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League One · 2026/2027 · provider tag opta

Leyton Orient

14th on points, with 17. 18th on season xG difference. 13 league matches, 15.44 xG for, 20.83 against, goal difference +5.

Season xGD
-5.39
GF minus xG
+3.56
Last 10 xGD
-2.07
xG per match
1.19

Chances and goals

Goals for xG for Goals against xG against
05101621

Cumulative league totals. A line pulling away from its pair is a gap between goals and chances, not a verdict.

Ratings that feed the price

Attack is xG for divided by the league’s home or away average. Defence is xG against divided by what the opposition usually creates in that venue. Both are shrunk towards the league with four phantom matches, so two bright afternoons cannot set the price on their own. Home attack 0.84 from 7 home matches. Home defence 1.16. Away attack 0.92 from 6 away matches. Away defence 0.95.

Next in the eight-day window: Leyton Orient v AFC Wimbledon, Sat 21 Nov, 15:00. The model’s fair prices are home 38.1% (13/8), draw 26.1% (65/23), away 35.8% (43/24). λ 1.35, μ 1.30. That is a method. It is not a selection.

Regression flags

  • Conceding fewer than xG. Goals conceded are 6.8 below xG against across 13 matches. Keeper form and finishing against barely show up in the shot model. Chapter 20 is the longer argument.

League matches

Leyton Orient league matches with xG
DateH/AOpponentScorexGxGAGF−xG
31 OctHCambridge United3-01.801.83+1.20
24 OctABurton Albion1-20.911.61+0.09
21 OctAReading0-12.621.42-2.62
17 OctHBlackpool2-02.060.80-0.06
10 OctABradford City0-00.301.17-0.30
3 OctHPlymouth Argyle0-21.001.96-1.00
19 SeptHStevenage1-00.371.56+0.63
12 SeptHWycombe Wanderers2-30.881.16+1.12
5 SeptALuton Town1-10.582.12+0.42
1 SeptABromley5-01.670.63+3.33
29 AugHBarnsley1-30.622.13+0.38
22 AugAWigan Athletic2-01.251.60+0.75
15 AugHSheffield Wednesday1-21.382.84-0.38

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