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Rovers continue their hunt for promotion as they travel to Baudry’s and Marquis’s former team, Leyton Orient.
 
After a few set-backs Liam Mandeville is available for the team, but faces fierce competition with John Marquis, who has broke break the 20-goal mark, Alfie May who's been putting in exceptional all-round performances and  Andy Williams, who finally ended his goal drought on Tuesday night. Defender Joe Wright has also returned to full-time training, so he’ll be in consideration for Ferguson’s 18 on Saturday.
 
James Coppinger will be playing 3 games within a week and Ferguson said that he’s still fit enough to feature against Orient this weekend, so the player who was man of the match last time out will still be involved against Orient.
 
Ferguson has emphasized this week to the players not to get complacent, because they shouldn’t expect a result considering its top v bottom – consequently he’s confident Rovers can set the tone of the match and not let complacency sink in.
 
Head-to-heads
The ‘O’s’ have the worst home record in league two picking up just 10 points out of a possible 57 at home. Most of their victories have come on the road to the likes of Plymouth and Newport.
 
Orient have scored 40 goals in 37 games, whereas Rovers have managed to score a scintillating 71 goals this season, in just as many games – and that’s with 9 more games still left to play.
 
Players to watch
Striker, Paul McCallum, is their biggest goal threat with 8 league goals this season. On the other hand, midfielder, Gavin Massey, has just as many goals in the league too.

Assists wise, striker, Paul McCallum leads the way for them with assists, because he's got 4 in the league this season.
 
 Previous encounters
Last time we faced Orient was in November 2016, where Rovers won 3-1 with goals from: Jordan Houghton and Liam Mandeville, and Orient getting their consolation goal from Callum Kennedy.
 
Last time we visited the Matchroom Stadium, we won 1-0 and that was in April 2015 with a goal from Rovers former defender, Rob Jones – ironically Rovers new defender, Mathieu Baudry was playing against Rovers that day!
 
Overall, Rovers have won 12, drawn 6 and lost 14 games against Leyton Orient since 1954.
 
Predicted lineup v Leyton Orient
Lawlor; Blair, Butler, Baudry, Alcock; Mason, Grant, Rowe, Coppinger; May and Marquis.
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