Leyton Orient 1-1 Cardiff City: result and report

League One · Saturday 10 January 2026

Result

Leyton Orient 1-1 Cardiff City

League One · Saturday 10 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leyton Orient 1-1 Cardiff City: match report

Leyton Orient drew with Cardiff City 1-1 in the League One on Saturday 10 January 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Dominic Ballard opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Leyton Orient's goal came from Dominic Ballard (12'). Cardiff City scored through Yousef Salech (33').

Discipline: Leyton Orient received 1 yellow card; Cardiff City received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leyton Orient were 20th on 28 points from 24 and Cardiff City 1st on 51 points from 24. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 20th with 52 points, and Cardiff City 2nd with 91.

Leyton Orient lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Cardiff City in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dom Ballard of Leyton Orient (8.0), ahead of Will Fish (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Leyton Orient wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cardiff City.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Dominic BallardLeyton Orient · 1-0
  • 33'Goal · Yousef SalechCardiff City · 1-1
  • 55'Yellow card · Theodore ArchibaldLeyton Orient
  • 55'Yellow card · Ollie TannerCardiff City

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Leyton Orient 0, draws 0, Cardiff City 1.

Team news

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

Killian Cahill, Tom James, Will Forrester, Jack Simpson, Michael Craig, Sean Clare, Tyreeq Bakinson, Theo Archibald, Ollie O'Neill, Dom Ballard, Alfie Lloyd

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

Nathan Trott, Perry Ng, Will Fish, Gabriel Osho, Joel Bagan, Ryan Wintle, Alex Robertson, Ollie Tanner, Omari Kellyman, Chris Willock, Yousef Salech