Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport County: result and report

League Two · Saturday 25 January 2020

Result

Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport County

League Two · Saturday 25 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Leyton Orient · Newport County · League Two predictions

Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport County: match report

Leyton Orient won against Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 25 January 2020. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Leyton Orient's goals came from an own goal by Ryan Haynes (81') and Ruel Sotiriou (89'). Newport County scored through Jamille Matt (90+5').

Discipline: Leyton Orient received 1 yellow card; Newport County received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Leyton Orient were 20th on 28 points from 28 and Newport County 11th on 36 points from 25. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 17th with 42 points, and Newport County 15th with 46.

Leyton Orient lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newport County in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ruel Sotiriou of Leyton Orient (7.8), ahead of Jamille Matt (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leyton Orient wins, 1 draw and 1 for Newport County.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 76'Yellow card · Jordan GreenNewport County
  • 81'Own goal · Ryan HaynesLeyton Orient · 1-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient
  • 89'Goal · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient · 2-0
  • 90+5'Goal · Jamille MattNewport County · 2-1
  • 90+8'Yellow card · M. DemetriouNewport County

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Leyton Orient 3, draws 1, Newport County 1.

Team news

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

Sam Sargeant, George Marsh, Marvin Ekpiteta, Daniel Happe, James Brophy, Craig Clay, Ousseynou Cissé, Josh Wright, Ruel Sotiriou, Conor Wilkinson, Jordan Maguire-Drew

Newport County line-up (4-1-3-2)

Tom King, Ash Baker, Mark O'Brien, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, Scot Bennett, Robbie Willmott, Josh Sheehan, Matty Dolan, Jamille Matt, Tristan Abrahams