Leyton Orient vs Barnsley Predictions

Play-off chasing Orient can overcome Barnsley

Leyton Orient are in form and look set to get the better of Barnsley at home in League One on Friday with the visitors having lost three of their last four away games.

Orient are seventh in League One, four places and nine points above Barnsley, with 20 wins, six draws and 16 losses. Barnsley sit 11th with 16 wins, nine draws and 17 defeats from their 42 games this season.

Leyton Orient beat Crawley 3-1 in their last League One game last weekend, an excellent result for the team who were priced as 6/5 favourites to win the game and triumphed with something to spare.

The hosts are in good nick, having won four of their last six League One matches. Leyton Orient are unbeaten in five of those games and will be looking to secure a third successive victory.

Leyton Orient have been impressive defensively at home this season, conceding just 16 goals in 21 League One games – an average of 0.76 goals per game.

They are the most profitable team in League One this season. Backing them to a one-point level stake in each of their 42 games would have shown a profit of 10.17 units.

Barnsley have struggled defensively of late. It’s ten League One games since Barnsley last recorded a shutout and they have failed to keep a clean sheet in 17 of their last 20 matches.

A 2-0 win for Leyton Orient looks the best correct-score bet. No League One team has played more games this season in which at least one team has failed to score than Leyton Orient, with 26 such matches in 42 games.

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Edited by Mark Langdon