Exeter City vs Leyton Orient Predictions

Orient can keep the streak rolling at Exeter

Leyton Orient are on a run of two straight League One successes away from home and they look the best bet to get another win at Exeter on Saturday. The hosts have lost their last two league games at St James Park.

Both teams have lost more games than they’ve won this season, with Exeter 20th in League One having won 11 and lost 19, and Leyton Orient three places above them with 14 wins and 18 defeats.

Leyton Orient kept up their recent winning trend with a 2-0 win over Wycombe last weekend, defying odds of 21/10 to secure a commanding victory. Demetri Mitchell scored first on 19 minutes, before Idris El Mizouni doubled their lead late on. They have won nine of the 16 games in which they’ve scored first this season (56%).

Exeter are weak favourites, they have failed to win their last three League One games as favourites. Backing their opponents during their current run of six defeats in seven league games would have resulted in a profit of 4.43 units.

The visitors have the edge up front. Exeter haven’t found a way to score in three of their last four League One games, but Leyton Orient have scored in eight games in a row, including scoring at least twice in five of those.

Leyton Orient are in excellent form, having won four of their last seven League One matches. They have tasted victory on three of their last four away trips and come into this game on the back of four consecutive wins.

The hosts look vulnerable at the back. It’s nine League One games since Exeter last recorded a shutout, and they have failed to keep a clean sheet in their last five home games.

The hosts are enduring a rough spell – Exeter have not won in 13 League One games and have lost six of their last seven.

A 2-0 win for Leyton Orient looks a decent correct-score option.

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Edited by Mark Langdon