Leyton Orient head coach Steve Davis could not contain his delight after his side made it two consecutive home wins from two on Saturday - and believes making Brisbane Road a tough place to come for visiting teams will be necessary if the O’s are to seek an immediate return to the Football League.

A 2-0 victory against Maidstone United followed a 3-1 win over Solihull Moors in midweek, and Davis was just pleased with the manner of the reaction to their opening day loss as Orient made it six points from a possible nine.

Indeed, it is not just about teams visiting E10 in Davis’ estimation, he also wants his own players to relish the prospect of playing in front of their supporters rather than being bogged down with the pressure and expectation that inevitably brings.

“I think so,” Davis said when asked if he thinks it’s important Orient make Brisbane Road a fortress. “It builds momentum and it gets people behind you straight away. From the first whistle the crowd are behind you if you’re doing well at home and the players should embrace that.

“There’s always a pressure to play at home but I want them to embrace that pressure. I want them to play with a lot of freedom and relax and enjoy playing at home, rather than it being fearful for them.”

Orient had to wait for their breakthrough on Saturday as it took until the hour mark for them to get the better of United goalkeeper Lee Worgan.

Maidstone were never likely to roll over and hand the O’s the points and it certainly could be said that it was The Stones, and not Orient, who had the better of the first half.

And Davis stressed the patience his players showed in breaking Maidstone’s stubborn resistance, and their 4-5-1 formation.

Orient again faced a man in front of the back four for the third straight game, a tactic Davis believes they will have to get used to seeing especially when playing at home.

He did however praise Jay Saunders’ side who came and, for long periods, executed their game plan to perfection before the O’s struck and took full advantage of the growing tiredness in the visitors’ ranks.

Davis said: “Again we played some great football and controlled the game for long aspects without being able to break them down enough.

“But that’s going to be how it is. Teams not are going to come here and respect us and how we’re playing, they’re going to make it very hard. We’ve got to find a way of winning games and we’ve done that.

“We have to find a way of breaking teams down once you know what they’re trying to do, and that man in front [of the back four] is always difficult and most of the teams seem to have it in this league.

“They were very resilient I have to say, they kept going and it wasn’t until the second goal that we all felt comfortable with it.

"Games are going to be like that, they’re going to be very tight, teams are going to come and sit back and defend and make it difficult, and they did that – they had a good game plan.

It is early days, of course, and no one connected with the east Londoners will allow themselves to get carried away. Yet the transformation in a relatively short period of time, both on and off the pitch, has been remarkable.

The feel-good factor is back - typified by a 16-year high in season ticket sales and home gates of 4,400 and 5,000 already this season - as well as already closing in on last season's tally of home league wins already.

In a traumatic season for so many contrasting reasons, Orient managed just four home wins in League Two last term, and are already half-way to equalling that with a week of the season played.

“Well I didn’t know that,” Davis said after being informed it was the first time since April 2016 that Leyton Orient had gained back-to-back home wins.

“It is just nice to win. Wherever it comes whether it comes away or at home, it doesn’t really matter.

“Now we will try to win every game this season. It won’t always happen but we’ll set out to win away as much as we want to win at home.

“It’s about getting as many points to settle players down, believe in themselves and get that confidence – and obviously get the crowd behind you, and we’ve been able to do that in the last two games which I’m delighted with.”