League Two match prediction: Little separates Northampton Town and Leyton Orient in quality

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 27.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sixfields Stadium (7798 seats)

League Two: A pair of squads who have done superbly up to now. Learn more on Northampton Town - Leyton Orient with this thorough guide!

Insights:
  • Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (9) 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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Northampton Town form and stats

Northampton Town are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Sixfields Stadium. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. After failing to beat Sutton United here at Sixfields Stadium, Northampton Town has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

A nice win for Northampton last time playing, versus Oldham Athletic. That was also a home game and the match ended 2-1 with Jon Guthrie and Kion Etete scoring for the victors. Mitchell Pinnock (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.94/10. Pinnock served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

A 1-1 draw away before that, with Bradford City the opponent.

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 Northampton have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found eleven matches with the results: Won six, drawn three and lost two.

Northampton Town have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Sixfields Stadium with 15 goals in 9 league matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Northampton have conceded only 7 goals.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

1 win, 7 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Leyton Orient playing as the away team in the League Two this season. We have witnessed quite the extraordinary succession of draws for Leyton when the away team, as their latest four away games have all ended without a winner. Not since the Port Vale match has the points been distributed unevenly.

Leyton has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Scunthorpe United for a League Two game that ended a draw (1-1). Defender Shadrach Ogie was the best team player with a rating of 7.63. Ogie won 14 of 22 duels.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-1 vs Sutton United.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Leyton playing away and similar expectations, we found 19 relevant matches. Results were five Leyton Orient wins, seven draws and seven defeats.

After this away game Leyton return home for a EFL Trophy game against Milton Keynes Dons. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Leyton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 9 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 12 goals have been conceded by Leyton in these games.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's four Northampton Town victories, three draws and three Leyton Orient wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
9 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
8 goals
NorthamptonS. Hoskins
S. Hoskins
5 goals

Northampton Town missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Northampton Town Leyton Orient
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 3 Played P 1 9 18
9 6 1 Won W 0 1 6
4 1 1 Drew D 0 7 10
5 2 1 Lost L 1 1 2
24 15 2 Scored S 2 13 32
15 7 3 Conceded C 3 12 16
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 89% 83%
72% 89% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 89% 83%
39% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 44% 44%
11% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 44% 39%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 100% 11% 17%
39% 33% 33% BTTS BTTS 100% 89% 56%
50% 56% 33% Clean Sheets C S 0% 11% 39%
17% 11% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 11% 22%
 
4.6 5.2 4.7 Corners for (avg) C F 3 3.9 4
3.7 3.3 3 Corners against (avg) C A 2 5.3 5.2
2.1 2.1 4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 2.9 2.3
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.6 11.2 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 13 12 11.9
3.1 3.2 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.1 4.1
43% 52% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 35% 43%
 
9.3 9.6 13 Shots against (avg) S A 15 10.7 8.6
3.8 2.9 4.3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4 3.2
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Northampton Town have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Northampton Town have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Northampton Town have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (3) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the fewest points from losing position (1) in League Two
  • Northampton Town have the most clean sheets (9) in League Two
  • Northampton Town 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 Forest Green Rovers 17 11 4 2 32 14 8 5 1 2 14 9 9 6 3 0 18 5 18 37
2 Exeter City 18 8 8 2 30 20 9 5 4 0 16 8 9 3 4 2 14 12 10 32
3 Swindon Town 17 9 5 3 27 17 8 2 3 3 9 10 9 7 2 0 18 7 10 32
4 Northampton Town 18 9 4 5 24 15 9 6 1 2 15 7 9 3 3 3 9 8 9 31
5 Port Vale 18 8 5 5 30 20 9 4 3 2 14 8 9 4 2 3 16 12 10 29
6 Harrogate Town 18 8 5 5 32 23 9 3 4 2 16 12 9 5 1 3 16 11 9 29
7 Sutton United 18 9 2 7 27 22 8 5 0 3 15 9 10 4 2 4 12 13 5 29
8 Leyton Orient 18 6 10 2 32 16 9 5 3 1 19 4 9 1 7 1 13 12 16 28
9 Newport County 18 7 6 5 29 22 8 3 3 2 15 8 10 4 3 3 14 14 7 27
10 Tranmere Rovers 18 7 5 6 15 14 9 6 0 3 10 6 9 1 5 3 5 8 1 26
11 Walsall 18 6 6 6 21 22 9 3 3 3 12 13 9 3 3 3 9 9 -1 24
12 Bradford City 18 5 8 5 24 22 9 3 5 1 15 11 9 2 3 4 9 11 2 23
13 Rochdale 18 5 8 5 23 23 9 2 4 3 10 11 9 3 4 2 13 12 0 23
14 Bristol Rovers 18 6 5 7 22 27 9 4 1 4 12 14 9 2 4 3 10 13 -5 23
15 Hartlepool United 18 7 2 9 20 28 9 6 1 2 14 10 9 1 1 7 6 18 -8 23
16 Salford City 18 5 6 7 20 19 10 3 5 2 11 7 8 2 1 5 9 12 1 21
17 Crawley Town 17 6 3 8 19 26 9 3 3 3 11 14 8 3 0 5 8 12 -7 21
18 Mansfield Town 18 5 5 8 19 24 10 4 3 3 14 12 8 1 2 5 5 12 -5 20
19 Colchester United 17 5 5 7 15 21 9 3 2 4 9 11 8 2 3 3 6 10 -6 20
20 Barrow 18 4 7 7 20 23 9 2 4 3 11 12 9 2 3 4 9 11 -3 19
21 Stevenage 18 4 6 8 15 30 9 3 4 2 9 10 9 1 2 6 6 20 -15 18
22 Oldham Athletic 18 4 3 11 16 28 9 2 1 6 10 16 9 2 2 5 6 12 -12 15
23 Carlisle United 18 2 7 9 12 28 9 1 5 3 5 9 9 1 2 6 7 19 -16 13
24 Scunthorpe United 18 2 7 9 14 34 9 2 3 4 7 14 9 0 4 5 7 20 -20 13

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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.