League Two: Leyton Orient - Stevenage preview and the hard facts

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Tue 27.December
Match begins: 12:30 (UTC)
Venue: Brisbane Road (9271 seats)

A total of 21 sets of matches are finished and both Leyton Orient and Stevenage are flying high in the table. Get ready!

Insights:
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (12) in League Two
  • Stevenage haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient have been very solid at home in the League Two so far, with 28 points collected from 11 matches (9-1-1). This has contributed greatly to their 1st position in the table. The happy trend is alive also outside their own arena as Leyton Orient has won their last four matches.

Leyton Orient are confident in defense, having played 265 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The Leyton regulars enjoyed the previous match, watching their team host Sutton United and win 2-0. Defender James got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.64/10. James hit one key pass and won 8 of 12 duels.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Bradford City in a game that was won 3-0.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Leyton Orient handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 6 wins, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

Leyton are traveling soon after this match as the League Two match at Newport County awaits in three days.

The Leyton Orient fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 11 league matches. Leyton Orient have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only {4 goals}. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Stevenage form and stats

As the visiting team in League Two matches, Stevenage have produced an overall stat of 4-4-2 so far. Stevenage has drawn their two previous away games.

Stevenage have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Taye Ashby-Hammond. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in League Two.

Two away matches in a row for Stevenage, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 0-3 vs Portsmouth in the EFL Trophy.

A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Mansfield Town in the League Two.

We have checked recent matches where Stevenage have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 0 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats.

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

The visiting Stevenage have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 11 goals from 10 games. Stevenage have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Leyton Orient have won or drawn the last 6 games (2-4-0) versus Stevenage.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientP. Smyth
P. Smyth
9 goals
StevenageL. Norris 'Hacker'
L. Norris 'Hacker'
5 goals
StevenageJ. Roberts
J. Roberts
5 goals

Leyton Orient missing players

Stevenage missing players

Leyton Orient Stevenage
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
21 11 3 Played P 1 10 21
16 9 2 Won W 0 4 13
3 1 1 Drew D 0 4 5
2 1 0 Lost L 1 2 3
35 19 4 Scored S 0 11 31
12 4 0 Conceded C 3 11 16
95% 91% 67% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 95%
71% 64% 33% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 80% 67%
29% 27% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 40% 43%
14% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 10%
10% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
33% 18% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 70% 48%
62% 82% 100% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 43%
10% 9% 33% Failed to Score F T 100% 20% 14%
 
4.7 5.1 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 11 5.2 5.1
3.7 3.3 5.3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 4.3 3.9
2 1.8 1.3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1.7 1.5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.2 12.7 10.3 Shots (avg) S ( 16 13.1 13.3
4.6 4.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 4 4.1
36% 40% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 28% 36%
 
8.7 8.6 10.3 Shots against (avg) S A 12 10.1 8.6
2 1.7 0.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 3 2.2
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 (12) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (4) at home in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (4) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (13) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (9) at home in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+23) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient is in the best form (5-0-1) in League Two
  • Stevenage 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 Leyton Orient 21 16 3 2 35 12 11 9 1 1 19 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 23 51
2 Stevenage 21 13 5 3 31 16 11 9 1 1 20 5 10 4 4 2 11 11 15 44
3 Northampton Town 21 12 6 3 36 21 11 6 3 2 18 11 10 6 3 1 18 10 15 42
4 Swindon Town 22 9 8 5 25 21 11 5 4 2 13 8 11 4 4 3 12 13 4 35
5 Mansfield Town 21 10 4 7 29 27 10 5 3 2 17 14 11 5 1 5 12 13 2 34
6 Barrow 21 11 1 9 27 25 11 8 0 3 18 9 10 3 1 6 9 16 2 34
7 Carlisle United 21 8 9 4 32 23 10 4 5 1 14 9 11 4 4 3 18 14 9 33
8 Bradford City 20 9 6 5 26 20 10 3 5 2 12 9 10 6 1 3 14 11 6 33
9 Salford City 20 9 4 7 23 18 10 3 3 4 10 11 10 6 1 3 13 7 5 31
10 Doncaster Rovers 21 9 4 8 24 27 10 5 1 4 13 12 11 4 3 4 11 15 -3 31
11 Walsall 20 8 6 6 25 17 10 6 2 2 17 8 10 2 4 4 8 9 8 30
12 AFC Wimbledon 21 8 6 7 25 24 10 5 2 3 13 10 11 3 4 4 12 14 1 30
13 Stockport County 20 8 4 8 29 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 10 4 1 5 16 12 7 28
14 Grimsby Town 20 7 6 7 22 20 10 2 5 3 11 11 10 5 1 4 11 9 2 27
15 Tranmere Rovers 21 7 6 8 20 18 10 4 2 4 12 9 11 3 4 4 8 9 2 27
16 Sutton United 22 7 5 10 19 28 11 6 2 3 12 10 11 1 3 7 7 18 -9 26
17 Crewe Alexandra 19 6 7 6 18 22 10 4 3 3 13 10 9 2 4 3 5 12 -4 25
18 Newport County 21 6 4 11 20 24 11 3 1 7 9 14 10 3 3 4 11 10 -4 22
19 Crawley Town 21 5 6 10 22 32 11 5 1 5 14 15 10 0 5 5 8 17 -10 21
20 Harrogate Town 20 5 4 11 24 30 10 3 3 4 13 14 10 2 1 7 11 16 -6 19
21 Rochdale 20 4 3 13 14 29 10 2 1 7 8 15 10 2 2 6 6 14 -15 15
22 Hartlepool United 21 3 6 12 18 39 10 2 4 4 7 16 11 1 2 8 11 23 -21 15
23 Colchester United 21 3 5 13 18 29 10 3 4 3 12 11 11 0 1 10 6 18 -11 14
24 Gillingham 20 2 8 10 6 24 10 2 4 4 4 11 10 0 4 6 2 13 -18 14

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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.