Orient (18) Versus Coventry City (21) : Preview

Head-To-Head, Recent Form, Team News, and the Latest Betting Odds, ahead of Saturday's fixture between Orient and Coventry City.

The two sides have played each other 32 times (In all competitions), with Coventry City winning 19 times, Orient 10, and 13 matches being drawn.

The two sides have met three times in cup competitions, with both sides winning once in the FA Cup (Coventry win being a 3-0 victory away from home), and Coventry City winning the League Cup fixture 4-1 (Also away).

The two sides last met in the league in the 1965/66 season, with both the home and away fixtures ending 1-1. Orient’s last victory over Coventry City was in September 1955, with Coventry City remaining unbeaten in seven fixtures since.

Orient have lost three and won one of their last four fixtures, including a 2-1 home defeat last Tuesday versus Colchester. Ryan Brunt is their top scorer so far this season, having scored three times.

Despite losing their last two fixtures, Coventry City are slight favourites to win this one (Hopefully the ‘clear the air talks’ will have done some good!), with Coventry City (Best odds) 7/4, and Orient at 2/1. The draw is 23/10.

McGoldrick 6/1, McDonald 7/1, and Elliott 7/1 are favourites for first score, with Lisbie and Symes at 15/2 being Orient’s most likely scorers. Richard Wood is 40/1.

Having lost 2-1 four times already this season, the odds on Coventry City doing the same in this fixture are 10/1 (Coventry City to win by the same score-line is also 10/1). Coventry half-time/Orient full-time is 35/1.

Coventry City have made wholesale changes in a bid to climb out of the relegation zone:

TEAM: Murphy, Christie, Reckord, Wood, Edjenguele, Jennings, Baker (c), Bailey, Fleck, McSheffrey, McGoldrick. SUBS: Dunn, Clarke, Willis, Henderson, Moussa, McDonald, Elliott.

"They don't come any tougher. Coventry have had a couple of really difficult seasons and are a big football club to be playing at this level" – Orient manager Russell Slade.