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Key points

• Leyton Orient take the lead in the second half through Ryan Brunt's header.

• Orient make three changes from the side beaten at Bournemouth with Jimmy Smith, Moses Odubajo and Brunt brought in.

• Lee Cook, Michael Symes and Anthony Griffith drop down to the bench while Scott Wagstaff makes his home debut for the O's.

Leyton Orient line-up

Allsop; McSweeney, Sawyer, Chorley, Clarke; Cox, Smith, Odubajo (Griffith, 90), Rowlands; Wagstaff, Brunt

Subs not used: Baudry, Symes, Laird, Cook, James, Mooney

Hartlepool United line-up

Flinders; Austin, Baldwin, Holden, Hartley; Humphreys, Franks (Richards, 66), Sweeney, Murray (Luscombe, 78); Noble (Poole, 55), Howard

Subs not used: Collins, Walton, Rutherford, McHugh