Leyton Orient 3-2 Portsmouth: result and report

League Two · Saturday 26 December 2015

Result

Leyton Orient 3-2 Portsmouth

League Two · Saturday 26 December 2015, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Leyton Orient 3-2 Portsmouth: match report

Leyton Orient defeated Portsmouth 3-2 in the League Two on Saturday 26 December 2015. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Leyton Orient's goals came from J. Simpson (23', penalty), Ollie Palmer (45+1') and Ollie Palmer (52'). Portsmouth scored through an own goal by C. Essam (4') and Gareth Evans (66').

Discipline: Leyton Orient received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Portsmouth received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Leyton Orient were 6th on 36 points from 22 and Portsmouth 1st on 44 points from 22. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 8th with 76 points, and Portsmouth 7th with 77.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Leyton Orient wins, 0 draws and 0 for Portsmouth.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Own goal · C. EssamPortsmouth · 0-1
  • 10'Yellow card · C. EssamLeyton Orient
  • 22'Red card · Adam WebsterPortsmouth
  • 23'Penalty goal · J. SimpsonLeyton Orient · 1-1
  • 32'Yellow card · Ben DaviesPortsmouth
  • 45+1'Goal · Ollie PalmerLeyton Orient · 2-1
  • 51'Red card · Mathieu BaudryLeyton Orient
  • 52'Goal · Ollie PalmerLeyton Orient · 3-1
  • 53'Yellow card · Ollie PalmerLeyton Orient
  • 66'Goal · Gareth EvansPortsmouth · 3-2
  • 89'Yellow card · B. PritchardLeyton Orient
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Frazer ShawLeyton Orient

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Leyton Orient 2, draws 0, Portsmouth 0.

Team news

Leyton Orient line-up

Alex Cisak, Sean Clohessy, Connor Essam, Mathieu Baudry, Jean-Yves M'voto, Cole Kpekawa, Jobi McAnuff, Jack Payne, Bradley Pritchard, Ollie Palmer, Jay Simpson

Portsmouth line-up

Brian Murphy, Ben Davies, Adam Webster, Matt Clarke, Enda Stevens, Michael Doyle, Kyle Bennett, Gareth Evans, Danny Hollands, Marc McNulty, Caolan Lavery