League One: Huddersfield vs Leyton Orient – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the League One round 1 match between Huddersfield and Leyton Orient and offers team stats, betting tips and the latest odds.

Huddersfield start the season as favourites to land the League One crown. They launch their title bid on Saturday at home in an opening day fixture with Leyton Orient at John Smith’s Stadium.

Form: Huddersfield vs Leyton Orient

Huddersfield Form

In their last three matches, Huddersfield lost 2-1 against Stockport County, 3-1 against Exeter and 1-4 against Leyton Orient. Huddersfield claimed a modest two wins in their past six home matches in the League One. They also drew zero and lost four, scored nine goals and conceded ten.

Leyton Orient Form

Leyton Orient are winless in their last three matches, but managed a 2-2 draw with Stockport County and a 1-1 draw with Stockport County. In their most recent match, they were defeated 1-0 at the hands of Charlton. Leyton Orient recorded no less than five in their previous six League One away matches, as well losing once and drawing none. They hit the target 17 themselves while allowing eight goals against.

Betting facts for Huddersfield and Leyton Orient

Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Huddersfield and Leyton Orient. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.

Players in form: Huddersfield vs Leyton Orient

It is the beginning of a new League One campaign, and both Huddersfield and Leyton Orient will be looking for their main strikers this season. Accordingly, we have listed some of the in-form players who are expected to be getting it on for each team this season.

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Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at John Smith’s Stadium across all tournaments Huddersfield won two times, drew one and lost seven times. Leyton Orient claimed five wins, one draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Huddersfield lost their previous 6 matches. Leyton Orient have not lost to Huddersfield in 3 consecutive home meetings.

Both teams to score

Amazingly, Huddersfield scored the first goal of the match in just two out of the last ten games at home. Leyton Orient scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in last 4 consecutive Huddersfield games Of the previous 10 outings, Leyton Orient scored the opening goal five times, whereas Huddersfield were first on target in three of their last 10 games. Both Team have scored in 3 last consecutive meetings between Huddersfield and Leyton Orient when playing at John Smith’s Stadium.

Total goals

Huddersfield saw over 2.5 goals in six of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.7 goals during this run. Of the last ten games for Leyton Orient, six had more than 2.5 goals, while they managed to score an average of 2.1 times goals per game. Astonishingly, Huddersfield conceded a goal in their last 15 matches.