Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport County: result and report
League Two · Saturday 12 December 2020
Result
Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport County
League Two · Saturday 12 December 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Leyton Orient 2-1 Newport County: match report
Leyton Orient beat Newport County 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 12 December 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Jamie Proctor opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Leyton Orient's goals came from Danny Johnson (62') and James Brophy (70'). Newport County scored through Jamie Proctor (20').
Discipline: Leyton Orient received 2 yellow cards; Newport County received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leyton Orient were 9th on 24 points from 16 and Newport County 1st on 36 points from 16. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 11th with 61 points, and Newport County 5th with 77.
Leyton Orient lined up in a 4-3-3 and Newport County in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to James Brophy of Leyton Orient (8.2), ahead of Josh Sheehan (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Leyton Orient wins, 1 draw and 1 for Newport County.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Jamie Proctor
- 43'Yellow card · S. Bennett
- 47'Yellow card · Liam Shephard
- 62'Goal · Danny Johnson
- 66'Yellow card · A. Lewis
- 70'Goal · James Brophy
- 74'Yellow card · Scott Twine
- 84'Yellow card · Tristan Abrahams
- 87'Yellow card · Joe Widdowson
- 90+5'Yellow card · Lee Angol
Head-to-head
Team news
Leyton Orient line-up (4-3-3)
Lawrence Vigouroux, Sam Ling, Josh Coulson, Daniel Happe, Joe Widdowson, Craig Clay, Ousseynou Cissé, Jobi McAnuff, Conor Wilkinson, Danny Johnson, James Brophy
Newport County line-up (3-5-2)
Nick Townsend, Brandon Cooper, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Josh Sheehan, Scott Twine, Scot Bennett, A. Lewis, Padraig Amond, Jamie Proctor