LONDON. Leyton Orient overcame Rochdale to win 2-1. It was Leyton Orient to strike first with a goal of Ruel Sotiriou at the 18′. Then Idris El Mizouni scored again for Leyton Orient in the 29′ minute. Eventually, Danny Lloyd reduced the distance for Rochdale (57′). Eventually, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Leyton Orient was surely superior in terms of ball possession (66%) and that was among the factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Brisbane Road stadium in London on Tuesday and it started at 7:45 pm local time. The referee was Sunny Sukhvir Gill with the help of Michael Webb and Samuel Ogles. The 4th official was Marc Wilson. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.1 degrees Celsius or 42.96 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Leyton Orient had a strong ball possession 66% while Rochdale was struggling with a 34% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Leyton Orient was more pushing with 52 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leyton Orient won the match​.

Leyton Orient shot 24 times, 8 on target, 14 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rochdale shot 7 times, 4 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Leyton Orient received 1 yellow card (Charlie Kelman). On the opposite side, Rochdale received 4 yellow cards (O. Dodgson, Abraham Odoh, Ethan Ebanks-Landell  and Tahvon Campbell).

Standings

After playing this match, Leyton Orient will have 67 points to sit in the 1st place. On the other side, Rochdale will stay with 21 points to hold in the 24th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Leyton Orient will play away with Gillingham on the 18th of April with a 6-5 head to head statistic in favor of Leyton Orient (4 draws).

Rochdale will host Tranmere Rovers on the 18th of April with a 4-2 head to head record in favor of Rochdale (3 draws).

Leyton Orient – Formation

Leyton Orient started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Richard Wellens decided to play with the following team: Lawrence Vigouroux, Omar Beckles, Thomas James, Idris El Mizouni, Ed Turns, Jayden Sweeney, Craig Clay, Kieran Sadlier, Theodore Archibald, Aaron Drinan and Ruel Sotiriou.

The home team had on the bench: Jordan Lyden, Charlie Kelman, Shadrach Ogie, George Moncur, Adam Thompson, Rhys Byrne and Harrison Sodje.

Substitutions

Leyton Orient made 4 changes: Theo Archibald for Charlie Kelman (63′), Craig Clay for Jordan Lyden (63′), Jayden Sweeney for Adam Thompson (68′) and Tom James for Shadrach Ogie (78′).

Rochdale – Formation

Rochdale started with an extremely aggressive line-up (3-4-3).

Jim Bentley played with: Richard O’Donnell, Rhys Bennett, Max Edward Taylor, Owen Dodgson, Toumani Diagouraga, Jimmy Keohane, Danny Lloyd, Tobias Mullarkey, Abraham Odoh, Ian Henderson and Scott Quigley (6.7).

They had on the bench: Femi Seriki, D’Mani Bughail-Mellor, Jimmy Ball, Jake Eastwood, Liam Kelly, Ethan Ebanks-Landell and Tahvon Campbell.

Substitutions

Rochdale made 5 changes: Toumani Diagouraga for James Ball (67′), Rhys Bennett for Ethan Ebanks-Landell (67′), Max Taylor for Femi Seriki (85′), Scott Quigley for Tahvon Campbell (86′) and Jimmy Keohane for D’Mani Bughail-Mellor (90′).

Best player: Scott Quigley​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Rochdale was Scott Quigley.

His rating is (6.7) with 22 passes (40% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 5 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the League Two.​

• Doncaster Rovers – Barrow – 1-0
• Bradford City – Tranmere Rovers – 2-0
• Sutton United – Swindon Town – 2-1
• Stockport County – Crawley Town – 2-1
• Salford City – Harrogate Town – 1-1
• Northampton Town – AFC Wimbledon – 0-0
• Newport County – Stevenage – 2-2
• Leyton Orient – Rochdale – 2-1
• Gillingham – Grimsby Town – 2-1
• Crewe Alexandra – Hartlepool United – 2-0
• Colchester United – Walsall – 0-0
• Carlisle United – Mansfield Town – 0-4