League Two match prediction: Little separates Leyton Orient and Salford City in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The H2T Group Stadium (6000 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Leyton Orient have their presumed home advantage while Salford City are ahead 6 points in the League Two table.

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salford City has the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two

The hosts Leyton Orient saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the League Two. This match was also played here at The H2T Group Stadium. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Salford City have had more rest.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Leyton Orient at their home stadium (The H2T Group Stadium) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Cambridge United (1-2).

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 have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 14 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn three and lost three.

Leyton have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at The H2T Group Stadium with 16 goals in 9 league matches. Leyton have conceded 11 in these home matches.

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Salford City form and stats

4 wins, 0 draws and 4 losses. That’s the product of Salford City, who have the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two, playing as the away team in the League Two this season. Momentum is building for Salford in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

180 minutes! That's how long the Salford goalkeeper Vaclav Hladky and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Salford are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the League Two against Walsall (placed 9th). Before that one, a nice away victory 1-0 at Harrogate Town.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Salford City playing away and similar expectations, we found six relevant matches. Results were three Salford City wins, two draws and one defeat.

Salford find the net regularly in their away games. 9 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Salford are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 7 times in 8 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's zero Leyton Orient victories, two draws and one Salford City win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

LeytonD. Johnson
D. Johnson
13 goals
Salford CityI. Henderson
I. Henderson
7 goals
Leyton OrientC. Wilkinson
C. Wilkinson
6 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Salford City missing players

Leyton Orient Salford City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
21 10 3 Played P 2 8 19
8 4 1 Won W 1 4 9
4 3 1 Drew D 0 0 6
9 3 1 Lost L 1 4 4
29 16 3 Scored S 1 9 27
26 11 4 Conceded C 2 7 14
95% 90% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 89%
81% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 68%
57% 60% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 38% 42%
19% 30% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 12% 16%
10% 10% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
57% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 0% 25% 37%
33% 40% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 50% 53%
14% 20% 33% Failed to Score F T 50% 25% 21%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2 3.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 1.8 1.9
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9.5 8.9 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.8 12.5
3 2.9 1.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 5 5.2
45% 55% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 14% 22% 28%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Salford City has the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
  • Salford City has the fewest conceded goals (7) away in League Two
  • Salford City has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5) in League Two
  • Salford City has the most clean sheets (10) in League Two
  • Salford City 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 Newport County 20 11 5 4 31 21 9 7 1 1 15 10 11 4 4 3 16 11 10 38
2 Forest Green Rovers 20 10 7 3 26 16 9 5 3 1 12 7 11 5 4 2 14 9 10 37
3 Carlisle United 20 11 3 6 30 20 10 8 1 1 23 11 10 3 2 5 7 9 10 36
4 Cheltenham Town 20 10 4 6 30 21 11 5 3 3 17 12 9 5 1 3 13 9 9 34
5 Morecambe 20 10 4 6 27 30 10 5 3 2 13 13 10 5 1 4 14 17 -3 34
6 Salford City 19 9 6 4 27 14 11 5 6 0 18 7 8 4 0 4 9 7 13 33
7 Exeter City 19 8 7 4 40 26 10 6 1 3 22 10 9 2 6 1 18 16 14 31
8 Cambridge United 20 9 4 7 31 19 11 6 3 2 17 10 9 3 1 5 14 9 12 31
9 Walsall 20 7 9 4 26 26 10 5 3 2 12 10 10 2 6 2 14 16 0 30
10 Crawley Town 20 7 7 6 31 27 10 5 3 2 19 11 10 2 4 4 12 16 4 28
11 Colchester United 20 7 7 6 27 29 9 6 2 1 17 10 11 1 5 5 10 19 -2 28
12 Leyton Orient 20 8 3 9 29 26 9 4 2 3 16 11 11 4 1 6 13 15 3 27
13 Tranmere Rovers 19 8 3 8 22 24 9 4 0 5 11 9 10 4 3 3 11 15 -2 27
14 Oldham Athletic 20 8 2 10 33 37 11 2 1 8 14 20 9 6 1 2 19 17 -4 26
15 Bolton Wanderers 20 7 5 8 25 32 10 3 2 5 11 15 10 4 3 3 14 17 -7 26
16 Harrogate Town 20 7 4 9 21 24 9 1 3 5 7 13 11 6 1 4 14 11 -3 25
17 Port Vale 20 7 3 10 29 29 11 3 3 5 12 14 9 4 0 5 17 15 0 24
18 Bradford City 20 6 5 9 20 25 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 3 2 5 10 14 -5 23
19 Mansfield Town 20 3 11 6 22 27 10 0 6 4 10 16 10 3 5 2 12 11 -5 20
20 Scunthorpe United 19 6 2 11 19 28 10 3 2 5 10 17 9 3 0 6 9 11 -9 20
21 Barrow 20 4 7 9 28 30 10 2 6 2 17 15 10 2 1 7 11 15 -2 19
22 Grimsby Town 20 5 4 11 18 35 9 2 2 5 7 16 11 3 2 6 11 19 -17 19
23 Stevenage 19 3 8 8 13 21 9 3 2 4 7 7 10 0 6 4 6 14 -8 17
24 Southend United 19 4 4 11 13 31 10 3 1 6 10 16 9 1 3 5 3 15 -18 16

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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.