Walsall vs Leyton Orient betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: England League Two
Competition: Sat 02.April
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: The Banks's Stadium (11300 seats)

Having a 1 point dominance in the league standings, Walsall followers wish to see their team win all points from this match vs Leyton Orient.

Insights:
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Leyton Orient could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a League Two game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Oldham Athletic, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Leyton Orient.

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Walsall form and stats

8-5-6 (win-draw-lost) are the League Two numbers at home for Walsall so far this season. After failing to beat Northampton Town here at The Banks's Stadium, Walsall has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with four wins in a row.

No payout for Walsall in their previous match, an away game at Salford City that ended in defeat 1-2. Menayese was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.34 out of 10. The defender Menayese scored one goal and won 6 of 17 duels.

Before that, Walsall played out a draw 1-1 when visiting Harrogate Town.

This is expected to be a close game, with Walsall perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Walsall as a small favourite), we find twelve games. Walsall has won two of these, drawn three and lost seven.

The Walsall fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 27 in 19 matches. On the other hand, Walsall have conceded 24 goals. 12 of these goals came after the timer had passed one hour (more than 50 %).

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Leyton Orient form and stats

There's been little loot from Leyton Orient's travels as they have only collected 17 points from 19 away games in the League Two. Leyton Orient only have 2 wins to counter their 6 defeats and 11 draws.

Leyton lost away at Oldham Athletic (0-2) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Kyprianou was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.3. Kyprianou dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Before that, Leyton Orient secured a home win against Barrow with the score 2-0.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Leyton Orient in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Leyton Orient, ten draws and eight defeats.

Leyton Orient are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 20 away goals from 19 games (in the league). As opposed to that, Leyton have seen the ball go into their own net 23 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Leyton Orient - Walsall 0-0 was the outcome when these two squads previously did battle, earlier this season. Head to head numbers (for the last ten meetings): Walsall won two games, five matches ended in a draw and Leyton Orient managed three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / eight The games between these teams have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten duels.

Top Goalscorers

Leyton OrientA. Drinan
A. Drinan
12 goals
Leyton OrientH. Smith
H. Smith
12 goals
WalsallG. Miller
G. Miller
11 goals

Walsall missing players

Leyton Orient missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Walsall Leyton Orient
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
39 19 6 Played P 4 19 39
12 8 3 Won W 1 2 10
11 5 3 Drew D 3 11 16
16 6 0 Lost L 0 6 13
42 27 9 Scored S 5 20 51
51 24 4 Conceded C 2 23 40
95% 95% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 87%
67% 74% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 74% 72%
44% 58% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 32% 36%
26% 32% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 26% 28%
5% 5% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 5% 10%
54% 63% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 58% 44%
23% 26% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 16% 28%
28% 16% 17% Failed to Score F T 25% 37% 41%
 
4.8 5 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.7 4
4.4 4.3 3.7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 5.1 4.8
1.7 1.7 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 2.5 2.4
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
11.5 12.4 13.5 Shots (avg) S ( 9.8 9.8 10.3
3.7 4.6 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.4
29% 31% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 33% 39%
 
10.8 10.2 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 10 10.4 9.5
3.4 3.3 1.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3.2 3.6 3.5
Key stats in League Two this season:
  • Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals 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 37 20 12 5 66 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 34 72
2 Exeter City 38 18 14 6 56 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 7 8 4 25 19 20 68
3 Northampton Town 39 19 9 11 47 33 20 12 3 5 28 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 14 66
4 Port Vale 38 17 12 9 57 36 20 10 6 4 30 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 21 63
5 Newport County 39 17 12 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 20 8 6 6 24 25 13 63
6 Bristol Rovers 39 18 9 12 53 43 19 11 3 5 28 19 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 63
7 Tranmere Rovers 39 18 9 12 44 34 19 14 1 4 29 13 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 63
8 Mansfield Town 37 18 9 10 52 43 18 12 3 3 31 19 19 6 6 7 21 24 9 63
9 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
10 Sutton United 39 17 10 12 58 46 19 11 5 3 32 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 12 61
11 Salford City 38 16 11 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 27 16 19 7 4 8 21 19 13 59
12 Hartlepool United 39 14 10 15 41 52 19 9 7 3 24 18 20 5 3 12 17 34 -11 52
13 Crawley Town 39 14 9 16 49 55 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 7 3 9 23 28 -6 51
14 Bradford City 39 11 14 14 43 47 20 4 9 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 47
15 Harrogate Town 39 12 11 16 56 61 19 5 7 7 27 28 20 7 4 9 29 33 -5 47
16 Walsall 39 12 11 16 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 24 20 4 6 10 15 27 -9 47
17 Leyton Orient 39 10 16 13 51 40 20 8 5 7 31 17 19 2 11 6 20 23 11 46
18 Carlisle United 39 12 10 17 34 52 20 6 7 7 16 21 19 6 3 10 18 31 -18 46
19 Rochdale 39 9 16 14 43 51 19 5 10 4 22 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -8 43
20 Colchester United 39 10 12 17 37 52 20 5 8 7 20 24 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 42
21 Barrow 38 8 13 17 33 45 19 3 9 7 18 23 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 37
22 Oldham Athletic 39 8 10 21 39 61 20 5 3 12 25 35 19 3 7 9 14 26 -22 34
23 Stevenage 38 7 13 18 34 60 19 6 6 7 22 27 19 1 7 11 12 33 -26 34
24 Scunthorpe United 39 4 12 23 26 71 20 3 5 12 13 30 19 1 7 11 13 41 -45 24

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Table
  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 37 20 12 5 66 32 18 11 3 4 28 14 19 9 9 1 38 18 34 72
2 Exeter City 38 18 14 6 56 36 19 11 6 2 31 17 19 7 8 4 25 19 20 68
3 Northampton Town 39 19 9 11 47 33 20 12 3 5 28 14 19 7 6 6 19 19 14 66
4 Port Vale 38 17 12 9 57 36 20 10 6 4 30 15 18 7 6 5 27 21 21 63
5 Newport County 39 17 12 10 62 49 19 9 6 4 38 24 20 8 6 6 24 25 13 63
6 Bristol Rovers 39 18 9 12 53 43 19 11 3 5 28 19 20 7 6 7 25 24 10 63
7 Tranmere Rovers 39 18 9 12 44 34 19 14 1 4 29 13 20 4 8 8 15 21 10 63
8 Mansfield Town 37 18 9 10 52 43 18 12 3 3 31 19 19 6 6 7 21 24 9 63
9 Swindon Town 38 17 10 11 62 48 19 7 7 5 30 20 19 10 3 6 32 28 14 61
10 Sutton United 39 17 10 12 58 46 19 11 5 3 32 16 20 6 5 9 26 30 12 61
11 Salford City 38 16 11 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 27 16 19 7 4 8 21 19 13 59
12 Hartlepool United 39 14 10 15 41 52 19 9 7 3 24 18 20 5 3 12 17 34 -11 52
13 Crawley Town 39 14 9 16 49 55 20 7 6 7 26 27 19 7 3 9 23 28 -6 51
14 Bradford City 39 11 14 14 43 47 20 4 9 7 24 27 19 7 5 7 19 20 -4 47
15 Harrogate Town 39 12 11 16 56 61 19 5 7 7 27 28 20 7 4 9 29 33 -5 47
16 Walsall 39 12 11 16 42 51 19 8 5 6 27 24 20 4 6 10 15 27 -9 47
17 Leyton Orient 39 10 16 13 51 40 20 8 5 7 31 17 19 2 11 6 20 23 11 46
18 Carlisle United 39 12 10 17 34 52 20 6 7 7 16 21 19 6 3 10 18 31 -18 46
19 Rochdale 39 9 16 14 43 51 19 5 10 4 22 18 20 4 6 10 21 33 -8 43
20 Colchester United 39 10 12 17 37 52 20 5 8 7 20 24 19 5 4 10 17 28 -15 42
21 Barrow 38 8 13 17 33 45 19 3 9 7 18 23 19 5 4 10 15 22 -12 37
22 Oldham Athletic 39 8 10 21 39 61 20 5 3 12 25 35 19 3 7 9 14 26 -22 34
23 Stevenage 38 7 13 18 34 60 19 6 6 7 22 27 19 1 7 11 12 33 -26 34
24 Scunthorpe United 39 4 12 23 26 71 20 3 5 12 13 30 19 1 7 11 13 41 -45 24

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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.