Exeter City 1-2 Leyton Orient: result and report

League One · Saturday 9 September 2023

Result

Exeter City 1-2 Leyton Orient

League One · Saturday 9 September 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Exeter City 1-2 Leyton Orient: match report

Exeter City lost to Leyton Orient 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 9 September 2023. The half-time score was 0-0.

Demetri Mitchell opened the scoring in the 48th minute. Exeter City's goal came from Demetri Mitchell (48'). Leyton Orient scored through Joe Pigott (55') and Ruel Sotiriou (90+2').

Discipline: Exeter City received 3 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Exeter City were 1st on 13 points from 6 and Leyton Orient 21st on 4 points from 6. Exeter City went on to finish that season 13th with 61 points, and Leyton Orient 12th with 65.

Exeter City lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Leyton Orient in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom James of Leyton Orient (8.1), ahead of Will Aimson (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Exeter City wins, 3 draws and 1 for Leyton Orient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 45+2'Yellow card · Theodore ArchibaldLeyton Orient
  • 48'Goal · Demetri MitchellExeter City · 1-0
  • 55'Goal · Joe PigottLeyton Orient · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Darren PratleyLeyton Orient
  • 90'Yellow card · Pedro BorgesExeter City
  • 90+2'Goal · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient · 1-2
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Mitch BeardmoreExeter City
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Reece ColeExeter City

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Exeter City 6, draws 3, Leyton Orient 1.

Team news

Exeter City line-up (3-4-2-1)

Gary Woods, Pierce Sweeney, Will Aimson, Alex Hartridge, Reece Cole, Tom Carroll, Jake Richards, Zak Jules, Ryan Trevitt, Demetri Mitchell, Sonny Cox

Leyton Orient line-up (3-4-1-2)

Sol Brynn, Tom James, Omar Beckles, Brandon Cooper, Jordan Graham, Darren Pratley, Idris El Mizouni, Theo Archibald, George Moncur, Joe Pigott, Ruel Sotiriou