Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Leyton Orient 1st with 91 points, Grimsby Town 11th with 61, 30 apart. On recent form Leyton Orient sat only 11th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Grimsby Town were scoring 1.07 and conceding 1.22, Leyton Orient 1.33 and 0.74, against a competition average of 1.17 goals per team per game.
Leyton Orient were unbeaten in 5. From the last five rounds, Grimsby Town held 7 points of 15 and Leyton Orient 13.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Grimsby Town 2, draws 1, Leyton Orient 4, at 2.86 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 14% of the wins in this fixture.
The venue was Blundell Park in Cleethorpes, with room for 9,546 spectators. On the scoreboard, Leyton Orient led 1-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-2.