Sheffield Wednesday visit Brisbane Road for the first time in 14 years hoping to make an instant impact back in the third tier by beating Leyton Orient.
The Owls, relegated after the worst season in their history, are finally under new ownership and on a two-game winning streak, the first time they have managed that in 17 months.
Season ticket sales are through the roof, optimism is growing and they will be well backed by thousands of fans on their day out in East London.
Orient fans, meanwhile, are less sure what to expect of a team who reached the League One play-offs in 2024/25 but only just stayed up last season.
Both teams have undergone comprehensive rebuilds over the summer and both started this season with confidence-boosting wins in the EFL Cup.
Leyton Orient v Sheffield Wednesday Tips Summary
Best Bet - Jaze Kabia anytime scorer @ 2/1
Alternative Bet - Corners race to 5 - Leyton Orient @ 5/4
Bet Builder - Leyton Orient or Draw Double Chance, Leyton Orient most corners & Goals range 2-5 @ 4/1
Leyton Orient v Sheffield Wednesday Prediction
Best Bet: Jaze Kabia anytime scorer @ 2/1
Charlie Kelman was League One's top scorer two seasons back, Dom Ballard took the honours last term and now Orient are hoping to keep the Golden Boot at their club for a third time through new striker Jaze Kabia.
The club record £1million signing from Grimsby Town, signed to replace Ballard who has joined Bristol City, scored 24 goals across all competitions for the Mariners last year and looks like he can cope with a higher level.
He might also enjoy crossing swords with a Wednesday defence which Owls' boss Henrik Pedersen is unsure how to staff.
Pedersen was astonished by the levels during their 4-0 drubbing at Oldham Athletic in their last pre-season workout but buoyed by the performances of Gabriel Otegbayo and Sil Swinkels in the 1-0 win against Bolton in the EFL Cup.
He may stick with that pairing and Kabia will run them ragged.
Orient under Richie Wellens like to be adventurous and create chances and Kabia looks a very decent bet to get openings and a goal on his League One debut.
Alternative Bet: Corners race to 5 - Leyton Orient @ 5/4
Orient have already taken on one side relegated from the Championship, beating Oxford United 2-0 in the EFL Cup last weekend.
The O's were good value for the wins secured by goals from Demetri Mitchell and Idris El Mizouni in the final 10 minutes.
Orient had done much of the running, evidenced in a shot count they bossed 12-6 and a corner count they bossed 7-2.
Wednesday came down conceding five corners or more in almost two in every three games last term so Orient, as the home team, can win the corners race to five on Saturday.
Leyton Orient v Sheffield Wednesday Bet Builder Tip
Leyton Orient or Draw Double Chance
Leyton Orient most corners
Goals range 2-5
Pays 4/1
O's fans are rightly perplexed by last season's drop-off, but this looks a decent group, bolstered in the summer and they can get off to a decent start.
Wednesday, after the traumas of last term and an unimpressive set of summer results, are work in progress and beating 10-man Bolton 1-0 in the EFL Cup, while decent, doesn't paper over too many cracks.
Orient can at the very least avoid defeat here so back the Draw-Leyton Orient option on the Double Chance chip as the first leg of a Bet Builder.
The hosts, as explained, can win more corners than the Owls, which can be the second leg.
And finally, look at a goals range of 2-5. That copped in 33 of Orient's 46 league games last term and 37 of Wednesday's.
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Key Match Stats
- Leyton Orient and Sheffield Wednesday have both got off to winning starts this season in the League Cup, the O's beating Oxford 2-0 on the same day Wednesday were beating Bolton 1-0
- Orient finished 20th in League One last season, three points above the relegation zone, having failed to win any of their last eight matches
- Relegated Wednesday played 50 matches last season in all competitions and won just two of them; their sole away win (2-0 at Portsmouth) came back in September
- Dom Ballard, the League One Golden Boot winner, scored 23 goals for Orient which was 39 percent of their total output; he has left for Bristol City in the summer
- Wednesday failed to find the net in seven of their eight pre-season friendlies
- The Owls conceded over 4.5 corners in 65 percent of their Championship matches last season; they conceded another five against Bolton last Saturday
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