Reading 2-1 Leyton Orient: result and report
League One · Saturday 20 September 2025
Result
Reading 2-1 Leyton Orient
League One · Saturday 20 September 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Reading 2-1 Leyton Orient: match report
Reading defeated Leyton Orient 2-1 in the League One on Saturday 20 September 2025. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Jack Marriott opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Reading's goals came from Jack Marriott (21') and Liam Fraser (79'). Leyton Orient scored through Idris El Mizouni (48').
Discipline: Reading received 6 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Reading were 22nd on 5 points from 7 and Leyton Orient 14th on 11 points from 8. Reading went on to finish that season 12th with 63 points, and Leyton Orient 20th with 52.
Reading lined up in a 4-3-3 and Leyton Orient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Idris El Mizouni of Leyton Orient (8.4), ahead of Liam Fraser (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Reading wins, 1 draw and 3 for Leyton Orient.
Key events
- 21'Goal · Jack Marriott
- 45+5'Yellow card · Derrick Williams
- 48'Goal · Idris El Mizouni
- 50'Yellow card · Thomas James
- 51'Yellow card · Ashqar Ahmed
- 76'Yellow card · Lewis Wing
- 79'Goal · Liam Fraser
- 84'Yellow card · Azeem Abdulai
- 90+1'Yellow card · Josh Koroma
- 90+5'Yellow card · Andre Garcia
- 90+8'Yellow card · Matt Ritchie
- 90+8'Yellow card
Head-to-head
Team news
Reading line-up (4-3-3)
Joel Pereira, Ashqar Ahmed, Finley Burns, Derrick Williams, Jeriel Dorsett, Liam Fraser, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Paddy Lane, Jack Marriott, Daniel Kyerewaa
Leyton Orient line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tommy James Simkin, Tom James, Omar Beckles, Jack Simpson, Demetri Mitchell, Jack Moorhouse, Idris El Mizouni, Sonny Perkins, Aaron Connolly, Josh Koroma, Dom Ballard