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I tend to favor my left (i.e. make more power) because my right knee is pretty wracked up from injuries, surgeries, and arthritis. However, being conscious of that tendency, I can completely correct it by being more tolerant of (or maybe ignoring) the pain and discomfort in my right and deliberately pushing harder despite it. So, for example, I can see L/R 46/54 on one ride, and then the exact opposite, 54/46, on the next. It’s also not unusual for me to see 52/48.
I’m not sure how power production figures in all that because there are so many variables ride-to-ride, bit I guess what it suggests to me is that the OP might want to see how simply being aware of the variation affects the situation before undertaking any leg-specific training to correct it.