Leyton Orient v Arsenal U21: How to watch, TV channel, kick-off time, head-to-head stats and team news

Leyton Orient kick off their EFL Trophy campaign with a home clash on Tuesday against Arsenal Under-21s in the Southern Section, Group E.

Orient have had a dismal start in League One, losing all four games to sit bottom of the table, although they have managed to progress to the third round of the EFL Cup after beating Newport County and Millwall.

Arsenal's Under-21s will be keen to test themselves against Richie Wellens' side as the Gunners youngsters aim to at least make it out of the group stage, like they did last term before losing to eventual winners Peterborough in the last 32.

How to watch Leyton Orient v Arsenal U21 and TV channel

Leyton Orient v Arsenal U21 will be available to watch on Sky Sports +.

Leyton Orient v Arsenal U21 kick-off time, date and venue

Leyton Orient v Arsenal U21s will take place at Orient's Gaughan Group Stadium home and will kick-off at 19:00 BST on Tuesday 3rd September.

Leyton Orient v Arsenal U21 stats and head-to-head record (H2H)

Orient's start to the season in League One couldn't have gone any worse as they have lost their opening four games to Bolton Wanderers, Charlton Athletic, Birmingham City and Shrewsbury Town.

They have impressed in the League Cup, though, with a 4-1 win over Newport and a 1-0 victory over Millwall to set up a third-round tie at Premier League Brentford.

Arsenal's U21s have won their first three competitive games in Premier League 2 this season, beating Manchester United, Wolves and Aston Villa.

Leyton Orient have never faced Arsenal U21s in the EFL Trophy.

Leyton Orient v Arsenal U21 team news

Leyton Orient team news

Wellens is likely to field as strong a side as possible but is expected to make changes to the line-up that was beaten 3-0 by Shrewsbury on Saturday.

Omar Beckles, Diallang Jaiyesimi, Sonny Perkins and Lewis Warrington are among the players hoping for starts.

Arsenal U21 team news

Arsenal's youngsters beat Aston Villa 4-1 on Friday and it is thought plenty of the academy players who featured in that victory will start against Orient.

Brian Okonkwo is set to be named in goal, while there should also be starts for Elian Quesada-Thorn, Jimi Gower, Salah-Eddine Oulad M'Hand, Nathan Butler-Oyedeji and Seb Ferdinand.