League Two duel: Close contest expected between Rochdale and Leyton Orient

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 13.November
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Crown Oil Arena (10249 seats)

This should be an appealing match as Rochdale have their supposed home advantage, while Leyton Orient are in front by 3 points in the League Two standings.

Insights:
  • Rochdale have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Leyton Orient have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the EFL Trophy.

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Rochdale form and stats

The story so far in the League Two for Rochdale at their home stadium (Crown Oil Arena) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Rochdale, who played 1-1 against Notts County. That match was also played at this venue (Crown Oil Arena).

Preceding that match was the home EFL Trophy game against Bolton Wanderers that was lost 0-3.

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 Rochdale have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found seven matches with the results: Won three, drawn three and lost one.

The manager R. Stockdale will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Notts County in only three days.

Rochdale aren't scoring a lot here at Crown Oil Arena in the league, with only 6 goals from 7 games. Rochdale have conceded 7 in these home matches.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Playing away, Leyton Orient have won 1 game, drawn 5 and suffered 1 defeat in the League Two this season. Visiting Leyton has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

202 minutes! That's how long the Leyton goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Leyton Orient are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the EFL Trophy against Charlton Athletic. A heroic performance from Leyton in their game against Charlton Athletic last time out. Things got complicated when A. Papadopoulos was sent off in the 65th minute with the match level. Despite the red card the team were able to pull off a 1-0 victory!

Prior to that match, a home win 1-0 against Ebbsfleet United in the FA Cup.

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.

Leyton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 7 league away games 10 goals have been scored. As opposed to that, Leyton have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last eight meetings: three - one - four (Rochdale wins - draws - Leyton Orient wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
7 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
6 goals
RochdaleJ. Beesley
J. Beesley
4 goals

Rochdale missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Rochdale Leyton Orient
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 1 Played P 2 7 15
5 2 0 Won W 1 1 5
5 2 0 Drew D 1 5 8
5 3 1 Lost L 0 1 2
19 6 1 Scored S 4 10 25
19 7 2 Conceded C 2 9 12
87% 86% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 86% 80%
67% 43% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 86% 80%
47% 29% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 40%
33% 14% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 43% 33%
20% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 13%
60% 43% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 86% 47%
20% 29% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 47%
33% 43% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 14% 27%
 
5.9 7.1 4 Corners for (avg) C F 4.5 4.1 3.9
5.4 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 6.5 5 4.9
0.9 0.7 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
13.3 14.3 11 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 11 11
3.2 2.9 2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.5 4.6 4.3
40% 30% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 31% 38%
 
12.9 10.6 12 Shots against (avg) S A 11 11.1 8.4
3.5 2.3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.5 4 3.1
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.
  • Rochdale have won significantly more corners at home than 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 Forest Green Rovers 15 9 4 2 27 13 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 5 3 0 15 4 14 31
2 Port Vale 15 8 4 3 27 15 7 4 2 1 13 6 8 4 2 2 14 9 12 28
3 Northampton Town 15 8 3 4 20 11 8 5 1 2 13 6 7 3 2 2 7 5 9 27
4 Exeter City 15 6 8 1 25 15 7 3 4 0 12 6 8 3 4 1 13 9 10 26
5 Swindon Town 15 7 5 3 22 15 7 1 3 3 6 9 8 6 2 0 16 6 7 26
6 Leyton Orient 15 5 8 2 25 12 8 4 3 1 15 3 7 1 5 1 10 9 13 23
7 Harrogate Town 15 6 5 4 27 20 8 3 4 1 16 10 7 3 1 3 11 10 7 23
8 Newport County 15 6 5 4 25 18 7 3 3 1 14 6 8 3 2 3 11 12 7 23
9 Sutton United 15 7 2 6 23 18 7 4 0 3 13 9 8 3 2 3 10 9 5 23
10 Hartlepool United 15 7 2 6 17 20 7 6 1 0 12 5 8 1 1 6 5 15 -3 23
11 Tranmere Rovers 15 6 4 5 11 10 7 5 0 2 8 4 8 1 4 3 3 6 1 22
12 Bradford City 15 5 6 4 21 18 8 3 4 1 14 10 7 2 2 3 7 8 3 21
13 Rochdale 15 5 5 5 19 19 7 2 2 3 6 7 8 3 3 2 13 12 0 20
14 Walsall 15 5 5 5 19 19 7 3 2 2 11 10 8 2 3 3 8 9 0 20
15 Barrow 15 4 6 5 20 20 8 2 4 2 11 11 7 2 2 3 9 9 0 18
16 Bristol Rovers 15 5 3 7 17 23 7 3 0 4 8 11 8 2 3 3 9 12 -6 18
17 Colchester United 15 4 5 6 12 19 8 2 2 4 6 10 7 2 3 2 6 9 -7 17
18 Crawley Town 15 5 2 8 17 25 8 3 2 3 10 13 7 2 0 5 7 12 -8 17
19 Salford City 15 4 4 7 16 17 9 3 4 2 10 6 6 1 0 5 6 11 -1 16
20 Mansfield Town 15 3 5 7 14 20 9 3 3 3 11 11 6 0 2 4 3 9 -6 14
21 Stevenage 15 3 5 7 11 26 7 2 4 1 7 8 8 1 1 6 4 18 -15 14
22 Oldham Athletic 15 3 3 9 11 22 8 1 1 6 7 14 7 2 2 3 4 8 -11 12
23 Carlisle United 15 2 6 7 11 24 7 1 4 2 5 7 8 1 2 5 6 17 -13 12
24 Scunthorpe United 15 2 5 8 11 29 7 2 1 4 5 12 8 0 4 4 6 17 -18 11

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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.