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Leyton Orient travel to take on Leeds United at Elland Road on Saturday afternoon, needing to turn around their fortunes at the ground. The O's will be hoping to improve upon a record which has seen them with only a 12.50% success rate in the fixture.
The last time the two teams met at Leeds Utd. was way back in the black-and-white days of April 1964, the Whites carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 1963/1964 | Sat 04 Apr | Leeds Utd. | 2 - 1 | Leyton Orient | CHMP |
| 1963/1964 | Sat 23 Nov | Leyton Orient | 0 - 2 | Leeds Utd. | CHMP |
| 1961/1962 | Sat 31 Mar | Leyton Orient | 0 - 0 | Leeds Utd. | CHMP |
| 1961/1962 | Sat 11 Nov | Leeds Utd. | 0 - 0 | Leyton Orient | CHMP |
| 1960/1961 | Wed 14 Sep | Leyton Orient | 0 - 1 | Leeds Utd. | CHMP |
| 1960/1961 | Wed 07 Sep | Leeds Utd. | 1 - 3 | Leyton Orient | CHMP |
| 1927/1928 | Sat 14 Apr | Leeds Utd. | 4 - 0 | Clapton Ornt. | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leeds United are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. These high-scoring games have yielded a total of 11 goals for the Whites, with 2 goals against.
Leyton Orient's away form is equally impressive, picking up four victories from the last six. The O's's have a narrow positive goal difference over these games, with 8 goals for and 6 against.
Leeds Utd.'s 13 points from 10 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position. Leyton Orient are holding the final promotion place in the Coca-Cola League One, and have accumulated 19 points from the 10 games they have played so far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leeds Utd. | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 16 |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The match against Leeds Utd. is likely to be a very close encounter, but one that the Madmen sees going the way of the home team. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leeds Utd. | Won 5 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Won their latest 3 matches. Not drawn a match in their last 3 . |
| Leyton Orient | 14 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 3 games. No win in the 3 most recent games. |