LEYTON ORIENT V COVENTRY CITY
TUESDAY JANUARY 28th AT 7.45PM
AT THE MATCHROOM STADIUM, BRISBANE ROAD, LEYTON, LONDON, E10 5NF
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MATCH DETAILS
Kick off at 7.45pm
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TRAVEL
Coach from White Street at 3pm and costs £15.50
BY TRAIN:
The nearest tube station is Leyton on the Central Line or Leyton Midland Road overground.
From Leyton Station, turn right down the hill and follow the High Road to Coronation Gardens on your left. Turn down Buckingham Road after the park and the ground is in front of you.
From Leyton Midland Road, turn left towards Leyton and continue down the High Road past Leyton County Cricket Ground until you reach Windsor Road. Turn down Windsor Road and the ground is in front of you.
BY CAR:
From North: Exit M25 at junction 27 and follow signs to `London (NE), M11' onto the M11 southbound. After 7.1 miles where the road divides, bear right (s/p A406 N. Circ. Rd West, London N and W) onto the North Circular Road. Keep in left hand lanes and take first exit after 0.6 miles (s/p Walthamstow and City A104, then Whipps Cross A104, West End (A503).
At roundabout turn left (s/p Whipps Cross, Bakers Arms, Walthamstow A503) into Woodford New Road A104. At next roundabout (Whipps Cross) after 1.2 miles, take 2nd exit (s/p A104 Bakers Arms, Leyton) and follow road round to left, towards BP station, into Lea Bridge Road.
After 0.5 miles, just after Esso station, turn left at lights (s/p Leyton, Stratford, then Leyton Leisure Lagoon) into Leyton Green Road. Filter left after 0.3 miles and turn left at T-junction into Leyton High Road. After 1.2 miles ground is down sidestreets on RHS.
From South/South-East via Blackwall Tunnel: Out of tunnel, continue on A102 following signs to `Stratford, Dalston'. Remain on the A102/A106 for 4.2 miles, following signs for Leyton, passing New Spitalfields Market and over a bridge.
At lights just after Car Superstore, turn left into Oliver Road.
BY BUS: Nos. 58, 69, 97 and 158 run along Leyton High Road.
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ADMISSION
City have sold one allocation tickets of three hundred tickets and are selling a second allocation of 200 tickets. You can pay on the gate, but expect to pay full price for some of the concessionary tickets.
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THE LAST TIME
Tuesday's League One game between Leyton Orient and Coventry City will be the fourth time the teams have faced each other this season, City's third visit to Brisbane Road this season and the 44th time City have played Leyton Orient in a competitive game.
Of those previous 43 matches, City have won 19 times and drawn on twelve occasions, scoring 73 goals to Orient's 51.
City's record win at Brisbane Road was a 3-1 victory in April 1965. Their heaviest defeat is a 5-2 loss in March 1932.
The last time City played at Brisbane Road in a League One game was on October 27th 2012 and saw David McGoldrick give City a 1-0 win.
The teams that day were:
City; Murphy,Christie, Wood, Edjenguele, Reckord, Baker, Jennings, Bailey, McSheffrey (Moussa 73), Fleck, McGoldrick (Elliott 92). Subs Clarke, McDonald, Dunn, Willis, Henderson.
Leyton Orient: Allsop, Sawyer, Chorley, Cox (Cook 68), Griffiths, N.Clarke, Obujado, Rowlands, Brunt (Symes 73), Wagstaff, Mooney. SNU Jones (GK), McSweeney, Baudry, Smith, James.
More head to head - http://www.coventrycity-mad.co.uk/head_to_head/next/vs/match/index.shtml
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MATCH OFFICIALS
The currently appointed referee for Coventry City's League One game at Leyton Orient on Tuesday night is Michael Bull.
Hailing from Essex, this is Mr Bull's first season in the Football League as a referee.
So far this season, he has had thirteen matches (three of which have been League On fixtures) and his last match was Rotherham United's 2-2 draw with Crawley Town on Saturday.
He has shown 43 yellow cards and one red, shown to Burton's Ian Sharps in a 2-0 loss to Oxford United.
The assistants are Stuart Butler and Tom Ramsey and the Fourth Official is Darren Sheldrake.
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BETTING ODDS
Coventry City have been made the under-dogs by the bookmakers for their League One game at Leyton Orient on Tuesday night.
The Sky Blues are priced at 5/2 with Orient priced around evens. The draw is 5/2.
If you are planning on having a bet on the game, make sure you shop around for the best odds before placing any bet. You can check what some of the leading bookmakers are offering for City's game on Tuesday night by clicking on http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/leyton-orient-v-coventry/winner
First Goalscorer: http://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/leyton-orient-v-coventry/first-goalscorer