Luton Town v Leyton Orient

League One, game week 5 — UK time

Step 4 of 4 — The bookies' favourite markets.

What this step says

Averaging the two sides' own rates: over 2.5 goals in 59% of their games, both teams scoring in 57%, and a two-goal lead for one side or the other in 38%. On the record this leans a goals match.

Skip to the appraisal — and the market

Luton Town: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season. Leyton Orient: 50 league matches in the bank, 4 from this season and the rest from last season.

The question this step asks

Step four is THE BOOKIES' FAVOURITE MARKETS -- over and under, both teams to score, and the two-goal lead that pays the 2UP offer out early -- read from what these two sides have actually produced, with the denominator on every figure. Still no price: these are the match's tendencies, not its odds.

How the counting works, once for the whole step: every figure is counted over ONE side's own matches -- Luton Town's numbers over its games, Leyton Orient's over its own. The two clubs are never pooled into one denominator; where a single figure for this fixture is wanted, it is the AVERAGE of the two sides' rates, and says so.

For the 2UP offer the fact that matters is a two-goal lead for one team or the other at ANY point, not the final margin. In Luton Town's own 25 home matches read, one appeared in 8 (32%). In Leyton Orient's own 25 away matches read, 11 (44%). Averaging the two sides' rates -- never pooling their matches -- that is 38% of games.

The two sides

Luton Town -- at home

Over and under
Over 2.5 goals in 28 of its own 50 (56%); over 1.5 in 39 (78%); over 3.5 in 16 (32%). At home: over 2.5 in 14 of its 25 (56%).
Both teams to score
Both teams scored in 28 of its own 50 (56%). At home: 15 of its 25 (60%).
Clean sheets and blanks
Kept a clean sheet in 14 of its own 50 (28%); failed to score in 9 (18%).
Two goals clear
Counted over Luton Town's own 50 matches read: Luton Town or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 24 (48%). Luton Town itself held the lead in 12, winning 12. In its home matches: one side or the other went two up in 8 of 25.

Leyton Orient -- away

Over and under
Over 2.5 goals in 31 of its own 50 (62%); over 1.5 in 39 (78%); over 3.5 in 17 (34%). Away: over 2.5 in 17 of its 25 (68%).
Both teams to score
Both teams scored in 29 of its own 50 (58%). Away: 12 of its 25 (48%).
Clean sheets and blanks
Kept a clean sheet in 12 of its own 50 (24%); failed to score in 13 (26%).
Two goals clear
Counted over Leyton Orient's own 50 matches read: Leyton Orient or the side it was playing that day went two goals up in 23 (46%). Leyton Orient itself held the lead in 10, winning 10. In its away matches: one side or the other went two up in 11 of 25.

Built 06:39 from matches completed before kick-off. Every figure is an observed count with its denominator — not a forecast, and nothing here is a tip or a selection.