Leyton Orient vs Bradford City - prediction, team news, lineups

Leyton Orient invited Bradford City to Brisbane Road connected Tuesday evening for the 3rd circular of this season's EFL Cup campaign.

In their erstwhile outing, the O's came from down to instrumentality a constituent from Luton Town astatine Kenilworth Road, portion the Bantams returned to winning ways with a 1-0 location triumph implicit Mansfield Town.

Match preview

Having been a whisker distant from playing successful the 4th tier of English shot this season, sitting conscionable 3 points supra the League One driblet portion successful May, Leyton Orient volition beryllium highly contented with their commencement to the latest campaign.

Since their opening play decision to existent array toppers Sheffield Wednesday, Richie Wellens’s broadside person mislaid conscionable erstwhile successful each competitions and picked up 7 points from the pursuing 4 league matches, including convincing victories connected the roadworthy against some Wigan Athletic and Bromley.

As a result, Orient are sat conscionable extracurricular the League One playoff places successful ninth and with each of their adjacent 4 fixtures against sides who are presently beneath them successful the table, the O’s volition surely beryllium assured that they tin propulsion towards the acme successful the coming month.

After scoring 2 precocious goals to dispatch Oxford United successful their archetypal fixture, the hosts past edged retired Walsall connected penalties to besides publication their spot successful the 3rd signifier of the EFL Cup for the 2nd clip successful 3 seasons too.

Looking to scope the 4th circular of the contention for the archetypal clip successful 64 years, Wellens’s men big a Bradford City broadside who they person thrived against astatine location successful caller years, winning each of their erstwhile 4 encounters with the Bantams astatine Brisbane Road.

Following a promising instrumentality to League One past season, finishing 4th and narrowly losing retired to Bolton Wanderers successful the playoff semi-finals, Bradford City look arsenic though they are going to beryllium battling amongst the division’s large boys erstwhile again this campaign.

Despite consecutive losses to Plymouth Argyle and Cambridge United, a 1-0 triumph for Grahams Alexander’s men against Mansfield Town connected Saturday day has them erstwhile again sat 4th successful the table, with 3 wins from their 5 matches truthful far.

Perhaps the astir awesome portion of the Bantams’ play truthful acold though has been their performances successful the EFL Cup, having claimed a convincing 2-0 triumph against Rochdale successful the archetypal circular earlier impressively dispatching Championship broadside Burnley connected penalties astatine Valley Parade to advancement from the erstwhile stage.

With trips to some Notts County and Luton Town wrong the adjacent fortnight, Bradford volition surely privation to commencement their trio of consecutive distant fixtures by claiming triumph implicit Leyton Orient connected Tuesday evening and unafraid their spot successful the 4th circular of the contention for the archetypal clip since their historical travel to the last astatine Wembley Stadium successful the 2012-13 season.

To bash so, the Bantams volition person to flooded an O’s outfit that they person claimed triumph against conscionable erstwhile successful the six anterior meetings betwixt the sides and past bushed astatine Brisbane Road successful February 2015.

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Team News

Missing the erstwhile 4 months aft undergoing country connected a quadricep injury, Aaron Connolly is expected to instrumentality for Leyton Orient soon, but is ruled retired for Tuesday’s clash.

Wellens volition besides beryllium without defender Rarmani Edmonds-Green, who continues his betterment from an ACL rupture, portion 23-year midfielder Ollie O’Neill is inactive sidelined with an undisclosed issue.

Somto Boniface and Phillip Chinedu are some presently listed arsenic doubts for the O’s, though the hosts look acceptable to person caller signings Dane Scarlett and Oliver Dovin acceptable to go.

On the different hand, Bradford person a mostly untouched squad with their lone existent absentee being Tyreik Wright, who is apt to beryllium unavailable for different period aft suffering a torn quadricep up of the League One opening weekend.

It remains to beryllium seen whether 28-year-old guardant Stephen Humphreys tin marque an quality arsenic helium continues his instrumentality to afloat fittingness having missed ample chunks of pre-season owed to the commencement of his kid and illness.

George Pratt made his debut astatine centre-back against Mansfield and kept a cleanable expanse aft joining from Blackburn Rovers, portion chap loanees Hayden Matthews and Kieran Morgan volition beryllium looking to marque their archetypal appearances for the Bantams connected Tuesday.

Leyton Orient imaginable starting lineup:

Baxter; Stevens, Olowu, Forrester; Wellens, Hayden, El Mizouni, Archibald; Akhamrich, Mitchell; Kabia

Bradford City imaginable starting lineup:

McCracken; Pennington, Baldwin, Pratt; Neufville, Sarcevic, Connolly, Touray; Philips, Pointon; Beesley

We say: Leyton Orient 2-1 Bradford City

Tuesday's match-up looks acceptable to beryllium a intimately fought contention and with the imaginable of facing Premier League absorption successful the adjacent round, some teams volition surely tract their strongest sides successful anticipation of a large wealth gully successful the 5th round.

Although they person struggled astatine location truthful acold successful their latest League One campaign, Orient person thrived successful the cups astatine Brisbane Road and we deliberation they volition present different immense show for their fans this week by progressing to the adjacent signifier of the EFL Cup. 

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