Port Vale vs Leyton Orient betting preview

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Competition: England League Two
Date: Sat 18.January
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Vale Park (19052 seats)

With their 11 point advantage in the league table, Port Vale fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Leyton Orient.

These are busy days for the home team, 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 Morecambe.

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Port Vale form and stats

Overall League Two stats at home this season for Port Vale are 6-6-1 (wins-draw-losses).

The fans are hoping that Port Vale will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-2 away loss in the League Two game against Morecambe (placed 23rd). In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Stevenage.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Port Vale have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found seven games) they have won 3 times, drawn 4 and lost 0.

Port Vale are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 18 goals in 13 games. Port Vale have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

4-4-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Leyton Orient in their League Two matches away.

There were no winners in Leyton Orient's previous match, a League Two home game that ended 1-1 vs Grimsby Town (placed 17th). A 0-1 defeat away at Walsall before that.

We have checked recent matches where Leyton Orient have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were W2-D4-L2.

After this away game Leyton Orient return home for a League Two game against Northampton Town. That game is only three sleeps after this.

Leyton Orient have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Leyton Orient have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Port Vale and Leyton Orient have met before this season: Leyton Orient - Port Vale 3-3. Numbers for the last nine meetings between these two teams are: 3 wins for Port Vale, 1 draw and 5 wins for Leyton Orient. Over 2,5 goals: 8 times; under 2,5 goals: 1 game.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientJ. Wright
J. Wright
7 goals
Port Vale
J. Taylor
5 goals
Leyton OrientJ. Maguire-Drew
J. Maguire-Drew
5 goals

Port Vale missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Port Vale Leyton Orient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 6 Played P 5 13 26
9 6 2 Won W 1 4 6
11 6 4 Drew D 2 4 9
7 1 0 Lost L 2 5 11
34 18 10 Scored S 6 17 33
33 11 7 Conceded C 7 20 43
93% 92% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
70% 69% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 77% 77%
44% 38% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 54% 54%
22% 23% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 38% 42%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 15% 19%
63% 62% 83% BTTS BTTS 80% 54% 62%
26% 31% 17% Clean Sheets C S 0% 15% 19%
19% 15% 17% Failed to Score F T 20% 31% 27%
 
5.7 6.6 7.2 Corners For (avg) C F 3.8 4.7 5.5
5.1 4.8 4.2 Corners Against (avg) C A 4.6 4.9 5.3
1.6 1.5 1.8 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3 2.5 2.2
2 1 0 Red Cards R C 1 1 2
 
315 164 77 Total Shots T S 56 116 280
119 67 32 Shots on Target S O 17 42 94
29% 27% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 35% 40% 35%
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient has the most conceded goals in the first half (26)
  • Leyton Orient haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Port Vale has the most dropped points from leading position (23)

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Swindon Town 27 16 5 6 49 29 14 9 2 3 24 13 13 7 3 3 25 16 20 53
2 Exeter City 26 14 8 4 37 27 13 8 4 1 22 11 13 6 4 3 15 16 10 50
3 Cheltenham Town 26 11 11 4 41 21 13 7 4 2 28 14 13 4 7 2 13 7 20 44
4 Crewe Alexandra 25 13 5 7 47 32 13 7 3 3 26 14 12 6 2 4 21 18 15 44
5 Plymouth Argyle 25 13 5 7 40 26 12 7 3 2 24 12 13 6 2 5 16 14 14 44
6 Bradford City 26 12 8 6 33 22 13 9 2 2 20 8 13 3 6 4 13 14 11 44
7 Forest Green Rovers 27 12 8 7 32 23 13 5 4 4 11 11 14 7 4 3 21 12 9 44
8 Northampton Town 26 12 6 8 36 29 13 8 2 3 21 9 13 4 4 5 15 20 7 42
9 Colchester United 26 10 11 5 36 24 12 6 4 2 18 10 14 4 7 3 18 14 12 41
10 Port Vale 27 9 11 7 34 33 13 6 6 1 18 11 14 3 5 6 16 22 1 38
11 Newport County 24 8 9 7 23 22 13 5 6 2 14 11 11 3 3 5 9 11 1 33
12 Walsall 27 9 6 12 26 36 13 3 4 6 10 16 14 6 2 6 16 20 -10 33
13 Crawley Town 27 7 11 9 35 37 14 6 4 4 19 16 13 1 7 5 16 21 -2 32
14 Salford City 27 8 8 11 33 38 14 4 4 6 14 18 13 4 4 5 19 20 -5 32
15 Scunthorpe United 27 8 7 12 35 38 14 4 5 5 20 19 13 4 2 7 15 19 -3 31
16 Cambridge United 27 8 7 12 30 33 13 5 3 5 18 15 14 3 4 7 12 18 -3 31
17 Grimsby Town 25 7 9 9 25 29 12 3 4 5 11 17 13 4 5 4 14 12 -4 30
18 Oldham Athletic 27 6 10 11 26 41 13 3 5 5 15 18 14 3 5 6 11 23 -15 28
19 Mansfield Town 27 6 9 12 36 42 14 2 4 8 21 27 13 4 5 4 15 15 -6 27
20 Leyton Orient 26 6 9 11 33 43 13 2 5 6 16 23 13 4 4 5 17 20 -10 27
21 Carlisle United 26 6 7 13 23 43 13 3 5 5 10 18 13 3 2 8 13 25 -20 25
22 Macclesfield Town 25 6 12 7 24 27 12 4 7 1 13 8 13 2 5 6 11 19 -3 24
23 Morecambe 27 5 7 15 23 46 14 3 5 6 15 20 13 2 2 9 8 26 -23 22
24 Stevenage 27 2 13 12 15 31 14 2 6 6 9 16 13 0 7 6 6 15 -16 19

Read more about League Two

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.