Season Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.
Goals scored 1.86 – 1.63
Expected goals 1.02 – 0.96
Shots 10.4 – 11.3
Possession 49.6% – 43.3% Story Comparison H2H Evidence More football 30-second read
What the record shows The season records do not separate these clubs, so the strongest stored context is their shared history: 4 meetings, 4 to Leyton Orient, 0 drawn, 0 to Cambridge United. Past meetings are history, not a forecast.
Metric comparison
Team comparison Season averages, with the sample size beside each metric.
Where the edge is Season: Leyton Orient favored in 5 of 13 directional metrics · Cambridge United in 5 · 3 too close
▲ recorded edge● higher value (descriptive) too close
Season Last 10 Last 5 Home–Away Style profile Rest and recent workload
Leyton Orient 7 matches Cambridge United 8 matches
1.86 goals/match ▲ Goals scored7/8 1.63 goals/match
1.29 goals/match ▲ Goals allowed7/8 1.38 goals/match
1.02 xG/match ▲ Expected goals7/7 0.96 xG/match
10.4 shots/match Shots7/7 ▲ 11.3 shots/match
4 shots/match ▲ Shots on target7/7 3.71 shots/match
49.6% ● Possession7/7 43.3%
3.86 corners/match Corners7/7 ● 6 corners/match
12.4 fouls/match Fouls7/7 10.6 fouls/match
Leyton Orient 7 matches Cambridge United 8 matches
1.86 goals/match ▲ Goals scored7/8 1.63 goals/match
1.29 goals/match ▲ Goals allowed7/8 1.38 goals/match
1.02 xG/match ▲ Expected goals7/7 0.96 xG/match
10.4 shots/match Shots7/7 ▲ 11.3 shots/match
4 shots/match ▲ Shots on target7/7 3.71 shots/match
49.6% ● Possession7/7 43.3%
3.86 corners/match Corners7/7 ● 6 corners/match
12.4 fouls/match Fouls7/7 10.6 fouls/match
Leyton Orient 5 matches Cambridge United 5 matches
2 goals/match ▲ Goals scored5/5 1.6 goals/match
1.4 goals/match Goals allowed5/5 ▲ 1.2 goals/match
0.96 xG/match ▲ Expected goals5/4 0.77 xG/match
10.8 shots/match ▲ Shots5/4 10.3 shots/match
4.4 shots/match ▲ Shots on target5/4 2.75 shots/match
51.2% ● Possession5/4 39.5%
3.8 corners/match Corners5/4 ● 6.25 corners/match
11 fouls/match Fouls5/4 11.5 fouls/match
Leyton Orient 4 matches Cambridge United 4 matches
1.25 goals/match Goals scored4/4 ▲ 1.5 goals/match
2 goals/match Goals allowed4/4 ▲ 1.25 goals/match
0.93 xG/match ▲ Expected goals4/4 0.78 xG/match
9.5 shots/match Shots4/4 ▲ 10.3 shots/match
2.75 shots/match Shots on target4/4 ▲ 3 shots/match
4.5 corners/match Corners4/4 ● 5.75 corners/match
11.3 fouls/match Fouls4/4 10.8 fouls/match
Competition percentiles describe recorded style; they do not rank likely outcomes.
Possession control Relative share of recorded possession within the competition.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 88% Attacking volume Recorded shot and scoring volume, expressed as competition percentiles.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 92% Defensive resistance Lower recorded scoring and shot allowance produces a higher descriptive percentile.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 92% Directness proxy Shots per possession point; a descriptive transition/directness proxy, not an outcome score.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 88% Physicality Recorded fouls and cards relative to competition peers.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 44% Set-piece relevance Corner volume relative to competition peers.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 88% Tempo and pressure proxy Combined event-volume percentiles for shots, corners and fouls.
0–100 competition percentile · coverage 88% Matches in previous 14 days · Both teams: 0 matches 41.9 days Rest before fixtureprevious completed fixtures · 1/1 34.9 days
Leyton Orient / Cambridge United
History
Head-to-head Recent meetings between these teams.
Last 5 meetings
4 Leyton Orient
0 Draws
0 Cambridge United
21 Apr 2025 Cambridge United — Leyton Orient · League One 1–2
29 Dec 2024 Leyton Orient — Cambridge United · League One 2–0
1 Jan 2024 Cambridge United — Leyton Orient · League One 0–2
26 Aug 2023 Leyton Orient — Cambridge United · League One 2–0
Head-to-Head & Recent Meetings
Evidence quality
How much supports this analysis Grade B · Useful evidence Useful evidence — limited
Season samples 7 / 8 home / away teams
Recent samples 5 / 5 last-five windows
Freshness 42 days stale at cutoff
At least one team lacks a recent completed match near this fixture cutoff. Known unknowns Lineups, injuries, suspensions and tactical changes are not available in the retained dataset. Some metrics are unavailable or below their observation minimum: cards. The nearest completed-match evidence is stale relative to this fixture cutoff. Analysis cutoff: Sat, 31 Oct 2026, 12:30 UTC · analysis-v4 Team rankings in League One