FM Preview: Leyton Orient v Oldham Athletic 12 Mar 2011

Last updated : 11 March 2011 By Footymad Previewer

Footymad preview History of the Leyton Orient v Oldham Athletic fixture

Leyton Orient prepare to entertain Oldham Athletic at Matchroom Stadium on Saturday afternoon, looking to continue an impressive record. The O's are clearly on top, winning 52.00% of the games played between the two.

The most recent encounter between these two sides at Matchroom Stadium was just last season, in August 2009, with Oldham Athletic inflicting a narrow 1-2 defeat upon the O's in a League One match.

Recent encounters between the teams

Season Date Team Result Team Comp
2010/2011 Sat 02 Oct Oldham Ath. 1 - 1 Leyton Orient League One
2009/2010 Tue 09 Mar Oldham Ath. 2 - 0 Leyton Orient League One
2009/2010 Sat 15 Aug Leyton Orient 1-2 Oldham Ath. League One
2008/2009 Sat 28 Mar Leyton Orient 2 - 1 Oldham Ath. League One
2008/2009 Sat 20 Dec Oldham Ath. 1 - 1 Leyton Orient League One
2007/2008 Sat 12 Apr Oldham Ath. 2 - 0 Leyton Orient League One
2007/2008 Sat 03 Nov Leyton Orient 1 - 0 Oldham Ath. League One

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Recent respective form guides

Leyton Orient are unbeaten in their last six home games, but have drawn three of them. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 12 goals for the O's, with 4 goals against.

The away form of Oldham Athletic is pretty dire, collecting just 4 draws from the last six contests. Latics have conceded 7 goals in these games, and only hit 3 in reply.

Leyton Orient lie just outside the playoff positions in the Npower League One, picking up 50 points from their 32 games so far.

Oldham Athletic's 46 points from 35 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.

Current overall team form

Team P W D L F A P
Leyton Orient 6 3 2 1 10 10 11
Oldham Athletic 6 0 1 5 2 13 1

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FootyMad's prediction ...

O's's form is quite poor at the moment, but we see this as their ideal opportunity to register a morale-boosting win. Home Win

Sequence statistics

Team Sequences
Leyton Orient Unbeaten in the last 16 home games.
Not drawn a match in their last 3 .
Oldham Athletic Not won in previous 6 away matches.
An overall losing run of 3 games.
No win in the 8 most recent games.

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