Leyton Orient 5-0 Hartlepool United: result and report

League Two · Saturday 30 October 2021

Result

Leyton Orient 5-0 Hartlepool United

League Two · Saturday 30 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Leyton Orient 5-0 Hartlepool United: match report

Leyton Orient beat Hartlepool United 5-0 in the League Two on Saturday 30 October 2021. The half-time score was 2-0.

Aaron Drinan opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Leyton Orient's goals came from Aaron Drinan (20'), Harry Smith (35'), Tom James (51'), Aaron Drinan (79') and Aaron Drinan (90+1'). Hartlepool United did not score.

Discipline: Leyton Orient received 2 yellow cards; Hartlepool United received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leyton Orient were 10th on 20 points from 14 and Hartlepool United 8th on 23 points from 14. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 13th with 58 points, and Hartlepool United 17th with 54.

Leyton Orient lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Hartlepool United in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Aaron Drinan of Leyton Orient (10.0), ahead of Harry Smith (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Leyton Orient wins, 1 draw and 4 for Hartlepool United.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Darren PratleyLeyton Orient
  • 15'Yellow card · Dave ChallinorHartlepool United
  • 20'Goal · Aaron DrinanLeyton Orient · 1-0
  • 23'Yellow card · Nicky FeatherstoneHartlepool United
  • 29'Yellow card · Craig ClayLeyton Orient
  • 35'Goal · Harry SmithLeyton Orient · 2-0
  • 39'Yellow card · Gavan HolohanHartlepool United
  • 51'Goal · Tom JamesLeyton Orient · 3-0
  • 79'Goal · Aaron DrinanLeyton Orient · 4-0
  • 90+1'Goal · Aaron DrinanLeyton Orient · 5-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Leyton Orient 5, draws 1, Hartlepool United 4.

Team news

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

Lawrence Vigouroux, Alex Mitchell, Omar Beckles, Shadrach Ogie, Tom James, Darren Pratley, Craig Clay, Theo Archibald, Dan Kemp, Aaron Drinan, Harry Smith

Hartlepool United line-up (3-4-1-2)

J. Mitchell, Luke Hendrie, Gary Liddle, Zaine Francis-Angol, Reagan Ogle, Nicky Featherstone, Gavan Holohan, David Ferguson, Matty Daly, Luke Molyneux, Mark Cullen