 24

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Table
  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 36 19 12 5 65 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 18 8 9 1 37 18 33 69
2 Northampton Town 37 18 9 10 45 32 18 11 3 4 26 13 19 7 6 6 19 19 13 63
3 Newport County 37 17 11 9 60 46 18 9 6 3 36 21 19 8 5 6 24 25 14 62
4 Tranmere Rovers 37 18 8 11 43 32 19 14 1 4 29 13 18 4 7 7 14 19 11 62
5 Exeter City 35 16 13 6 52 35 18 10 6 2 29 16 17 6 7 4 23 19 17 61
6 Swindon Town 37 17 10 10 61 45 19 7 7 5 30 20 18 10 3 5 31 25 16 61
7 Bristol Rovers 37 17 9 11 52 42 19 11 3 5 28 19 18 6 6 6 24 23 10 60
8 Sutton United 36 16 9 11 54 42 18 11 4 3 31 15 18 5 5 8 23 27 12 57
9 Port Vale 35 15 11 9 53 35 18 9 5 4 28 15 17 6 6 5 25 20 18 56
10 Mansfield Town 34 16 8 10 47 40 18 12 3 3 31 19 16 4 5 7 16 21 7 56
11 Salford City 35 13 11 11 39 32 16 6 7 3 18 13 19 7 4 8 21 19 7 50
12 Hartlepool United 36 13 9 14 36 46 18 9 6 3 22 16 18 4 3 11 14 30 -10 48
13 Bradford City 37 11 13 13 42 45 18 4 8 6 23 25 19 7 5 7 19 20 -3 46
14 Walsall 37 12 10 15 40 48 19 8 5 6 27 24 18 4 5 9 13 24 -8 46
15 Crawley Town 36 12 9 15 44 52 18 5 6 7 22 26 18 7 3 8 22 26 -8 45
16 Harrogate Town 36 11 10 15 52 57 17 5 6 6 26 24 19 6 4 9 26 33 -5 43
17 Rochdale 35 8 16 11 40 46 17 4 10 3 20 17 18 4 6 8 20 29 -6 40
18 Carlisle United 36 10 10 16 31 49 19 5 7 7 15 21 17 5 3 9 16 28 -18 40
19 Colchester United 37 9 12 16 36 51 18 4 8 6 19 23 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 39
20 Leyton Orient 35 7 16 12 43 37 18 6 5 7 26 16 17 1 11 5 17 21 6 37
21 Barrow 36 8 13 15 32 41 18 3 9 6 17 21 18 5 4 9 15 20 -9 37
22 Stevenage 37 7 13 17 33 58 19 6 6 7 22 27 18 1 7 10 11 31 -25 34
23 Oldham Athletic 35 7 10 18 35 54 16 4 3 9 21 28 19 3 7 9 14 26 -19 31
24 Scunthorpe United 37 4 12 21 25 63 19 3 5 11 13 27 18 1 7 10 12 36 -38 24

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