Cambridge United 0–2 Leyton Orient: Result & Stats

Cambridge United

FT

0 – 2

HT: 0 – 0

Leyton Orient

1/1/2024

League One · Round 26Cledara Abbey Stadium

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 71+ matches

Cambridge United36%

×Draw27%

Leyton Orient37%

✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side

Model

50.3%

Always home

44.5%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 582,450 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.5% correct · Away picks 49.5% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Cambridge UnitedExpected goals in this matchLeyton Orient

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

1.25

1.27

Cambridge United

1.25

Leyton Orient

1.27

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 92 home / 71 away

1.08

creates per match

1.32

1.22

allows per match

1.42

creates per match

Cambridge United

1.08

Leyton Orient

1.32

allows per match

Cambridge United

1.22

Leyton Orient

1.42

+0.00on par

finishing

+0.00on par

finishing

Cambridge United+0.00on par

Leyton Orient+0.00on par

Total goals

Under54
Over46

Fewer than 3 goals likely

Both teams score

Yes51
No49

Close call

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Cambridge United ↓

Leyton Orient →

0

1

2

3

4

0

0–08%

0–110%

0–26%

0–33%

0–41%

1

1–010%

1–113%

1–28%

1–33%

1–41%

2

2–06%

2–18%

2–25%

2–32%

2–41%

3

3–03%

3–13%

3–22%

3–31%

3–40%

4

4–01%

4–11%

4–21%

4–30%

4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (13%) · grid covers 98% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5

92%8%1.5

72%28%2.5

46%54%3.5

25%75%4.5

11%89%

Double chance

Cambridge United or draw

63%

Cambridge United or Leyton Orient

73%

Draw or Leyton Orient

64%

Winning margin

Cambridge United wins by 2+

16%

Leyton Orient wins by 2+

16%

Team goals

Cambridge United 1+ goals

71%

Cambridge United 2+ goals

36%

Cambridge United 3+ goals

13%

Leyton Orient 1+ goals

72%

Leyton Orient 2+ goals

36%

Leyton Orient 3+ goals

14%

Draw no bet

Cambridge United (draw refunded)

49%

Leyton Orient (draw refunded)

51%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals

39%

Both score & under 3

13%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Cambridge United at home — creates 1.08, concedes 1.22 · 92 matches

Leyton Orient away — creates 1.32, concedes 1.42 · 71 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Cambridge United attack 1.08 + Leyton Orient defence 1.42 → ÷2 → 1.25

Leyton Orient attack 1.32 + Cambridge United defence 1.22 → ÷2 → 1.27

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 37%?"

Cambridge United scores more

36%

level

27%

Leyton Orient scores more

37%

Leyton Orient at 37% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

injuries & suspensions
the matchday lineup
motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
weather & pitch condition
in-game coaching decisions

So 37% does not mean "Leyton Orient will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff