CITY could not find a way through Leyton Orient in a dour goalless tussle at Brisbane Road.

T&A chief sports writer Simon Parker provides the match facts and figures and his player ratings.

MAN OF THE MATCH

City’s back three were rock solid in protecting Richard O’Donnell. For me, Paudie O’Connor just shaded it but colleagues Anthony  O’Connor and Kelvin Mellor were equally strong.

MOMENT OF THE MATCH

Paudie O’Connor made a goal-saving block during an Orient scramble when the home side looked certain to score.

MOAN OF THE MATCH

City did not create anywhere near enough against opponents who have forgotten what it is like to win.

TACTICS

Gary Bowyer named an unchanged line-up as City once again went with three at the back. Ben Richards-Everton and Harry Pritchard were fit to return on the bench.

REFEREE: Chris Pollard (Bury St Edmunds)

BOOKINGS: Wright (Orient); A O’Connor (City)

ATTENDANCE: 6,015

SHOTS ON TARGET: Leyton Orient 0, City 3

SHOTS OFF TARGET: Leyton Orient 13, City 4

CORNERS: Leyton Orient 5, City 0

FOULS COMMITTED: Leyton Orient 16, City 12

PLAYER RATINGS

LEYTON ORIENT: Sargeant 7, Judd 6, Turley 6, Ekpiteta 7, Happe 6, Maguire-Drew 7 (Brophy 80min), Clay 6, Wright 7, Marsh 7, Angol 6, Wilkinson 7. Subs (not used): Gorman, Coulson, Dayton, Harrold, Kyprianou, Brill.

CITY: O’Donnell 6, Mellor 7, A O’Connor 7, P O’Connor 8, Reeves 6 (Palmer 79min), Henley 6, Cooke 7, Taylor 6 (Pritchard 71min), Wood 6, Oteh 6 (McCartan 86min), Vaughan 6. Subs (not used): Richards-Everton, Ismail, Connolly, Sykes-Kenworthy.