Philip Whitchelo

This season in League One, @leytonorientfc.bsky.social have recorded their 3rd worst away points record to the end of January for 33 years, with an average of just 0.64 points per away game. Can the new signings help stop the rot? #COYOs for a big #LOFC reaction on Saturday at Stockport. 🤞

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This one could be in the must-win-or-else category. #LOFC

The team that have scored the fewest goals in League One will meet the team that have conceded the most: @leytonorientfc.bsky.social host @officialpvfc.bsky.social this Sat. The visitors are bottom of the table, have recorded only 4 wins (2 away) and have not beaten #LOFC in E10 for 32 years. 🙈

It's not completely hopeless for @leytonorientfc.bsky.social. Although Bolton Wanderers create plenty of chances, they are poor at finishing: the hosts have the 2nd worst record in
League One for converting SOT to goals, with only slightly over ¼ of efforts beating the keeper. #LOFC #COYOs

@leytonorientfc.bsky.social have recorded only 2 away wins vs. Bolton Wanderers in 24 meetings. #LOFC's last victory at Burnden Park was 55 years ago, with Barrie Fairbrother scoring the only goal. 18 months later, Barrie netted the 89' winner in Orient's FA Cup R5 3-2 home win over Chelsea.

A packed away end at Brisbane Road as @leytonorientfc.bsky.social host Cardiff City in League One. The Bluebirds are top of the League One table but have recorded just one win over #LOFC in E10 from 18 meetings in all competitions since 1976.

Orient 1:0 Cardiff, 11’

I've never heard of that competition and I can't find any mention of it in the official #LOFC history. Was it a non-league or regional competition?

Yeah, Shilton was getting a nice win bonus every match, so Hearn knew that once game 1,000 had been reached the home gate was going to go back to what it was before, around the 3k mark. #LOFC ⚽ 💰

"From Leicester City to #LOFC, Shilton celebrates three zeroes and a nil"
📰 The Times, Dec 23, 1996

⚽ Three weeks later, @leytonorientfc.bsky.social's celebrity gloveman recorded his 1,000th league appearance with a 2:0 victory over @officialbha.bsky.social at Brisbane Road. Attendance: 7,946. 🥅

"Shilton keeps on course for goal"
📰 The Times, match report
⚽ @leytonorientfc.bsky.social 3:0 Cardiff City
📅 Sat, 30 Nov 1996
🏟️ Brisbane Road

A crowd of 4,512 watched England GK legend Peter Shilton make his #LOFC debut with a clean sheet, as Orient trounced The Bluebirds in E10. 🥅

For #LOFC optimists.

@stevenagefc.com:
🌈 are weak in attack, with the 4th fewest chances created in League One and winless at home in the league since October 4
🌈 have a poor home record playing @leytonorientfc.bsky.social, with only 2 wins vs. 6 losses from 11 league matches since 2012

Goals scored vs. conceded, League One 2025/26

⚽ Barring a frozen pitch, the strongest defence in League One will meet the weakest backline on Sunday: @stevenagefc.com have conceded 18 goals this season, the fewest in the division, while @leytonorientfc.bsky.social have 41 against. 🥅 #LOFC

Sounds like the 7th could have been an OG off Eastman? #LOFC

📰 The Times, match report
⚽ FA Cup R4 replay
📅 Jan 30, 1929
📍 Millfields Road
🏟️ 30,000 stunned supporters
🥅 @leytonorientfc.bsky.social 0:8 @avfc-official.bsky.social

No team has ever put more than eight goals past #LOFC in official senior competitions.

Creating chances (SOT) vs. finishing (goals/SOT)

Denying chances (SOT conceded) vs. GK quality (goals/SOT conceded)

Probability of scoring at least one goal vs. percentage of clean sheets

Average fouls vs. bookings

⚽ This season in League One, @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social have:

❌ created the fewest chances
❌ the worst GK record
❌ the 3rd lowest probability of scoring
❌ the second highest no. of fouls

⚠️ The Dons have never beaten #LOFC at Brisbane Road.

🥅 Anything could happen on Thursday.

Denying chances (SOT conceded) vs. GK quality (goals/SOT conceded) in League One.

What's happened to Josh Keeley this season in League One❓

@lutontown.co.uk have the 2nd worst GK record: a SOT has a 42% probability of evading The Hatters' gloveman vs. a 34% division average. 🥅

#LOFC strategy tonight: test the GK early and often, even with ½ chances. ⚽

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Match-to-match consistency of creating chances vs. finishing

Match-to-match consistency of denying chances vs. GK quality

🆕 Attacking & defending match-to-match consistency charts for all teams in English ⚽ tiers 1-4.

Interpretation: show the % difference (➕ve or ➖ve) against a statistical baseline model of team consistency.

Best interpreted with the matching averages for each stat: one can be consistently bad!

And look at Keeley. Second-worst GK record in the division this season.

If only he could rely on his defence – worse than Orient, even.

Generally speaking, conceded stats have reversed axes! I scaled all the charts so that the top right-hand quadrant is always the "best" outcome, the bottom left-hand quadrant is always the worst outcome.

Actually, Stevenage have conceded the second fewest (not most) SOT plus they have the fourth best GK record (goals/SOT conceded). So, it's a rock-solid defence plus a very good GK.

You are right! I am always happy to explain if asked.

The Big Viz of English Football Stats is back on Tableau Public for the 2025/26 season, with 3 million+ stats on every team from tiers 1-5 since 1993/94 to keep you informed. Thanks to
@12xpert.bsky.social.

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Hello, JR. Where is this chart from?

Creating chances vs. finishing

Denying chances vs. GK quality

⚽ This season in League One, @leytonorientfc.bsky.social have a better record than @lutontown.co.uk of:

✅ Creating chances
✅ Finishing
✅ Denying goals from SOT

❌ #LOFC's weak point – the defence conceding the 2nd most SOT in the division.

Can the back 4 step up on Monday at Kenilworth Road? 🥅

It’s practically a civic duty to subscribe to @privateeyenews.bsky.social.

@shrewsburytown.com have the worst shot-stopping record in @skybetleagueone.bsky.social this season, with a goals conceded/SOT conceded ratio of 42.4%. It has taken an average of 2.4 SOT across all matches for #Salop to concede. More visualisations: public.tableau.com/app/profile/... #LOFC

It's been 55 years since @leytonorientfc.bsky.social beat @barnsleyfc.bsky.social at Oakwell stadium. #COYOS #LOFC