Northampton Town 1-2 Leyton Orient: result and report
League One · Saturday 21 February 2026
Result
Northampton Town 1-2 Leyton Orient
League One · Saturday 21 February 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Northampton Town 1-2 Leyton Orient: match report
Northampton Town were beaten by Leyton Orient 1-2 in the League One on Saturday 21 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Dominic Ballard opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Northampton Town's goal came from Tom Eaves (60'). Leyton Orient scored through Dominic Ballard (10') and James Morris (47').
Discipline: Northampton Town received 1 yellow card; Leyton Orient received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Northampton Town were 21st on 34 points from 32 and Leyton Orient 22nd on 33 points from 31. Northampton Town went on to finish that season 24th with 35 points, and Leyton Orient 20th with 52.
Northampton Town lined up in a 3-4-3 and Leyton Orient in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dom Ballard of Leyton Orient (8.0), ahead of Dean Campbell (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Northampton Town wins, 3 draws and 1 for Leyton Orient.
Key events
- 10'Goal · Dominic Ballard
- 45'Yellow card · Michael Craig
- 47'Goal · James Morris
- 60'Goal · Tom Eaves
- 65'Yellow card · Nesta Guinness-Walker
- 72'Yellow card · Will Dennis
Head-to-head
Team news
Northampton Town line-up (3-4-3)
Ross Fitzsimons, Max Dyche, Elliott Moore, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Sam Hoskins, Terry Taylor, Dean Campbell, Jack Perkins, Cameron McGeehan, Tom Eaves, Tyrese Fornah
Leyton Orient line-up (3-4-2-1)
Will Dennis, Kaelan Casey, Will Forrester, Jack Simpson, Michael Craig, Dylan Levitt, Sean Clare, James Morris, Favour Fawunmi, Ollie O'Neill, Dom Ballard