ORIENT boss Martin Ling has made three changes from the side that lost 3-0 at home to Carlisle on Saturday for today's trip to Cheltenham.

The O's are yet to suffer back-to-back defeats in the league this season and Ling has shuffled his pack knowing there is little room for error with his sides' play-off chances laying firmly in the balance.

With JJ Melligan sitting out the first game of his three-match ban following his red card at the weekend, Ling has brought in on-loan Spurs forward Andy Barcham in his place.

Fellow Tottenham loanee Charlie Daniels also returns at the expense of Aiden Palmer, while skipper Stephen Purchase is back in the starting line-up in place of Sean Thornton, who drops to the bench.

The O's still remain without injured pair Tamika Mkandawire (hernia) and Sam Oji (hamstring).

ORIENT: Morris; Purches, Thelwell Daniels, Saah, Palmer; Barcham, Terry, Chambers, Demetriou; Gray, Boyd. Unused: Nelson (GK), Ibehre, Thornton, Palmer, Fortune.