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Peterborough United vs Leyton Orient. Sky Bet League One.

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Posh ease past Orient

Image: Mackail-Smith: Crucial brace

Peterborough overcame early pressure to defeat Leyton Orient 3-0 at London Road.

O's brushed aside by Posh at London Road

Peterborough overcame early pressure to defeat Leyton Orient 3-0 at London Road and claim their first points in League One. Leyton Orient midfielder Sean Thornton had driven his side on in the early stages but Posh went in front a minute before the break when Craig Mackail-Smith dispossessed Brian Saah and raced from the half-way line before beating Glenn Morris with a superb curling shot. Orient keeper Morris was helpless again four minutes into the second half when Aaron Mclean controlled a Dean Keates free kick before turning to hammer Posh's second. Mclean should have netted again moments later only to stand on the ball, before Mackail-Smith (68) poached his second and Posh's third when he squeezed the ball home through a crowd. Thornton almost carved out an Orient opening with a free-kick but Posh continued to pile forward with Mclean, Keates and George Boyd all going close.