RITCHIE Humphreys starts his first League One game of the season for Hartlepool United.
He replaces heel injury victim Evan Horwood on the left wing in the only change to the starting XI from the weekend draw with Doncaster Rovers.
With Charlie Wyke (ankle) also out, there’s a place on the bench for Nathan Luscombe.
LEYTON ORIENT: Allsop; McSweeney, Sawyer, Chorley, Cox, Smith, Clarke, Odubajo, Rowlands, Brunt, Wagstaff. Subs: Baudry, Griffith, Symes, Laird, Cook, James, Mooney.
HARTLEPOOL UNITED: Flinders; Austin, Baldwin, Hartley, Holden; Franks, Murray, Sweeney, Humphreys; Howard, Noble. Subs: Collins, Walton, Poole, Luscombe, Rutherford, Richards, McHugh (gk).
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