Leyton Orient vs Newport Prediction & Betting Tips (13 August)

Nine wins from their previous 12 home games in the EFL Cup suggests that Leyton Orient are a force to be reckoned with on their own patch, and they need to keep on winning in order to maintain their bid for promotion. Newport, meanwhile, are battling to beat the drop, which is not surprising when you consider that they have suffered nine defeats in their last 14 matches.

If recent Leyton Orient home games are anything to go by, then it would come as a surprise to see more than three successful strikes in this contest, as 17 of their last 20 matches at the Leyton Orient stadium have produced under 3.5 goals. This has also been the case in 15 of the most recent 17 games involving Newport in the EFL Cup, so all the signs point one way.

Over the course of their last 19 EFL Cup matches, Newport have kept an impressive tally of 14 clean sheets, so finding a way through against Newport can prove difficult. Given that just three of the most recent 13 top-flight fixtures involving Leyton Orient have served up goals at both ends of the pitch, it is hard to see much of a deviation from the script.