Newport County 0-1 Leyton Orient: result and report

League Two · Saturday 20 March 2021

Result

Newport County 0-1 Leyton Orient

League Two · Saturday 20 March 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Newport County 0-1 Leyton Orient: match report

Newport County lost to Leyton Orient 0-1 in the League Two on Saturday 20 March 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Conor Wilkinson of Leyton Orient in the 61st minute.

Discipline: Newport County received 3 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 5th on 57 points from 35 and Leyton Orient 14th on 44 points from 34. Newport County went on to finish that season 5th with 77 points, and Leyton Orient 11th with 61.

Newport County lined up in a 3-5-2 and Leyton Orient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mickey Demetriou of Newport County (7.8), ahead of Daniel Happe (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Newport County win, 1 draw and 5 for Leyton Orient.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 31'Yellow card · Dan KempLeyton Orient
  • 38'Yellow card · Ousseynou CisséLeyton Orient
  • 47'Yellow card · Joss LabadieNewport County
  • 61'Goal · Conor WilkinsonLeyton Orient · 0-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Jobi McAnuffLeyton Orient
  • 71'Yellow card · Joe LedleyNewport County
  • 71'Yellow card · Joe LedleyNewport County
  • 87'Yellow card · Conor WilkinsonLeyton Orient

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Newport County line-up (3-5-2)

Nick Townsend, Priestley Farquharson, Matty Dolan, Mickey Demetriou, Liam Shephard, Joss Labadie, Scot Bennett, Josh Sheehan, A. Lewis, Jake Scrimshaw, Nicky Maynard

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

Lawrence Vigouroux, Tunji Akinola, Jamie Turley, Daniel Happe, Joe Widdowson, Craig Clay, Ousseynou Cissé, Conor Wilkinson, Dan Kemp, Jobi McAnuff, Danny Johnson