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Leyton Orient face a trip to Scunthorpe United at Glanford Park Stadium on Saturday evening, hoping to improve upon an average previous return from this fixture. Of the 19 games played, O's have recorded 3 wins, and Scunthorpe U. have come away with 9 victories.
The most recent encounter between these two sides was just last season, in January 2003, the Iron carving out a narrow 2 - 1 victory in a League Division Three match.
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| Recent encounters between the teams: | |||||
| 2003/2004 | Sat 20 Sep | Leyton Orient | 1 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | LD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 11 Jan | Scunthorpe U. | 2 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LD3 |
| 2002/2003 | Sat 17 Aug | Leyton Orient | 2 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | LD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Mon 01 Apr | Leyton Orient | 0 - 0 | Scunthorpe U. | LD3 |
| 2001/2002 | Sat 03 Nov | Scunthorpe U. | 4 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 20 Feb | Scunthorpe U. | 1 - 1 | Leyton Orient | LD3 |
| 2000/2001 | Tue 12 Sep | Leyton Orient | 1 - 1 | Scunthorpe U. | LD3 |
Recent respective form guides
Scunthorpe United are not in the best of form at home, with two wins, two draws, and two defeats in their last six. The goals for column just outweighs the goals against over this period, 8 to 7.
The away form of Leyton Orient is pretty dire, accumulating just 1 victory and 1 draw from their last six played. While the O's have hit 4 goals, 9 have hit the back of the wrong net.
Scunthorpe U. find themselves struggling down in 16th position in the league having picked up 44 points from their 38 matches. Leyton Orient's 47 points from 38 games sees them lie inside the top half of the table, in 12th position.
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| Current form guides: | P | W | D | L | F | A | P |
| Scunthorpe U. | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 6 |
| Leyton Orient | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
FootyMad's prediction ...
FootyMad see this game edging towards a narrow win for the Iron, as the O's have been none too clever on the road in recent matches. Home win
| Sequence statistics: | |
| Scunthorpe U. | Been beaten in each of their previous 2 home matches. Failed to win in previous 2 home matches. Latest 4 games ended in defeat. Not won in the 4 most recent games. |
| Leyton Orient | Not won in previous 5 away matches. An overall losing run of 2 games. No win in the 7 most recent games. |