Southend United 2-1 Leyton Orient: result and report

League Two · Saturday 24 April 2021

Result

Southend United 2-1 Leyton Orient

League Two · Saturday 24 April 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Southend United 2-1 Leyton Orient: match report

Southend United won against Leyton Orient 2-1 in the League Two on Saturday 24 April 2021. It was 1-1 at half-time.

T. Cordner opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Southend United's goals came from T. Cordner (42') and M. Rush (76'). Leyton Orient scored through Louis Dennis (45+3').

Discipline: Southend United received 5 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Southend United were 23rd on 38 points from 43 and Leyton Orient 10th on 61 points from 43. Southend United went on to finish that season 23rd with 45 points, and Leyton Orient 11th with 61.

Southend United lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leyton Orient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Matt Rush of Southend United (7.5), level with Lawrence Vigouroux (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Southend United wins, 2 draws and 2 for Leyton Orient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Goal · T. CordnerSouthend United · 1-0
  • 45+3'Goal · Louis DennisLeyton Orient · 1-1
  • 76'Goal · M. RushSouthend United · 2-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Sam HartSouthend United
  • 81'Yellow card · Phil BrownSouthend United
  • 82'Yellow card · Louis WalshSouthend United
  • 82'Yellow card · L. WalshSouthend United
  • 83'Yellow card · T. CordnerSouthend United

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Southend United 3, draws 2, Leyton Orient 2.

Team news

Southend United line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mark Oxley, Elvis Bwomono, John White, Tyler Cordner, Sam Hart, Nathan Ferguson, Kyle Taylor, Terrell Egbri, Ricky Holmes, Reeco Hackett, T. Dieng

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

Lawrence Vigouroux, Sam Ling, Tunji Akinola, Daniel Happe, James Brophy, Hector Kyprianou, Nick Freeman, Conor Wilkinson, Dan Kemp, L. Dennis, Danny Johnson