Leyton Orient vs Scunthorpe United: Match guide and preview

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 13.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Breyer Group Stadium

With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Leyton Orient fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Scunthorpe United.

Insights:
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) 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 and Scunthorpe United.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Leyton Orient are 7-5-5 (wins-draw-losses).

Times are rough for the home team, having gone 250 minutes without scoring a league goal. D. Happe was the last player to find the net.

The spoils were shared in Leyton's previous game, also at home. Visiting Stevenage (placed 15th) travelled back with a draw after a 0-0 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Exeter City (0-4).

The Leyton goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux was crucial in the match against Stevenage last time out, making eight saves.

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 18 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn five and lost four.

Leyton has scored 23 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Leyton have conceded only 16 goals.

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Scunthorpe United form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Scunthorpe United have produced an overall stat of 6-1-9 so far.

Scunthorpe failed to get anything from their last game, a League Two home match vs Exeter City (placed 8th) that ended with defeat 0-2. A 1-1 draw at Salford City's stadium before that.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Scunthorpe United playing away and similar expectations, we found 13 relevant matches. Results were four Scunthorpe United wins, one draw and eight defeats.

A new game in only three days for Scunthorpe, the League Two home match versus Oldham Athletic. Busy days.

The attacking power of Scunthorpe when travelling is not overwhelming with 15 goals scored from 16 league matches away. Scunthorpe have conceded 19 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Scunthorpe United - Leyton Orient 2-0. Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Leyton Orient, one draw and seven wins for Scunthorpe United. Over 2,5 goals: seven times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientD. Johnson
D. Johnson
14 goals
Leyton OrientC. Wilkinson
C. Wilkinson
7 goals
Scunthorpe UnitedA. Eisa
A. Eisa
7 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Scunthorpe United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leyton Orient Scunthorpe United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 17 4 Played P 4 16 32
12 7 1 Won W 1 6 12
7 5 2 Drew D 1 1 3
14 5 1 Lost L 2 9 17
37 23 5 Scored S 7 15 33
38 16 4 Conceded C 7 19 42
91% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
70% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 50% 62%
42% 41% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 25% 31%
18% 24% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 19% 22%
6% 6% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 6% 12%
42% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 75% 31% 34%
39% 47% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 25%
27% 24% 25% Failed to Score F T 25% 44% 41%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.1 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.2 1.4 1.3
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
9.9 10.1 10.8 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 8 8.2
3 3.2 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 2.9 3
37% 42% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 58% 32% 34%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Scunthorpe United have the fewest matches over the total-line (10) in League Two
  • Scunthorpe United 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 Cheltenham Town 33 17 8 8 45 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 17 9 4 4 21 14 14 59
2 Cambridge United 35 17 7 11 50 32 18 9 5 4 23 14 17 8 2 7 27 18 18 58
3 Forest Green Rovers 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 7 6 3 24 18 17 9 4 4 23 17 12 58
4 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
5 Morecambe 34 16 8 10 49 46 16 9 4 3 25 18 18 7 4 7 24 28 3 56
6 Newport County 33 15 9 9 42 33 16 9 4 3 19 15 17 6 5 6 23 18 9 54
7 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 9 10 44 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 16 7 5 4 23 23 2 54
8 Exeter City 32 14 11 7 57 37 16 9 3 4 33 16 16 5 8 3 24 21 20 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Harrogate Town 34 14 6 14 39 38 16 6 4 6 15 15 18 8 2 8 24 23 1 48
11 Crawley Town 32 13 8 11 43 40 16 8 4 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 3 47
12 Bradford City 32 13 8 11 37 35 16 7 5 4 17 14 16 6 3 7 20 21 2 47
13 Carlisle United 30 13 5 12 41 36 15 9 2 4 29 20 15 4 3 8 12 16 5 44
14 Leyton Orient 33 12 7 14 37 38 17 7 5 5 23 16 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 43
15 Stevenage 35 9 15 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 18 3 9 6 11 19 -3 42
16 Mansfield Town 33 9 13 11 41 44 16 4 6 6 22 24 17 5 7 5 19 20 -3 40
17 Oldham Athletic 33 11 7 15 49 56 17 4 2 11 21 29 16 7 5 4 28 27 -7 40
18 Scunthorpe United 32 12 3 17 33 42 16 6 2 8 18 23 16 6 1 9 15 19 -9 39
19 Walsall 32 8 14 10 36 41 17 5 5 7 17 21 15 3 9 3 19 20 -5 38
20 Colchester United 33 8 12 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 1 7 9 10 29 -15 36
21 Port Vale 34 9 8 17 43 49 17 5 5 7 21 19 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 35
22 Barrow 31 7 8 16 35 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 15 3 1 11 13 20 -6 29
23 Southend United 34 7 8 19 21 49 17 4 2 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 29
24 Grimsby Town 32 6 7 19 24 52 16 3 4 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 25

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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 Cheltenham Town 33 17 8 8 45 31 16 8 4 4 24 17 17 9 4 4 21 14 14 59
2 Cambridge United 35 17 7 11 50 32 18 9 5 4 23 14 17 8 2 7 27 18 18 58
3 Forest Green Rovers 33 16 10 7 47 35 16 7 6 3 24 18 17 9 4 4 23 17 12 58
4 Tranmere Rovers 33 17 6 10 46 38 17 9 1 7 25 19 16 8 5 3 21 19 8 57
5 Morecambe 34 16 8 10 49 46 16 9 4 3 25 18 18 7 4 7 24 28 3 56
6 Newport County 33 15 9 9 42 33 16 9 4 3 19 15 17 6 5 6 23 18 9 54
7 Bolton Wanderers 34 15 9 10 44 42 18 8 4 6 21 19 16 7 5 4 23 23 2 54
8 Exeter City 32 14 11 7 57 37 16 9 3 4 33 16 16 5 8 3 24 21 20 53
9 Salford City 33 13 11 9 41 27 17 8 9 0 28 12 16 5 2 9 13 15 14 50
10 Harrogate Town 34 14 6 14 39 38 16 6 4 6 15 15 18 8 2 8 24 23 1 48
11 Crawley Town 32 13 8 11 43 40 16 8 4 4 24 15 16 5 4 7 19 25 3 47
12 Bradford City 32 13 8 11 37 35 16 7 5 4 17 14 16 6 3 7 20 21 2 47
13 Carlisle United 30 13 5 12 41 36 15 9 2 4 29 20 15 4 3 8 12 16 5 44
14 Leyton Orient 33 12 7 14 37 38 17 7 5 5 23 16 16 5 2 9 14 22 -1 43
15 Stevenage 35 9 15 11 28 31 17 6 6 5 17 12 18 3 9 6 11 19 -3 42
16 Mansfield Town 33 9 13 11 41 44 16 4 6 6 22 24 17 5 7 5 19 20 -3 40
17 Oldham Athletic 33 11 7 15 49 56 17 4 2 11 21 29 16 7 5 4 28 27 -7 40
18 Scunthorpe United 32 12 3 17 33 42 16 6 2 8 18 23 16 6 1 9 15 19 -9 39
19 Walsall 32 8 14 10 36 41 17 5 5 7 17 21 15 3 9 3 19 20 -5 38
20 Colchester United 33 8 12 13 33 48 16 7 5 4 23 19 17 1 7 9 10 29 -15 36
21 Port Vale 34 9 8 17 43 49 17 5 5 7 21 19 17 4 3 10 22 30 -6 35
22 Barrow 31 7 8 16 35 41 16 4 7 5 22 21 15 3 1 11 13 20 -6 29
23 Southend United 34 7 8 19 21 49 17 4 2 11 13 25 17 3 6 8 8 24 -28 29
24 Grimsby Town 32 6 7 19 24 52 16 3 4 9 12 24 16 3 3 10 12 28 -28 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.