Match Report
The table gap was wide: 32 points between Portsmouth (1st, 97 pts) and Leyton Orient (11th, 65 pts). Portsmouth had been under-performing their position — 5th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Portsmouth 1.7 scored and 0.89 conceded per game, Leyton Orient 1.15 and 1.2, with the league averaging 1.29.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 4 for Portsmouth, 4 for Leyton Orient and 0 drawn, at 2.88 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 38% of those meetings. 63% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
Fratton Park in Portsmouth staged the fixture, a ground that holds 20,688. On the scoreboard, Leyton Orient led 3-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-3 the final score.