Preview: Leyton Orient vs. Crawley Town - prediction, team news, lineups

Leyton Orient quadrate disconnected against Crawley Town connected Boxing Day looking for the triumph that could instrumentality the nine into the apical fractional of the League One table.

However, the visitors marque their mode to Brisbane Road sitting conscionable six points adrift of their hosts, contempt being successful the relegation zone.

Match preview

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Having spent overmuch of the play down successful the little echelons of League One, it has been casual to place Leyton Orient's caller outstanding form.

Just 1 decision has been posted successful their past 11 matches successful each competitions, an improved tally successful the league coming astatine the aforesaid clip arsenic reaching the FA Cup 3rd round.

Richie Wellens has been mostly focused connected moving Orient distant from the relegation zone, a tally of 10 points being accumulated from 4 games establishing a six-point spread betwixt themselves and the bottommost four.

Most impressively, however, Orient person kept cleanable sheets successful six of their past 7 league fixtures, the lone goals being conceded coming successful a 2-0 reverse astatine location to fourth-placed Huddersfield Town.

Last clip out, Wellens witnessed his broadside tempest to a 4-0 triumph distant astatine Barnsley, and they volition present anticipation to amended connected a location grounds that has seen them station conscionable 12 points from 10 encounters.

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As for Crawley, Rob Elliot has started to marque a lasting interaction astatine the newly-promoted broadside aft his power from National League nine Gateshead.

A caller tally of 12 points came from 7 matches, victories implicit the likes of Lincoln City and Charlton Athletic moving the nine backmost into contention to get retired of the relegation zone.

Nevertheless, defeats to Peterborough United and Birmingham City - by 4-3 and 1-0 scorelines respectively - person ensured that the Red Devils stay 2 points adrift of safety.

Despite their caller improvements connected their travels, this is simply a squad that person mislaid six of their 10 distant league games with conscionable 8 goals to their name, 3 of which came successful the nonaccomplishment astatine Peterborough.

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Team News

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Barring immoderate unforeseen fittingness issues, determination is nary crushed for Wellens to tinker with an Orient broadside that won 4-0 past clip out.

Although Sonny Perkins scored his 2nd league extremity of the play arsenic a substitute, the guardant is improbable to beryllium rewarded with a starting role.

Having started the Birmingham crippled arsenic a replacement owed to illness, Ronan Darcy is expected to beryllium drafted backmost into the Crawley XI for this contest.

Darcy could enactment arsenic a consecutive replacement - successful 1 of respective positions depending connected the enactment - for Ade Adeyemo, who is ruled retired of this fixture owed to concussion.

Bradley Ibrahim and Rushian Hepburn-Murphy are options successful midfield and retired wide if Elliot wishes to present caller legs.

Leyton Orient imaginable starting lineup:
Keely; Galbraith, Beckles, Happe, Currie; Pratley, Brown; Agyei, Donley, O'Neill; Kelman

We say: Leyton Orient 2-1 Crawley Town

With some teams having been successful comparatively bully signifier of late, this should beryllium to beryllium a competitory encounter. However, with an unbeaten tally and longer betterment play successful their favour, we person to backmost Orient to travel done this game, perchance during the closing stages.

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