Leyton Orient vs Manchester City Prediction, Preview & Betting Tips

Manchester City come into this match as obvious favourites against a Leyton Orient side that sit sixth-place in League One.

Pep Guardiola’s men will be going all out to try and win the likes of the FA Cup following a below-par league campaign to date, so expect there to be no shock here at Brisbane Road, especially when considering that City showed absolutely no mercy when they thrashed Salford City 8-0 in the Third Round.

Leyton Orient have a decent defensive record for a League One side, as they’ve conceded just 25 times in 28 matches, however, City are the third top scorers in the Premier League with 48 in 24 games and will be determined to put things right after their humiliating defeat to Arsenal on Sunday.

Prediction: Leyton Orient 0-4 Manchester City

Seven-time FA Cup winners Manchester City makes the trip to Brisbane Road where they’ll face League One outfit, Leyton Orient.

Date: 08/02/2025

Location: Brisbane Road

Time: 12:15 pm

This is just the 16th-meeting between these two sides, with the last head-to-head clash being all the way back in May 1966, which resulted in a 2-2 draw in the Old Division Two.

The hosts are managed by 44-year-old Mancunian Richie Wellens and are having a solid campaign, as they are sixth in League One with after 28 games with 44 points to their name.

Leyton Orient will be desperate to consolidate their place in the League One play-off places and are in a red-hot streak of league form entering this game, as prior to their recent 1-0 home loss to Stockport County, they were unbeaten in their last 11 games, winning nine and drawing two.

In order to reach the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, Orient have managed to progress past the likes of Boreham Wood and Derby County on penalties after 2-2 and 1-1 draws, while in-between those games, Wellens oversaw a 2-1 home win against his former club Oldham Athletic in Round Two.

On the other hand, Manchester City are fourth in the Premier League and are increasingly unlikely to add to a fifth league title in a row as they sit 15 points adrift of Liverpool having played one game more, meaning that there is extra emphasis on cup competitions this season.

City are out of the League Cup, having suffered a 2-1 loss at Tottenham Hotspur in the Fourth Round, while in the Champions League, they scraped a place in the Round of 32 play-off via a 3-1 home win over Club Brugge on matchday eight, however, they have been drawn against 15-times Champions of Europe, Real Madrid.

So far in the FA Cup, Pep Guardiola’s men have faced Salford City in the Third Round, resulting in an emphatic 8-0 win, as Jeremy Doku (2), Divin Mubama, Nico O’Reilly, Jack Grealish and James McAtee (3) all got their names on the scoresheet.

Leyton Orient versus Manchester City will be broadcast live on BBC One, BBC iPlayer and BBC Sport’s Website.

Leyton Orient

Richie Wellens’ side have a clean bill of health entering their Fourth Round FA Cup tie against Manchester City.

Manchester City

Nathan Ake, Rúben Dias, Rodri and Jeremy Doku are all set to be absent for Manchester City’s trip to Brisbane Road due to injury.

Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient enter this game with two wins from their last five matches across all competitions, as prior to last weekend’s 1-0 home defeat to Stockport County, they had earned consecutive victories over Exeter City (6-2) and Reading (2-0), with 22-year-old Scottish midfielder Azeem Abdulai scoring a hat-trick against the Grecians.

Before the aforementioned matches, Richie Wellens’ men had suffered a narrow 1-0 defeat to Stevenage in the EFL Trophy after a 0-0 stalemate against Peterborough United at London Road.

Manchester City

Pep Guardiola’s were simply outclassed on Sunday evening when they were thrashed 5-1 by Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium. That defeat came after a vital 3-1 home win over Club Brugge in the Champions League that saw them qualify for the Round of 32 after yet another dismal away display at PSG (4-2) on matchday seven.

Before their heavy defeat to Arsenal, City had earned impressive Premier League wins over Chelsea (3-1) and Ipswich Town (6-0).

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