LONDON. Leyton Orient was capable to reverse the score against Rochdale. It was Rochdale to score first with a goal from A. Newby. Notwithstanding, later Leyton Orient found the way to turn the tables scoring 3 consecutive goals with P. Smyth (40′), R. Sotiriou (58′) and H. Smith (80′).

The match was played at the The Breyer Group Stadium stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was David Rock who was helped by Leigh Crowhurst and Louis Marks. The 4th official was Paul Kelly. The weather was clear. The temperature was cold at 11.9 degrees Celsius or 53.49 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 55%.​

Match Statistics​

Leyton Orient

3 - 1

Rochdale

  • 48 Ball Possession 52
Shots
  • 11 Total 9
  • 5 On Target 1
  • 6 Off Target 8
  • 0 Shots blocked 0
  • 100 Attack 99
  • 40 Dangerous attack 30
  • 0 Ball safe 0
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 6 Corners 5
  • 2 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 11 Total 14
  • 2 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 3 Substitutions 2

Ball possession

None of the teams had a clear upper hand in terms of ball possession. Leyton Orient was in possession of the ball for 48% of the time vs. Rochdale that controlled the ball for 52% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Leyton Orient was more pushing with 40 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Leyton Orient won the match​.

Leyton Orient shot 11 times, 5 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Rochdale shot 9 times, 1 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Leyton Orient received 2 yellow cards (H. Kyprianou and L. Vigouroux). On the opposite side, Rochdale received 2 yellow cards (J. Ball and T. Campbell).

Match Timeline

6'
40'
49'
Ruel Sotiriou(goal)
58'
Darren Pratley - sub ->E. Coleman
64'
66'
70'
75'
77'
80'
82'
85'
85'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Forest Green Rovers
84
46
Exeter City
84
46
Bristol Rovers
80
46
Northampton Town
80
46
Port Vale
78
46
Swindon Town
77
46
Mansfield Town
77
46
Sutton United
76
46
Tranmere Rovers
75
46
Salford City
70
46
Newport County
69
46
Crawley Town
61
46
Leyton Orient
58
46
Bradford City
58
46
Colchester United
55
46
Walsall
54
46
Hartlepool United
54
46
Rochdale
53
46
Harrogate Town
53
46
Carlisle United
53
46
Stevenage
47
46
Barrow
44
46
Oldham Athletic
38
46
Scunthorpe United
26
46

After playing this contest, Leyton Orient will have 40 points like Rochdale to sit in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, Rochdale will stay with 40 points like Leyton Orient to remain in the 19th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the League Two, Leyton Orient will host Barrow on the 26th of March with a 3-0 head to head record in favor of Leyton Orient (4 draws).

Rochdale will play away agasint Crawley Town on the 26th of March with a 2-1 head to head statistic in favor of Rochdale (0 draws).

Leyton Orient – Formation

Leyton Orient
G
Lawrence Vigouroux 22.Chile
6.8
85'
D
Adam Thompson 6.Northern Ireland
7.1
D
Omar Beckles 19.Grenada
6.5
D
Connor Wood 3.England
6.9
D
Shadrach Ogie 25.England
6.9
M
Theo Archibald 11.Scotland
7.0
M
Ethan Coleman 34.England
6.2
64'
M
Hector Kyprianou 26.Cyprus
7.2
70' 49'
F
Paul Smyth 7.Northern Ireland
7.1
75' 40'
F
Aaron Drinan 16.Republic of Ireland
6.5
F
Ruel Sotiriou 20.Cyprus
7.4
58'
Substitutes
G
Sam Sargeant 1.England
M
Matt Young 21.England
M
Darren Pratley 18.England
6.8
64'
M
Jordan Brown 32.England
M
Otis Khan 14.Pakistan
6.8
70'
F
Frank Nouble 10.England
F
Harry Smith 9.England
7.2
75' 80'

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

The manager Richard Wellens decided to play with the following team: .

Leyton Orient could not rely on the presence of H. Smith (injured).

Substitutions

Leyton Orient made 3 changes: E. Coleman for D. Pratley (64′), H. Kyprianou for O. Khan (70′) and P. Smyth for H. Smith (75′).

Rochdale – Formation

Rochdale
G
Jay Lynch 1.England
6.1
D
Eoghan O'Connell 6.Republic of Ireland
5.3
D
James Ball 8.England
6.7
82'
D
Corey O'Keeffe 2.Republic of Ireland
6.6
D
Max Clark 26.England
6.2
D
J. Dorsett 12.Montserrat
6.9
M
Stephen Dooley 7.Northern Ireland
7.3
77'
M
Jimmy Keohane 13.Republic of Ireland
6.7
66'
M
L. Kelly 23.Republic of Ireland
7.6
M
Alex Newby 10.England
6.8
6'
F
Tahvon Campbell 29.England
6.5
85'
Substitutes
G
Bradley Wade 31.England
D
Jimmy McNulty 4.Scotland
M
Danny Cashman 20.England
M
M. Done 16.England
6.4
66'
M
George Broadbent 14.England
M
C. Grant 11.Republic of Ireland
F
L. Charman 9.England
6.5
77'

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

Robbie Stockdale played with: .

Substitutions

Rochdale made 2 changes: J. Keohane for M. Done (66′) and S. Dooley for L. Charman (77′).

Results of the day

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