Not long now until the massive League One Play-offs semi-final contest between Leyton Orient and Stockport County on Saturday. Having come this far, and with the incentive for the side that wins the tie being a coveted place in the final of the competition, this looks set to be an exciting game of football.
Scroll down to see all of the predictions, poll and statistics for Leyton Orient v Stockport County (plus the best game odds).
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Leyton Orient
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Leyton Orient will be looking for a repeat result of the 1-4 League One triumph versus Huddersfield Town.
For Leyton Orient, goals were scored by Daniel Agyei (2', 48') and Azeem Abdulai (79'). Jacob Chapman (24' Own goal) and Josh Koroma (41') scored for Huddersfield Town.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent games that Leyton Orient have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Leyton Orient have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 8 goals in the process. We will have to find out if that trend can be sustained here.
Stockport County
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Stockport County will come into the game following on from a 1-3 League One win in the defeat of Wycombe Wanderers in their most recent game.
For Stockport County, the scorers were Benoný Breki Andrésson (70'), Ollie Norwood (77') and Will Collar (81'). Garath McCleary (31') was the scorer for Wycombe Wanderers.
Over the course of their previous 6 outings, Stockport County have helped themselves to a tally of 14 goals. Stockport County have also scored on each one of those occasions. In that time, they have had 6 goals scored by their opponents.
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Head to head
Checking out their prior head to head meetings going back to 19/09/2009, there has been little to separate the clubs with Leyton Orient winning 3 of those games, Stockport County 3 and 0 being draws in regulation time.
In all, 17 goals were scored between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them from The O's and 8 for The Hatters. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.83.
The previous league contest between these clubs was League One match day 30 on 01/02/2025 when it finished Leyton Orient 0-1 Stockport County.
The referee was Matthew Russell.
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Team News: Leyton Orient
Looking at personnel, there is just one fitness concern for the Leyton Orient manager Richie Wellens to be concerned with from an otherwise fully-primed group of players. Sam Howes (unknown injury) is sidelined.
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Prediction
We’ve got the feeling that Stockport County and Leyton Orient should both get enough opportunities to score, although it’s hard to separate the two.
A close call, and we think a draw is quite likely. Our tip is therefore for a hard-fought 1-1 score at the conclusion of the game.
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⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?
Looking at the betting prices for the match on the full-time result market, the win for Leyton Orient is available for 2.7, going for a draw is 3 and betting on a victory for Stockport County can be had at 2.75. They’re the best of the market prices that can be secured as of now.
Lucas Pereira,
08:00 06/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Leyton Orient
Formed: 1881
Stadium: Brisbane Road (9,271)
Captain: Darren Pratley
Chairman: Nigel Travis
Manager: Richie Wellens
Competitions: League One position 6, League One Play-offs (Semi Finals)
⭐ Star Man: Charlie Kelman
Regularly deployed in the Striker position, Charlie Kelman was born in Basildon, England. After making a first senior appearance for Queens Park Rangers in the 2020 - 2021 season, the dangerous Forward has managed to score 21 league goals in the League One 2024 - 2025 season so far coming from a total of 46 appearances.