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Leyton Orient face a trip to Cheltenham Town at Whaddon Road on Saturday afternoon, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 6 games played, O's have recorded 1 wins, and Cheltenham T. have come away with 3 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in August 2004, with Leyton Orient inflicting a narrow 1 - 2 defeat upon the Robins in a League Two match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2004/2005 | Fri 25 Mar | Leyton Orient | 2 - 3 | Cheltenham T. | LGE2 |
| 2004/2005 | Sat 14 Aug | Cheltenham T. | 1 - 2 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 31 Jan | Cheltenham T. | 1 - 0 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 06 Dec | Cheltenham T. | 3 - 1 | Leyton Orient | FAC |
| 2003/2004 | Sat 30 Aug | Leyton Orient | 1 - 4 | Cheltenham T. | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 19 Jan | Leyton Orient | 0 - 2 | Cheltenham T. | LGE2 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 11 Aug | Cheltenham T. | 1 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Cheltenham Town are unbeaten in their last six home games, winning five of them, and drawing the other one. In this time, Robins have rattled up an impressive 15 goals, and conceded 2.
The O's have had a decent run of form away from home recently, coming away with three points on 3 occassions, but drawing 1 and losing 2. A generous 8 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
Cheltenham T. are just outside the promotion places, in 4th, having taken 8 points from 4 games. Leyton Orient are currently occupying 2nd spot in their division, gaining 9 points from their 4 games.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Cheltenham T. | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 11 |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
This promises to be an excellent test for the in-form O's, but one which I believe will end in stalemate. Score draw
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Cheltenham T. | Won 5 successive home games. 6 games since last home draw. Unbeaten run of 5 matches. |
| Leyton Orient | 6 games since last away draw. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 2 most recent games. |