Match Report
32 points separated the sides: Leyton Orient 13th on 58, Scunthorpe United 24th on 26. Leyton Orient ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 13th table position. Against a league average of 1.23 goals per team per game, Leyton Orient ran at 1.35 scored and 1.02 conceded, Scunthorpe United at 0.63 and 1.96.
Scunthorpe United entered with six losses in a row. From the last five rounds, Leyton Orient held 9 points of 15 and Scunthorpe United 0.
GioScore's database holds 12 meetings between the two: 2 for Leyton Orient, 7 for Scunthorpe United and 3 drawn, at 2.92 goals per meeting. Only 25% of these meetings ended in a home win. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 67% of the meetings.
The match was played at Brisbane Road (capacity 9,271). On the scoreboard, Leyton Orient led 3-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 3-0 the final score.
Goal scorers
Leyton Orient: Paul Smyth (15'), Theo Archibald (24'), Ruel Sotiriou (30')
Key stats
Possession: Leyton Orient 62% · Scunthorpe United 38% · Total shots: 21-12 · On target: 7-3 · Corners: 2-5