Leyton Orient vs Stevenage - prediction, team news, lineups

Separated by 2 points successful the League One table aft six games of the 2026-27 season, Leyton Orient and Stevenage volition quadrate disconnected astatine the BetWright Stadium connected Saturday.

The visitors person climbed to ninth spot with consecutive victories, portion their hosts beryllium 15th aft 3 consecutive defeats successful each competitions.

Match preview

Leyton Orient volition spell successful hunt of a instrumentality to winning ways successful League One connected Saturday, connected the backmost of a mixed commencement to their season.

After six games of their 4th consecutive play successful England's 3rd tier and 4th afloat word nether the absorption of Richie Wellens, they beryllium connected 7 points, having managed 2 victories and suffered 3 defeats.

That is contempt an eye-catching attacking record, adjacent aft seeing their squad severely deed implicit the summer, with lone 2 sides topping their tally of 12 goals astatine this stage.

The O's person struggled since the astir caller of their wins, a 5-0 thrashing of Bromley, and a creditable gully distant astatine Luton Town, going connected to suffer 3-1 to Bradford City successful the EFL Cup and 3-2 astatine location to Wycombe Wanderers successful League One past weekend, having levelled astatine 1-1 done an ain goal, pulled backmost to 3-2 successful the 2nd fractional done Jaze Kabia and failed to find different equaliser.

Now connected the backmost of a midweek EFL Trophy decision to Arsenal Under-21s, successful which they led successful the archetypal fractional done Nicholas Oyekunle, Leyton Orient volition anticipation to extremity their three-match losing tally and statesman a ascent up the League One array with a location win, having mislaid each 3 of their third-tier matches astatine Brisbane Road truthful acold this word portion conceding 8 of their 9 goals connected location turf.

Their visitors get successful contrasting form, with their sights acceptable connected extending a winning tally to 3 games and an unbeaten streak to 5 successful League One.

Aiming to physique connected a memorable run past clip astir successful which they finished sixth and mislaid successful the Championship playoff finals successful conscionable their 2nd twelvemonth backmost successful the 3rd tier, Stevenage presently beryllium ninth astatine this aboriginal signifier having taken 9 points from their archetypal six matches.

Alex Revell's broadside did marque a winless start, successful the signifier of 3 draws and a loss, but the past 2 draws person since formed the commencement of an unbeaten streak.

The Boro managed a archetypal league triumph astatine the 5th clip of asking successful benignant distant astatine Barnsley past week, dishing retired a 5-1 beating having trailed 1-0 with Oliver Sanderson, Terence Vancooten and Michael Mellon connected the scoresheet alongside Dan Kemp's brace, earlier Kemp again scored arsenic they bushed Luton Town 2-1 past play with Josh Magennis besides uncovering the nett earlier their visitors pulled 1 back.

With assurance increasing astir the radical connected the backmost of 2 victories to kickstart their league campaign, Stevenage volition present bid to widen that blistery streak and clang the apical six.

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Team News

Leyton Orient are inactive without striker Aaron Connolly, who is yet to diagnostic this play done injury, with defender Rarmani Edmonds-Green and midfielder Ollie O'Neill besides sidelined.

Wellens rotated heavy for the midweek EFL Trophy crippled and volition revert to a akin starting XI from past weekend's constrictive nonaccomplishment to Wycombe, with Jaze Kabia, who has scored 5 goals since his summertime arrival, bound to travel backmost successful up top.

He volition beryllium joined up apical by Tottenham Hotspur loanee Yusuf Akhamrich and either Armando Dobra oregon Dane Scarlett, portion Alex Gilbert volition anticipation to gain a archetypal league commencement pursuing his power from Middlesbrough successful spot of either Isaac Hayden oregon Idris El Mizouni successful midfield.

Stevenage look wounded issues of their own, with Terry Taylor and Phoenix Patterson having missed retired connected their triumph implicit Luton, portion Jasper Pattenden is besides sidelined.

Revell whitethorn tract an unchanged broadside from that 2-1 victory, with Josh Magennis bound to again pb the onslaught with enactment from Dan Kemp, aft some got connected the scoresheet successful that game.

The Boro were deed by departures implicit the summer, notably goalkeeper Filip Marschall and cardinal defender Charlie Goode, and they person been replaced by Tommy Setford and Terence Vancooten respectively with the second becoming a mainstay alongside seasoned centre-back Carl Piergianni.

Leyton Orient imaginable starting lineup:

Baxter; Stevens, Olowu, Forrester; Wellens, El Mizouni, Gilbert, Clare; Akhamrich, Kabia, Dobra

Stevenage imaginable starting lineup:

Setford; James-Wildin, Vancooten, Piergianni, Freestone; Phillips, Thompson; Sanderson, Kemp, Roberts; Magennis

We say: Leyton Orient 1-1 Stevenage

Stevenage get successful good signifier to instrumentality connected a Leyton Orient squad who person mislaid their past 3 games, but the hosts bash boast much prime than that suggests and proceed to turn into the play aft a large summertime overhaul.

We fancy the hosts to travel distant from a choky contention with a point.

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