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Leyton Orient travel to take on Peterborough United at London Road Ground on Saturday afternoon, having the edge over their hosts in previous meetings. The visitors have won 5 of the 11 previous games, with the hosts winning just 4.
The last time the two teams met at Peterborough was back in August 1999, over five years ago, the Posh carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2002/2003 | Tue 22 Oct | Leyton Orient | 3 - 2 | Peterborough | ASSM |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 22 Jan | Leyton Orient | 1 - 1 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 1999/2000 | Sat 21 Aug | Peterborough | 2 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 01 May | Peterborough | 3 - 0 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
| 1998/1999 | Sat 12 Dec | Leyton Orient | 1 - 2 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Fri 06 Feb | Leyton Orient | 1 - 0 | Peterborough | LGE2 |
| 1997/1998 | Sat 20 Sep | Peterborough | 2 - 0 | Leyton Orient | LGE2 |
Recent respective form guides
Peterborough United are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. A generous 6 goals have been both scored and conceded in this period.
The away form of Leyton Orient however, is much more impressive, with an unbeaten run in the last six, four of them victories. The games have constituted a decent return of 10 goals for the O's, and 3 goals against.
Peterborough's 22 points from 16 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 10th position. Leyton Orient are leading the way in the Coca Cola League Two, with their 16 games giving them a return of 31 points.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Peterborough | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 12 |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
Leyton Orient are in smashing form away from home at present, and Footymad sees this carrying them to a narrow victory at Peterborough. Away win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Peterborough | Drawn last 2 games at home. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Drawn each of their last 3 games. Not won in the 3 most recent games. |
| Leyton Orient | Undefeated in last 7 away games. 12 games since last defeat. |