Morecambe 2-1 Leyton Orient: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 15 December 2020

Result

Morecambe 2-1 Leyton Orient

League Two · Tuesday 15 December 2020, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Morecambe 2-1 Leyton Orient: match report

Morecambe defeated Leyton Orient 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 15 December 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Danny Johnson opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Sam Lavelle (56') and Carlos Mendes (73'). Leyton Orient scored through Danny Johnson (18').

Discipline: Morecambe received 5 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Morecambe were 10th on 25 points from 17 and Leyton Orient 7th on 27 points from 17. Morecambe went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Leyton Orient 11th with 61.

Morecambe lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leyton Orient in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John O'Sullivan of Morecambe (7.7), ahead of Yann Songo'o (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Morecambe wins, 1 draw and 2 for Leyton Orient.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · H. DavisMorecambe
  • 18'Goal · Danny JohnsonLeyton Orient · 0-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Lee AngolLeyton Orient
  • 56'Goal · Sam LavelleMorecambe · 1-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Craig ClayLeyton Orient
  • 73'Goal · Carlos MendesMorecambe · 2-1
  • 78'Yellow card · Sam LavelleMorecambe
  • 86'Yellow card · Yann Songo'oMorecambe
  • 86'Yellow card · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient
  • 89'Yellow card · Lawrence VigourouxLeyton Orient
  • 90+3'Yellow card · AJ Leitch-SmithMorecambe
  • 90+3'Yellow card · AJ Leitch-SmithMorecambe

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Morecambe 2, draws 1, Leyton Orient 2.

Team news

Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Halstead, Kelvin Mellor, Sam Lavelle, Harry Davis, Ryan Cooney, Yann Songo'o, Adam Phillips, John O'Sullivan, Aaron Wildig, Carlos Gomes, Cole Stockton

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

Lawrence Vigouroux, Sam Ling, Josh Coulson, Daniel Happe, James Brophy, Hector Kyprianou, Ousseynou Cissé, Craig Clay, Conor Wilkinson, Danny Johnson, Lee Angol