Leyton Orient Team Metrics

This is the evidence layer behind the identity audit: repeated actions, player involvement and route behaviour across the current sample. It is built to answer the "and?" question, not just show what happened.

2026-08-15 to 2026-09-05 6 matches 577 team minutes 10310 match-play events Penalty shootouts excluded

What The Data Is Saying

Bottom line Orient have a build-up team shape, but not yet a build-up team rhythm.

The ball starts in a controlled structure, then the next meaningful action too often avoids midfield. That makes the side look possession-based on the first pass and direct on the second.

CB into midfield 6%; failed long/direct 55%.

Repeated action The escape route is wide before the opponent has been moved.

Width is clearly part of the model, but the pattern is becoming a dependency. The wide players are receiving as problem-solvers rather than as the final action of a constructed attack.

Wide/half-space route share 83%; deep outlets wide/down-line/direct 1021/1436.

Midfield question The midfield issue is not effort. It is connective value.

Central areas are being contested, but Orient are not turning enough central contact into line breaks, territory or second-wave pressure.

Middle contacts 200-201; line breaks 36-67.

Coaching audit Freeze the first pass after a CB receive.

If the six ahead are available and the ball still goes long, that is player choice. If the midfield is hidden or flat, it is structural. This page points the video analyst exactly where to look.

Into-midfield build-up outlets 236/1436.

Aggregate Passing Network

Read

The network is not just a touch map. It shows the players Orient repeatedly use to move possession and the pass links that become habitual. Red links/nodes signal the connections carrying more progressive burden; teal nodes are advanced connectors.

If the strongest lane is full-back to winger while the central midfield nodes sit small or disconnected, the model is becoming outside-first. That can be by design, but it becomes fragile when the opponent locks that side or wins the first duel after the pass.

Repeated Build-Up Actions

Build-Up Outcome Table

First outlet	Attempts	Complete	Useful %	Useful #	Stalled	Failed	xT/Att
Wide outlet	542	86%	28%	152	93	297	1.5
Direct to wing	349	41%	17%	59	24	266	4.2
Into midfield	236	78%	78%	183	0	53	3.9
Down the line	130	69%	39%	51	5	74	5.8
Recycle/back	130	100%	26%	34	45	51	0.4
Long/direct	41	56%	22%	9	3	29	3.0
Turnover	8	0%	0%	0	0	8	0.0

Useful means the next few actions produced a shot, box entry, final-third entry or central bounce. Failed means the sequence died quickly, usually through a turnover or hopeful long loss.

Style And Threat Battle

Orient should not be judged against an imaginary 50:50 game. This still shows whether the team is spending phases high enough to attack again after losing it, or dropping into long recovery distances.

The threat battle explains where possession became value. If the opponent wins both half-spaces while Orient's threat is concentrated wide, the midfield bridge is not doing enough to turn circulation into central pressure.

Overall Team Metrics

Metric	Orient	Opp	Gap	Read
Passes p90	418.3	387.2	+31.0
Completed passes p90	301.9	276.0	+25.9
Progressive passes p90	63.0	74.7	-11.7
Line breaks p90	5.6	10.4	-4.8
Final-third entries p90	19.3	28.2	-8.9
Box entries p90	5.1	6.1	-0.9
Shots p90	11.2	14.2	-3.0
xG p90	1.0	1.6	-0.5
Threat added p90	14.5	19.3	-4.8
High regains p90	15.8	-	-	Orient only

Player Involvement And Output

Player	Role	Mins	Inv p90	Pass p90	Pass %	Prog p90	Line p90	xT+ p90	Att xT p90	xG+xA p90	High Reg p90	Loss p90
J. Olowu	Defender / Centre/Right	495	57.5	40.5	77%	6.4	1.1	93.0	229.6	0.08	0.5	9.3
I. El Mizouni	Midfielder / Left/Centre	470	65.5	48.8	86%	4.4	0.6	100.5	181.6	0.10	3.1	8.0
P. Chinedu	Defender / Left/Centre	468	50.4	36.7	70%	3.5	0.4	72.8	297.7	0.00	0.2	12.1
Fin Stevens	Defender / Right	457	74.4	58.9	63%	14.0	1.0	332.6	914.7	0.09	3.2	21.9
I. Hayden	Defensive Midfielder / Centre	451	61.9	47.5	76%	6.6	0.4	117.0	361.1	0.07	0.8	12.4
J. Kabia	Striker / Centre	409	27.3	10.8	55%	0.9	0.2	37.0	98.2	0.33	1.3	8.4
Y. Akhamrich	Attacking Midfielder / Centre/Right	404	38.1	20.5	72%	1.6	0.0	82.4	229.0	0.34	2.7	9.1
C. Wellens	Midfielder / Right	326	56.9	46.7	69%	4.1	0.0	216.6	519.6	0.26	1.9	14.6
D. Mitchell	Attacking Midfielder / Left/Centre	324	49.2	33.9	75%	3.6	0.3	152.2	292.9	0.21	2.8	10.8
N. Phillips	Goalkeeper / Centre	318	47.0	42.5	69%	13.9	1.4	158.0	545.1	0.00	0.0	13.0
W. Forrester	Defender / Left/Centre	255	76.6	61.1	86%	10.6	1.1	176.7	352.2	0.02	0.0	10.6
N. Baxter	Goalkeeper / Centre	222	45.4	36.5	50%	6.5	2.0	84.8	585.9	0.00	0.0	18.6
J. Morris	Defender / Left	216	56.7	42.1	65%	6.2	0.0	152.3	432.6	0.05	1.2	16.2
Z. Obiero	Midfielder / Centre/Right	208	55.0	40.2	72%	4.3	0.4	125.9	341.5	0.08	1.3	12.5
T. Springett	Attacking Midfielder / Left	196	51.9	31.7	59%	3.2	0.0	109.4	340.9	0.35	2.8	16.1
T. Archibald	Midfielder / Right	157	78.0	57.9	69%	8.0	0.0	335.6	739.5	0.56	2.9	20.1
A. Dobra	Midfielder / Left	143	49.1	26.4	62%	1.9	0.0	100.9	410.7	0.69	2.5	15.1
N. Oyekunle	Substitute	139	39.5	21.4	70%	2.6	0.0	25.7	69.3	0.56	1.3	9.1
A. Gilchrist	Substitute	107	85.0	65.6	82%	14.3	1.7	235.3	501.0	0.01	0.0	11.8
S. Boniface	Defender / Left	61	60.5	45.7	65%	11.8	0.0	328.2	699.8	0.05	0.0	16.2
D. Levitt	Midfielder / Left/Centre	60	75.0	61.5	85%	9.0	0.0	177.8	328.5	0.05	1.5	10.5
S. Clare	Substitute	54	93.3	70.0	71%	10.0	0.0	257.5	537.5	0.05	3.3	20.0

Data note. Built from licensed event data with expected-goals and player-minute enrichment where available. Network positions use the corrected Orient pitch orientation. This page is descriptive evidence; coaching conclusions should be checked against the linked video clips and match reports.