Betting preview: Newport County vs Leyton Orient should be interesting

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Fri 30.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Rodney Parade (7850 seats)

This campaign has been difficult for Newport County so far, while Leyton Orient have enjoyed success. Will the visitors win again at Rodney Parade?

Insights:
  • Newport County have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (12) in League Two

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Newport County form and stats

The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the League Two this season. Newport County have only managed 3 wins, 1 draw and 7 losses from their games here at Rodney Parade.

The Newport coach Coughlan and his crew return home after a 1-1 draw away versus AFC Wimbledon (placed 12th). Demetriou, defender, was given a rating of 7.81/10 in that game, top of the team. Demetriou hit one key pass and won 9 of 12 duels.

Preceding that match was a defeat to Doncaster Rovers (0-1).

Not much happening? In this club's last 16 league matches, 12 have seen zero, one or two goals.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Crawley Town are coming to town in three days.

Newport County aren't scoring a lot here at Rodney Parade in the league, with only {9 goals} from 11 games. Newport County's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 14 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 7 wins, 2 draws and only 1 loss in the League Two. Momentum is building for Leyton Orient in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

The Leyton goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 355 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.

Leyton Orient played 0-0 against Stevenage in their previous match. Attacker Smyth got a player rating of 7.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Smyth hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Sutton United.

Low-scoring game? 12 of this team's latest 16 league matches have contained two goals or less.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Leyton Orient manager Wellens as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Northampton Town.

The travelling fans enjoy Leyton Orient's attacking play in away games, having scored 16 goals in 10 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (8 so far).

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these sides meet on the pitch this campaign, as the statistics show this recent match: Leyton Orient - Newport 1-2. Statistics for the last ten meetings involving these two sides are: four wins for Newport County, two draws and four wins for Leyton Orient. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientP. Smyth
P. Smyth
9 goals
Newport CountyO. Bogle
O. Bogle
7 goals
Leyton OrientG. Moncur
G. Moncur
4 goals

Newport County missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Newport County Leyton Orient
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
22 11 3 Played P 4 10 22
6 3 0 Won W 4 7 16
5 1 1 Drew D 0 2 4
11 7 2 Lost L 0 1 2
21 9 1 Scored S 7 16 35
25 14 4 Conceded C 1 8 12
95% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
68% 64% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 80% 68%
32% 27% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 30% 27%
9% 9% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 20% 14%
5% 9% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 10% 9%
45% 36% 33% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 32%
18% 18% 0% Clean Sheets C S 75% 40% 64%
41% 45% 67% Failed to Score F T 0% 10% 14%
 
4.2 5.1 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.2 4.2 4.7
4.5 3.5 2.7 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 4.1 3.6
1.7 1.5 1.7 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.3 2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.5 11.6 9 Shots (avg) S ( 11.8 11.6 12.2
1.3 1.5 1.3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.9 4.6
72% 56% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 37% 33% 34%
 
10.3 9.5 6.7 Shots against (avg) S A 8 8.7 8.9
2.9 3 1.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0.8 2.2 2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • 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 in the second half (4) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (14) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the most points (23) away in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+23) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Newport County have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Newport County haven’t played a single 0-0 game at 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 22 16 4 2 35 12 12 9 2 1 19 4 10 7 2 1 16 8 23 52
2 Stevenage 22 13 6 3 31 16 11 9 1 1 20 5 11 4 5 2 11 11 15 45
3 Northampton Town 22 12 7 3 37 22 11 6 3 2 18 11 11 6 4 1 19 11 15 43
4 Carlisle United 22 9 9 4 33 23 11 5 5 1 15 9 11 4 4 3 18 14 10 36
5 Swindon Town 23 9 8 6 26 23 12 5 4 3 14 10 11 4 4 3 12 13 3 35
6 Mansfield Town 22 10 5 7 30 28 11 5 4 2 18 15 11 5 1 5 12 13 2 35
7 Barrow 22 11 2 9 28 26 11 8 0 3 18 9 11 3 2 6 10 17 2 35
8 Walsall 21 9 6 6 27 18 10 6 2 2 17 8 11 3 4 4 10 10 9 33
9 Bradford City 21 9 6 6 26 21 10 3 5 2 12 9 11 6 1 4 14 12 5 33
10 Salford City 21 9 5 7 24 19 11 3 4 4 11 12 10 6 1 3 13 7 5 32
11 Stockport County 21 9 4 8 31 22 11 5 3 3 15 10 10 4 1 5 16 12 9 31
12 AFC Wimbledon 22 8 7 7 26 25 11 5 3 3 14 11 11 3 4 4 12 14 1 31
13 Doncaster Rovers 22 9 4 9 24 30 10 5 1 4 13 12 12 4 3 5 11 18 -6 31
14 Tranmere Rovers 22 8 6 8 23 18 11 5 2 4 15 9 11 3 4 4 8 9 5 30
15 Sutton United 23 8 5 10 21 29 11 6 2 3 12 10 12 2 3 7 9 19 -8 29
16 Grimsby Town 21 7 6 8 24 23 10 2 5 3 11 11 11 5 1 5 13 12 1 27
17 Crewe Alexandra 20 6 7 7 18 24 10 4 3 3 13 10 10 2 4 4 5 14 -6 25
18 Newport County 22 6 5 11 21 25 11 3 1 7 9 14 11 3 4 4 12 11 -4 23
19 Harrogate Town 21 6 4 11 27 32 11 4 3 4 16 16 10 2 1 7 11 16 -5 22
20 Crawley Town 22 5 6 11 23 34 12 5 1 6 15 17 10 0 5 5 8 17 -11 21
21 Hartlepool United 22 4 6 12 20 40 10 2 4 4 7 16 12 2 2 8 13 24 -20 18
22 Colchester United 22 4 5 13 19 29 10 3 4 3 12 11 12 1 1 10 7 18 -10 17
23 Rochdale 21 4 3 14 15 31 11 2 1 8 9 17 10 2 2 6 6 14 -16 15
24 Gillingham 21 2 8 11 6 25 11 2 4 5 4 12 10 0 4 6 2 13 -19 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.