Leyton Orient 4-2 Colchester United: result and report

League One · Monday 3 January 2011

Result

Leyton Orient 4-2 Colchester United

League One · Monday 3 January 2011, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Leyton Orient 4-2 Colchester United: match report

Leyton Orient defeated Colchester United 4-2 in the League One on Monday 3 January 2011. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Jimmy Smith opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Leyton Orient's goals came from Jimmy Smith (41'), Alex Revell (49'), P. M'Poku (75') and Jonathan Téhoué (86'). Colchester United scored through A. Wordsworth (69') and Ian Henderson (81').

Discipline: Leyton Orient received 1 yellow card; Colchester United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leyton Orient were 20th on 23 points from 20 and Colchester United 9th on 31 points from 20. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 9th with 67 points, and Colchester United 11th with 62.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leyton Orient win, 0 draws and 4 for Colchester United.

Going into the match Leyton Orient's last five read L-L-D-D-W and Colchester United's D-D-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · Lee BeeversColchester United
  • 34'Yellow card · Ian HendersonColchester United
  • 41'Goal · Jimmy SmithLeyton Orient · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Alex RevellLeyton Orient · 2-0
  • 55'Yellow card · L. JamesColchester United
  • 69'Goal · A. WordsworthColchester United · 2-1
  • 75'Goal · P. M'PokuLeyton Orient · 3-1
  • 81'Goal · Ian HendersonColchester United · 3-2
  • 86'Goal · Jonathan TéhouéLeyton Orient · 4-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Jamie JonesLeyton Orient

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Leyton Orient 1, draws 0, Colchester United 4.

Team news

Leyton Orient line-up

Jamie Jones, Elliot Omozusi, Ben Chorley, Dean Cox, Stephen Dawson, Matthew Spring, Jimmy Smith, Andrew Whing, Scott McGleish, A. Revell, Charlie Daniels

Colchester United line-up

Ben Williams, Lee Beevers, Paul Reid, John White, Andy Bond, Anthony Wordsworth, Lloyd James, Ian Henderson, David Mooney, Ashley Vincent, Matt Heath