We have to say that both sides are capable of winning this one, Leyton Orient holding a 25 point lead on Walsall in the league table. Bring it on!
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (17) in League Two
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the League Two. That game was also an away game, at Crewe Alexandra. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Walsall form and stats
7 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Walsall have to build on here at Poundland Bescot Stadium in the League Two.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 198 minutes without scoring a league goal. Johnson was the last player to find the net.
Walsall shared the glory with Northampton Town in their last match, an away game that ended all square 0-0. Evans, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.34 out of 10 in that game. Evans topped it up with a clean sheet.
Heartbreak before that as Walsall lost 0-1 at Salford City's place.The manager Flynn will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Colchester United in only three days.
The Walsall fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 19 goals in 12 league matches. Walsall are not conceding a lot of goals here at Poundland Bescot Stadium in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 11 from 12 matches.
Leyton Orient form and stats
The visitors are W8-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the League Two.
The Leyton Orient goalkeeper Lawrence Vigouroux is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 188 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
Leyton play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Crewe Alexandra (placed 18th). Turns was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.54. The defender Turns scored one goal and won 7 of 9 duels.
That result followed a home victory 1-0 versus AFC Wimbledon.Low-scoring game? 9 of this side's last 10 league rounds have had two or less goals.
A new game in only three days for Leyton Orient, the League Two home match versus Rochdale. Busy days.
Leyton Orient are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 18 away goals from 15 games (in the league). It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (13 so far).
Head 2 Head
Leyton Orient have managed a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when facing Walsall.The last H2H game ended Leyton Orient - Walsall 1-0, earlier this season.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Smyth 9 goals |  G. Moncur 5 goals | T. Archibald 5 goals |
Walsall missing players
Leyton Orient missing players
| Walsall | Leyton Orient | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 15 | 30 |
| 10 | 7 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 8 | 19 |
| 8 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| 30 | 19 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 18 | 39 |
| 23 | 11 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 13 | 17 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 93% | 87% |
| 65% | 75% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 57% |
| 38% | 50% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 27% | 23% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 13% | 10% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| 54% | 58% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 33% | 23% |
| 31% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 40% | 63% |
| 27% | 17% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 |
| 4.6 | 3.8 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.2 | 4.3 | 3.9 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.1 | 2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 11.2 | 12.8 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.7 | 11.6 |
| 2.9 | 4.1 | 3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 39% | 39% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 33% | 32% |
| 10.9 | 10.2 | 16.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.5 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
- 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.
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals (17) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (7) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the most clean sheets (19) in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the most points (27) away in League Two
- Leyton Orient have the the best goal difference (+22) in League Two
- Walsall have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Walsall 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 | Leyton Orient | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 39 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 13 | 22 | 63 |
| 2 | Stevenage | 27 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 39 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 21 | 56 |
| 3 | Carlisle United | 29 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 48 | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 51 |
| 4 | Northampton Town | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 42 | 28 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 50 |
| 5 | Salford City | 29 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 48 |
| 6 | Mansfield Town | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 41 | 37 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 43 |
| 7 | Stockport County | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 39 | 27 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 8 | Swindon Town | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 37 | 30 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 42 |
| 9 | Bradford City | 27 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 12 | 6 | 42 |
| 10 | Barrow | 29 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 34 | 38 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 25 | -4 | 41 |
| 11 | Doncaster Rovers | 28 | 12 | 4 | 12 | 33 | 40 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 40 |
| 12 | Sutton United | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 23 | -7 | 40 |
| 13 | AFC Wimbledon | 28 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 1 | 39 |
| 14 | Walsall | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 30 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 38 |
| 15 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 28 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 38 |
| 16 | Grimsby Town | 25 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 29 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 17 | -3 | 33 |
| 17 | Colchester United | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 14 | 21 | -8 | 31 |
| 18 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 34 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 31 |
| 19 | Newport County | 27 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 31 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 14 | -5 | 29 |
| 20 | Harrogate Town | 27 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 33 | 41 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 20 | -8 | 27 |
| 21 | Crawley Town | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 29 | 42 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 23 | -13 | 25 |
| 22 | Hartlepool United | 29 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 52 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 29 | -23 | 25 |
| 23 | Gillingham | 27 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 19 | -16 | 24 |
| 24 | Rochdale | 29 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 44 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -21 | 20 |
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