Delightful dogfight as daring Leyton Orient duel with determined Stevenage

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Breyer Group Stadium (9271 seats)

Leyton Orient are keen to increase their points at home in the upcoming match hosting Stevenage.

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) in League Two

These are hectic days for the hometeam, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Colchester United.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient have played 17 League Two games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-4-7 (wins-draws-losses). All in all it has been a very rough period for Leyton Orient who hasn’t won a league-game in their last twelve attempts. Their previous win was against Swindon Town, 87 days ago.

Leyton Orient shared the glory with Colchester United in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. Midfielder Coleman was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.5 (out of ten) in that game. Coleman scored one goal, served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that game, the home loss against Carlisle United with the scoreline 0-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leyton Orient handle that role? We have found 14 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are six wins, five draws and three defeats.

Leyton are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 24 goals in 17 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 0 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Leyton Orient have only conceded 14 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. Leyton Orient has at home met teams with this table position (low), three times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.

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Stevenage form and stats

There's been little loot from Stevenage's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 17 away games in the League Two. Stevenage only have 1 win to counter their 10 defeats and 6 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Stevenage have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone 16 consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Bristol Rovers game.

Stevenage aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 360 league minutes without a goal. Cuthbert was the last player to find the net.

There might be some fixture complaints from Stevenage as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 0-2 against Port Vale. Barry was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.13. The defender Barry won 7 of 9 duels.

A 0-4 loss hosting Bristol Rovers before that.

We have checked recent matches where Stevenage have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 13 games were one victory, six draws and six defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Stevenage as they have only managed to score 9 times from 17 away games in the league. Stevenage struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 29 goals conceded from these games. When Stevenage is visiting a side on the bottom half, 2 of 3 matches have ended with three or more goals. These are matches against Scunthorpe United, Carlisle United, Colchester United, Rochdale, Stevenage, Oldham Athletic and Barrow.

Head 2 Head

Leyton and Stevenage have faced off previously this season: Stevenage - Leyton Orient 0-0. Head to head totals (for the prior ten meetings): Leyton Orient won five games, four matches ended with a draw and Stevenage managed one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / four

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
11 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
10 goals
StevenageE. List
E. List
8 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Stevenage missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Leyton Orient Stevenage
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
32 17 3 Played P 3 17 34
7 6 1 Won W 0 1 7
13 4 0 Drew D 2 6 12
12 7 2 Lost L 1 10 15
40 24 4 Scored S 2 9 30
34 14 2 Conceded C 5 29 52
88% 82% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 82% 88%
69% 65% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 65% 71%
34% 35% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 41% 44%
28% 24% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 24% 26%
12% 18% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
44% 24% 0% BTTS BTTS 33% 29% 38%
25% 41% 33% Clean Sheets C S 33% 24% 26%
44% 53% 67% Failed to Score F T 67% 65% 47%
 
4 4.2 5.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 4.5 4.7
5 4.4 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.7 5.9 5.3
2.6 2.4 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.7 1.4 1.3
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 2
 
10.3 10.5 10 Shots (avg) S ( 10.7 9.7 10.7
3.2 3.1 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.8 3.6
38% 45% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 19% 24%
 
9.6 8.2 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 14.7 13.5 13.4
3.6 3.5 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.7 4.4 4.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Leyton Orient have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Stevenage have scored away.
  • Leyton Orient is in the worst form (0-1-5)
  • Stevenage have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Stevenage have the fewest scored goals (9) away in League Two
  • Stevenage have the most conceded goals in the first half (25) 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 33 19 10 4 63 28 16 11 2 3 27 11 17 8 8 1 36 17 35 67
2 Northampton Town 34 16 9 9 39 27 17 10 3 4 23 11 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 57
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Newport County 34 14 11 9 55 45 17 8 6 3 35 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 53
7 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
8 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
9 Bristol Rovers 33 14 9 10 46 40 17 9 3 5 24 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 6 51
10 Port Vale 32 13 11 8 46 32 16 7 5 4 21 13 16 6 6 4 25 19 14 50
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Crawley Town 32 12 8 12 41 44 16 5 5 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 44
13 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
14 Harrogate Town 33 11 10 12 51 50 16 5 6 5 25 22 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 43
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Walsall 34 10 9 15 36 46 17 6 5 6 24 23 17 4 4 9 12 23 -10 39
17 Rochdale 32 8 14 10 39 42 15 4 8 3 19 16 17 4 6 7 20 26 -3 38
18 Leyton Orient 32 7 13 12 40 34 17 6 4 7 24 14 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 34
19 Carlisle United 33 8 10 15 26 45 17 4 7 6 12 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -19 34
20 Colchester United 34 7 12 15 32 49 17 3 8 6 18 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 33
21 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
22 Barrow 33 7 11 15 30 40 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 32
23 Oldham Athletic 32 7 10 15 33 49 15 4 3 8 20 26 17 3 7 7 13 23 -16 31
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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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 33 19 10 4 63 28 16 11 2 3 27 11 17 8 8 1 36 17 35 67
2 Northampton Town 34 16 9 9 39 27 17 10 3 4 23 11 17 6 6 5 16 16 12 57
3 Tranmere Rovers 34 16 8 10 36 27 17 12 1 4 24 11 17 4 7 6 12 16 9 56
4 Exeter City 31 14 12 5 46 31 15 8 5 2 24 14 16 6 7 3 22 17 15 54
5 Sutton United 33 15 9 9 50 39 17 10 4 3 28 15 16 5 5 6 22 24 11 54
6 Newport County 34 14 11 9 55 45 17 8 6 3 35 21 17 6 5 6 20 24 10 53
7 Mansfield Town 31 15 8 8 42 33 17 11 3 3 29 18 14 4 5 5 13 15 9 53
8 Swindon Town 33 14 10 9 55 40 17 5 7 5 27 19 16 9 3 4 28 21 15 52
9 Bristol Rovers 33 14 9 10 46 40 17 9 3 5 24 19 16 5 6 5 22 21 6 51
10 Port Vale 32 13 11 8 46 32 16 7 5 4 21 13 16 6 6 4 25 19 14 50
11 Salford City 32 13 8 11 37 30 15 6 6 3 17 12 17 7 2 8 20 18 7 47
12 Crawley Town 32 12 8 12 41 44 16 5 5 6 21 24 16 7 3 6 20 20 -3 44
13 Hartlepool United 33 12 8 13 34 43 16 9 5 2 22 14 17 3 3 11 12 29 -9 44
14 Harrogate Town 33 11 10 12 51 50 16 5 6 5 25 22 17 6 4 7 26 28 1 43
15 Bradford City 34 9 13 12 37 43 17 4 8 5 22 23 17 5 5 7 15 20 -6 40
16 Walsall 34 10 9 15 36 46 17 6 5 6 24 23 17 4 4 9 12 23 -10 39
17 Rochdale 32 8 14 10 39 42 15 4 8 3 19 16 17 4 6 7 20 26 -3 38
18 Leyton Orient 32 7 13 12 40 34 17 6 4 7 24 14 15 1 9 5 16 20 6 34
19 Carlisle United 33 8 10 15 26 45 17 4 7 6 12 18 16 4 3 9 14 27 -19 34
20 Colchester United 34 7 12 15 32 49 17 3 8 6 18 23 17 4 4 9 14 26 -17 33
21 Stevenage 34 7 12 15 30 52 17 6 6 5 21 23 17 1 6 10 9 29 -22 33
22 Barrow 33 7 11 15 30 40 17 3 8 6 16 20 16 4 3 9 14 20 -10 32
23 Oldham Athletic 32 7 10 15 33 49 15 4 3 8 20 26 17 3 7 7 13 23 -16 31
24 Scunthorpe United 34 4 11 19 24 59 17 3 5 9 12 23 17 1 6 10 12 36 -35 23

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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.