📊 Form Guide

Leyton Orient

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Leyton Orient, who won their previous game, will hope for a similar result following the 3-1 League One triumph versus Cheltenham Town.

For Leyton Orient, the goalscorers were Ethan Galbraith (34'), Ollie O'Neill (44') and Ruel Sotiriou (85'). Joe Nuttall (97') scored for Cheltenham Town.

Leyton Orient have not been in good attacking form of late. Their ‘goals for’ figure equals just 2 versus opponents over their last six fixtures. In those games, Leyton Orient have also seen the number of goals that have gone against them total 5. While that may be of interest, time will tell if such a trend might persist in this next match.

Going into this one, Leyton Orient haven’t won at home in the past 2 matches in the league.

Exeter City

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Exeter City head into the game following on from a 1-0 League One win with the defeat of Stevenage in their previous match.

The only player to score from Exeter City was Reece Cole (38').

In their last 6 clashes, Exeter City have bagged a total of 10 goals. Exeter City have also scored on each one of those occasions. Over that period, their defenders have seen 6 goals scored by their opponents.

Ahead of this clash, Exeter City haven't won against Leyton Orient in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.

👥 Head to head

Looking at the statistics for their head to head meetings going back to 14/09/2019, there has been little to separate the clubs with Leyton Orient winning 2 of those games, Exeter City 2 and 2 being draws in regulation time.

17 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from The O's and 9 belonging to The Grecians. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.83.

The previous league match featuring the two was League One match day 7 on 09/09/2023 which finished with the scoreline of Exeter City 1-2 Leyton Orient.

The match was refereed by Ben Toner.

🗞️ Team News: Leyton Orient

The Leyton Orient manager Richie Wellens will be happy not to have any fitness concerns to speak of before this match thanks to a fully injury-free squad to pick from.

ℹ️ Team News: Exeter City

Exeter City boss Gary Caldwell has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Ben Purrington (Ankle injury), Harry Lee (Broken arm), Demetri Mitchell (Cruciate ligament injury) and Gabe Billington (Broken ankle) are not ready for selection.

⚡ Prediction

We’re of the view that Exeter City could find themselves up against it to put one past this Leyton Orient team who we think should score & stay on top.

We’re therefore seeing a very even contest with a 1-0 victory for Leyton Orient when the full-time whistle blows.

Should be interesting.

Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 18:05 09/04/2024