Possible nail-biting contest in Tranmere Rovers - Leyton Orient game

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 18.December
Match begins: 15:00 (UTC)
Venue: Prenton Park (16567 seats)

Tranmere Rovers have been superior to Leyton Orient so far this season, but every game starts at 0-0. Here's all the knowledge you need prior to kickoff:

Insights:
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
  • Leyton Orient have scored more than double the goals of Tranmere Rovers.

Both contenders have had sufficient rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's aim for an in-your-face fixture!

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Tranmere Rovers form and stats

Tranmere Rovers are steadily winning League Two games and points here at Prenton Park. 6 wins, 0 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 9 games.

Tranmere are confident in defense, having played 244 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Tranmere enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Exeter City's place. The match ended 1-0 with Nevitt scoring. Defender Josh Dacres-Cogley got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.63/10. Dacres-Cogley won 6 of 8 duels.

Before that match, a win away at Oldham Athletic.

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 Tranmere have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 19 matches with the results: Won seven, drawn four and lost eight.

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

Tranmere Rovers has scored 10 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. From these home matches, Tranmere have conceded only 6 goals. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Leyton Orient form and stats

Leyton Orient have only collected 10 points from their away games in the League Two, after 1-7-2 (10 played).

Home advantage was not enough for Leyton in their previous game, as they lost their League Two-match, hosting Crawley Town, 1-2. The attacker Aaron Drinan got a match rating of 7.23 in that game. Drinan hit one key pass.

Before that, Leyton secured a home win against Swindon Town with the score 4-1.

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 17 relevant matches. Results were four Leyton Orient wins, seven draws and six defeats.

Leyton have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 10 league away games 13 goals have been scored. 13 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 Tranmere victories, one draw and five Leyton Orient wins. Over/under statistics; six of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
11 goals
Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
10 goals
Leyton OrientT. James
T. James
4 goals

Tranmere Rovers missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Tranmere Rovers Leyton Orient
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
20 9 4 Played P 3 10 21
9 6 4 Won W 0 1 7
5 0 0 Drew D 1 7 10
6 3 0 Lost L 2 2 4
17 10 6 Scored S 4 13 37
14 6 2 Conceded C 6 13 20
85% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 86%
40% 56% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 80% 81%
20% 22% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 40% 48%
10% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 40% 38%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 10% 19%
20% 22% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 80% 57%
50% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 10% 33%
45% 33% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 20% 24%
 
4.8 5.1 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4.3 4.1 4
6.3 5.4 6.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.3 5.4 5
1.8 1.6 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.7 2.8 2.6
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
11.9 12.7 12.5 Shots (avg) S ( 12.3 11.7 11.5
3.6 3.8 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 4 4
24% 29% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 32% 45%
 
13.9 12.7 12 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.2 8.9
3.3 3.1 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.7 3.7 3.3
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Leyton Orient have scored more than double the goals of Tranmere Rovers.
  • Tranmere Rovers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (14) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals (6) at home in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers have the most matches under the total-line (14) in League Two
  • Tranmere Rovers 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 20 13 5 2 43 20 9 6 1 2 16 9 11 7 4 0 27 11 23 44
2 Northampton Town 21 12 4 5 29 17 10 7 1 2 16 7 11 5 3 3 13 10 12 40
3 Port Vale 21 10 5 6 35 23 10 5 3 2 16 8 11 5 2 4 19 15 12 35
4 Newport County 21 9 7 5 35 26 10 5 3 2 20 11 11 4 4 3 15 15 9 34
5 Exeter City 21 8 9 4 32 24 11 5 4 2 17 11 10 3 5 2 15 13 8 33
6 Sutton United 21 10 3 8 32 27 9 6 0 3 16 9 12 4 3 5 16 18 5 33
7 Swindon Town 20 9 6 5 29 24 9 2 4 3 10 11 11 7 2 2 19 13 5 33
8 Tranmere Rovers 20 9 5 6 17 14 9 6 0 3 10 6 11 3 5 3 7 8 3 32
9 Leyton Orient 21 7 10 4 37 20 11 6 3 2 24 7 10 1 7 2 13 13 17 31
10 Harrogate Town 21 8 6 7 35 30 11 3 4 4 18 18 10 5 2 3 17 12 5 30
11 Mansfield Town 21 8 5 8 24 26 12 6 3 3 17 13 9 2 2 5 7 13 -2 29
12 Walsall 21 7 7 7 25 24 11 4 4 3 16 14 10 3 3 4 9 10 1 28
13 Hartlepool United 21 8 3 10 22 31 11 7 2 2 16 11 10 1 1 8 6 20 -9 27
14 Bradford City 21 5 11 5 27 25 11 3 7 1 17 13 10 2 4 4 10 12 2 26
15 Bristol Rovers 21 7 5 9 27 33 11 5 1 5 17 18 10 2 4 4 10 15 -6 26
16 Crawley Town 20 7 4 9 23 30 10 3 3 4 12 16 10 4 1 5 11 14 -7 25
17 Salford City 20 6 6 8 23 21 11 4 5 2 13 7 9 2 1 6 10 14 2 24
18 Rochdale 21 5 9 7 27 30 10 2 5 3 11 12 11 3 4 4 16 18 -3 24
19 Barrow 20 5 7 8 22 24 10 3 4 3 13 12 10 2 3 5 9 12 -2 22
20 Colchester United 20 5 7 8 16 25 10 3 3 4 10 12 10 2 4 4 6 13 -9 22
21 Carlisle United 21 4 7 10 15 29 10 2 5 3 6 9 11 2 2 7 9 20 -14 19
22 Stevenage 20 4 7 9 16 33 11 3 5 3 10 13 9 1 2 6 6 20 -17 19
23 Oldham Athletic 21 4 4 13 21 36 11 2 2 7 15 22 10 2 2 6 6 14 -15 16
24 Scunthorpe United 21 2 10 9 16 36 10 2 4 4 8 15 11 0 6 5 8 21 -20 16

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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.