Charlie Wellens slides one across the face of goal but Exeter are able to deal with it again.

A corner then comes in from the right for Orient and Dom Ballard meets it at the back post but his header is a good couple of yards wide.

It's all a bit flat for the O's at the moment as we approach the hour mark.

The Chairboys are pushing for the opener early in the second half as Luke Leahy's wicked curling free-kick breaks to Ewan Henderson to blaze over the Vale bar from 15 yards out.

Moments later Sam Bell picks up the ball on the left of the box but can only drag a low shot past the near post with Joe Gauci wrong-footed.

Vale living dangerously.

This is about as intense as things have got so far at Burton.

A coming together between the two sets of players in the Albion penalty area after Brewers keeper Brad Collins tries to release the ball but he's stopped by Lee Evans.

The upshot is that Evans has been booked for the challenge on Collins.

Burton are the joint-fourth lowest scoring team in League One (15) and Blackpool have only managed one more than them this season (16).

Any heroes at Pirelli Stadium?

The hosts have the lead as the whistle starts the second period but this scoreline could easily have been the other way around.

Salford missed a couple of gilt-edged chances early and are still complaining about the award of the penalty (with good reason you suspect).

A bit of housekeeping is that Will Collar replaced Rushian Hepburn-Murphy late in the first half.

Leyton Orient are trying to force their way back into the game but Exeter are so far standing strong at the start of this second half.

Aaron Connolly races towards the byeline from the left but his cross is cut out.

Albion are forced into an early change at the start of the second half as key midfielder Charlie Webster limps off with an injury. He's replaced by returning Lincoln loanee JJ McKiernan.

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Former Lincoln City goalkeeping coach on BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Doncaster are playing dangerously so far this second half.

You get the feeling there's going to be a lot of duels in the next 45 minutes.

The Millers lost Jordan Hugill just before the break and have now replaced Martin Sherif at the interval, with teenage midfielder Josh Ayres coming on for his EFL debut.

Jack WIlshere has also made a switch at the break with Gideon Kodua coming on to replace Jake Richards.

Blackpool win a corner within 15 seconds of the restart but Burton are able to clear.

The Tangerines will climb out of the relegation zone with a win this afternoon, should both Doncaster and Leyton Orient go on to lose against Lincoln and Exeter respectively.

In fairness, we believe the vast majority of those boos are being reserved for referee Ruebyn Ricardo because of the penalty call against Orient and one they did not get themselves.

Although their form is a concern, no doubt.

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Here's how things look as we get back under way in League Two.

Swindon are level at Fleetwood but have moved top of the pile with Walsall trailing 2-0 to Colchester.

MK Dons are up above Salford, while Bromley and Crewe are also on the rise.

It's dark, cold, wet and windy.... the perfect backdrop for some drama.

Let's see what the second halves have in store for us, we're back under way in most of our games NOW, with a few more to come in dribs and drabs.

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Colchester are 2-0 up against this morning's table toppers Walsall, Kevin Lisbie adding to Samson Tovide's opener to give a shock scoreline.

But Swindon, who stand to gain most from an upset, have conceded an equaliser against Fleetwood with Ryan Graydon levelling for the hosts.

Jordan Thomas has pulled one back against Tranmere to make it 2-1 against Cheltenham. Bromley lead Barrow by one with Marcus Ifill on target for the hosts.

Tom Cursons has upset the odds against Notts County putting Harrogate in front on 39 minutes.

Accrington are 1-0 up against Bristol Rovers and it is goalless betweeen Oldham Crewe, Cambridge Barnet, Shrewsbury Newport and Grimsby Chesterfield.

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The visitors are not happy at half time with Daniel Udoh remonstrating with the referee after his foul gifted MK Dons the lead from the spot, Nathaniel Mendez-Laing doing the biz from 12 yards.

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The Hatters have enjoyed the most territory and possession but it's the in-form visitors who have come closest to breaking the deadlock at the Kenny.

Jordan Hugill's downward header was saved by Josh Keeley early on while he nearly got on the end of Dan Gore's curling cross too, but has been forced to limp off in the dying seconds of the first half.

A boost for Luton and Jack Wilshere, but a big 45 incoming... they have only scored five home goals this season, the fewest in the division, and need to increase that number soon if they are to close on the play-off spots.

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Vale have had the better of a goalless first half but they haven't really threatened the Chairboys goal.

Joe Gauci actually pulled off the best save of the game at the other end as Cauley Woodrow got on the end of Fred Onyedinma's pull-back from the right while Onyedinma struck the post from close-range seconds before the interval.

All to play for in the second half as Vale seek to end their scoring drought and a run of three straight defeats.

Deep into added time Fred Onyedinma's close-range toe-poke on the half-volley following a flicked-on long throw from the left has thundered into the Vale upright and been scrambled away

Darren Moore breathes a sigh of relief.

Boos for referee Ruebyn Ricardo around Brisbane Road as the half-time whistle goes.

Leyton Orient are convinced they should've had at least one penalty after two claims were waved away.

As it is, it's Exeter who lead at the interval after they were given a spot-kick for a foul by Sean Clare on Reece Cole, which Jayden Wareham comfortably dispatched against his former club.

The O's are lurking dangerously close to the drop zone as things stand.