Match Report
2 points and 1 places separated them: Leyton Orient 2nd with 5, Colchester United 1st with 7. Recent form told a different story for Leyton Orient: only 15th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 2nd. Against a league average of 1.66 goals per team per game, Leyton Orient ran at 1.67 scored and 1.33 conceded, Colchester United at 2 and 0.67.
24 meetings are on record — 6 won by Leyton Orient, 14 by Colchester United, 4 drawn, at 2.79 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 38% of the wins in this fixture. Goals tend to flow: 63% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 63%.
Brisbane Road in London staged the fixture, a ground that holds 9,271. Leyton Orient led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 1-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Leyton Orient: Zech Obiero (30') · Colchester United: Ben Goodliffe (79')