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Leyton Orient prepare to entertain Rochdale at Matchroom Stadium on Monday afternoon, with high hopes of improving on their excellent record against the opposition, having taken all the points from 10 of the 14 contests.
The most recent encounter between these two sides at Matchroom Stadium was less than a year ago, in November 2003, the O's carving out a narrow 2-1 victory in a League Division Three match.
For a detailed analysis of the head-to-head between the two sides, click here
| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 17 Apr | Rochdale | 3 - 0 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 01 Nov | Leyton Orient | 2-1 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Tue 25 Feb | Leyton Orient | 0 - 1 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 10 Aug | Rochdale | 1 - 0 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 30 Mar | Rochdale | 3 - 0 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 27 Oct | Leyton Orient | 4 - 2 | Rochdale | LGE2 |
| 2000/2001 | Sun 28 Jan | Rochdale | 3 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Leyton Orient's disastrous home run has meant they have managed only 2 draws from the last six matches. While O's have scored 4, a worringly large 11 have been leaked at the other end.
Rochdale's away form is none too clever either, picking up two good wins, but losing three, from the last six. The Dale's have scored 7 goals in these games, but conceded an alarming 8.
Leyton Orient see themselves just below half way in the Coca-Cola League Two, showing a record of 6 points from their 5 games played so far, Rochdale find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 6 points from their 5 matches.
For a detailed analysis of team form guides throughout the leagues, click here
| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 |
| Rochdale | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
These are testing times at Matchroom Stadium for the O's and the Madmen are unable to see past Rochdale claiming victory in a close match.
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leyton Orient | Failed to win in previous 10 home matches. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Rochdale | 5 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |