Reading 1-0 Leyton Orient: result and report

League One · Wednesday 21 October 2026

Result

Reading 1-0 Leyton Orient

League One · Wednesday 21 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Select Car Leasing Stadium, Reading · half-time 0-0

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Reading 1-0 Leyton Orient: match report

Reading won against Leyton Orient 1-0 in the League One on Wednesday 21 October 2026 at Select Car Leasing Stadium. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Paddy Lane of Reading in the 52nd minute.

Discipline: Reading received 2 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Reading were 8th on 15 points from 10 and Leyton Orient 12th on 14 points from 10. In the current table Reading are 6th on 22 points and Leyton Orient are 14th on 17 points.

Reading lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leyton Orient in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joel Pereira of Reading (8.5), ahead of Udoka Godwin-Malife (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Reading win, 1 draw and 4 for Leyton Orient.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Josh StokesReading
  • 32'Missed penalty · Lewis WingReading
  • 48'Yellow card · Paudie O'ConnorReading
  • 49'Yellow card · Aaron ConnollyLeyton Orient
  • 52'Goal · Paddy LaneReading · 1-0

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
6Reading146442515+1022LWWDL
14Leyton Orient135261914+517DWLLW

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Head-to-head

6 meetings: Reading 1, draws 1, Leyton Orient 4.

Team news

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Reading line-up (4-4-2)

Joel Pereira, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Paudie O'Connor, Jeriel Dorsett, Haydon Roberts, Kyreece Lisbie, Andrew Farai Rinomhota, Lewis Wing, Paddy Lane, Josh Stokes, Jamie Reid

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

Nathan Baxter, Joseph Olowu, Will Forrester, Alfie Gilchrist, Fin Stevens, Alex Gilbert, Idris El Mizouni, James Morris, Yusuf Akhamrich, Aaron Connolly, Dane Scarlett

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