Leyton Orient manager Wellens looking for three points in Salford City showdown

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 29.October
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Brisbane Road (9271 seats)

League Two: Two participants who have performed fine thus far. Let's get ready for Leyton Orient - Salford City with this comprehensive guide!

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (9) in League Two
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

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 Salford City.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Brisbane Road. 6 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 8 games.

Leyton Orient's previous game was also played at home, ending 2-0 versus Gillingham (placed 20th). The home side are looking to build on that result. The attacking player Smyth was declared "man of the match" for Leyton Orient with the rating of 7.44/10. Smyth scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Carlisle United and winning 3-2.

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 have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 15 games) they have won 7 times, drawn 5 and lost 3.

The Leyton Orient fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 13 goals in 8 league matches. Leyton Orient have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. It's worth mentioning that 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Salford City form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 1 loss in the League Two. Salford City has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Doncaster Rovers.

It's the second away game in a row for Salford, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Hartlepool United (placed 24th) last time out. Galbraith got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Galbraith scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

A loss against Stockport County was the result prior to that, in a home game.

We have checked recent matches where Salford City have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Low on goals? 8 of this side's latest 10 league rounds have had two or less goals.

Salford have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. It's not easy to score on Salford City as they have only conceded 5 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Leyton Orient one win, three draws and Salford City three victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientP. Smyth
P. Smyth
6 goals
Leyton OrientG. Moncur
G. Moncur
3 goals
Leyton OrientT. Archibald
T. Archibald
3 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Salford City missing players

Leyton Orient Salford City
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
15 8 2 Played P 2 7 15
11 6 1 Won W 1 5 8
3 1 1 Drew D 1 1 3
1 1 0 Lost L 0 1 4
25 13 1 Scored S 1 10 19
9 4 0 Conceded C 0 5 12
93% 88% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 50% 86% 93%
67% 62% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 57% 60%
27% 25% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 43% 33%
20% 12% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 14% 13%
13% 12% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
40% 25% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 43% 33%
60% 75% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 57% 47%
7% 12% 50% Failed to Score F T 50% 14% 27%
 
4.8 5 4.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 4.6 4.5
4.1 3.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 4 4.7
2.2 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.5 2 1.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.6 13.1 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 11 12 11.9
4.6 4.1 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 3.6
36% 39% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 36% 35%
 
8.6 9.5 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 12.6 11.3
2.1 2.2 1 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 2.6 2.6
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (9) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (6) at home in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (9) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+16) in League Two
  • Salford City have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Leyton Orient 15 11 3 1 25 9 8 6 1 1 13 4 7 5 2 0 12 5 16 36
2 Stevenage 16 11 2 3 23 14 8 7 0 1 14 5 8 4 2 2 9 9 9 35
3 Northampton Town 16 9 4 3 28 18 8 5 1 2 15 9 8 4 3 1 13 9 10 31
4 Mansfield Town 15 8 3 4 23 16 7 4 3 0 12 6 8 4 0 4 11 10 7 27
5 Salford City 15 8 3 4 19 12 8 3 2 3 9 7 7 5 1 1 10 5 7 27
6 Swindon Town 16 7 6 3 18 15 8 5 2 1 12 6 8 2 4 2 6 9 3 27
7 Bradford City 15 7 5 3 20 12 8 3 4 1 10 5 7 4 1 2 10 7 8 26
8 Barrow 15 8 1 6 18 16 7 5 0 2 9 6 8 3 1 4 9 10 2 25
9 Tranmere Rovers 15 7 3 5 18 11 7 4 1 2 12 5 8 3 2 3 6 6 7 24
10 Carlisle United 15 6 6 3 21 16 8 4 3 1 13 8 7 2 3 2 8 8 5 24
11 Grimsby Town 15 6 5 4 17 12 7 1 4 2 7 6 8 5 1 2 10 6 5 23
12 Doncaster Rovers 16 6 4 6 19 21 8 4 1 3 12 10 8 2 3 3 7 11 -2 22
13 Walsall 16 5 5 6 20 16 8 4 2 2 14 7 8 1 3 4 6 9 4 20
14 Crewe Alexandra 15 4 7 4 15 17 8 3 3 2 11 8 7 1 4 2 4 9 -2 19
15 Sutton United 16 5 4 7 16 20 8 4 2 2 10 8 8 1 2 5 6 12 -4 19
16 Stockport County 15 5 3 7 18 19 8 3 3 2 9 8 7 2 0 5 9 11 -1 18
17 AFC Wimbledon 15 4 4 7 17 22 7 2 2 3 7 8 8 2 2 4 10 14 -5 16
18 Newport County 16 4 3 9 14 19 8 2 1 5 6 11 8 2 2 4 8 8 -5 15
19 Crawley Town 15 3 4 8 17 27 7 3 0 4 11 13 8 0 4 4 6 14 -10 13
20 Gillingham 15 2 7 6 6 16 8 2 4 2 4 6 7 0 3 4 2 10 -10 13
21 Harrogate Town 15 3 3 9 12 21 7 2 2 3 7 9 8 1 1 6 5 12 -9 12
22 Rochdale 15 3 3 9 12 22 7 1 1 5 6 10 8 2 2 4 6 12 -10 12
23 Colchester United 15 2 4 9 12 21 8 2 3 3 8 10 7 0 1 6 4 11 -9 10
24 Hartlepool United 16 1 6 9 13 29 8 1 4 3 5 10 8 0 2 6 8 19 -16 9

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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.