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Leyton Orient travel to take on Leicester City at Walkers Stadium 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 ending up on the losing side in more than half of the games played between the two.
The last time the two teams met at Leicester City was amazingly over twenty years ago, in November 1981, with Leyton Orient inflicting a narrow 0 - 1 defeat upon the Foxes in a Second Division match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2008/2009 | Sat 20 Sep | Leyton Orient | 1 - 3 | Leicester City | LGE1 |
| 1981/1982 | Tue 18 May | Orient | 3 - 0 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1981/1982 | Sat 14 Nov | Leicester City | 0 - 1 | Orient | CHMP |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 03 May | Orient | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
| 1979/1980 | Sat 08 Dec | Leicester City | 2 - 2 | Orient | CHMP |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 10 Feb | Leicester City | 5 - 3 | Orient | CHMP |
| 1978/1979 | Sat 30 Sep | Orient | 0 - 1 | Leicester City | CHMP |
Recent respective form guides
Leicester City 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 14 goals for the Foxes, with 4 goals against.
The O's have had a decent run of form away from home recently, with 3 victories and just 1 loss from the last six. Just 7 goals have scored in these games, though to be fair only a measly 4 have been let in at the wrong end.
Leicester City are leading the way in the Coca-Cola League One, with their 23 games giving them a return of 51 points. Leyton Orient are stuck down in the relegation zone of Coca-Cola League One with a return of just 22 points from their 23 games thus far.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Leicester City | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 14 |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
The O's may be performing admirably on the road, but your FootyMad panel are of the opinion that Leicester City will prove far too strong for them. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Leicester City | Unbeaten in the last 13 home games. Unbeaten run of 12 matches. |
| Leyton Orient | Not won in previous 3 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 5 most recent games. |