Walsall 1-0 Leyton Orient: result and report

League Two · Wednesday 1 January 2020

Result

Walsall 1-0 Leyton Orient

League Two · Wednesday 1 January 2020, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Walsall 1-0 Leyton Orient: match report

Walsall beat Leyton Orient 1-0 in the League Two on Wednesday 1 January 2020. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Josh Gordon of Walsall in the 43rd minute.

Discipline: Walsall received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Leyton Orient received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Walsall were 16th on 27 points from 24 and Leyton Orient 17th on 26 points from 24. Walsall went on to finish that season 14th with 47 points, and Leyton Orient 17th with 42.

Walsall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leyton Orient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Josh Gordon of Walsall (8.1), ahead of Dan Scarr (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Walsall win, 4 draws and 5 for Leyton Orient.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 23'Yellow card · Myles JuddLeyton Orient
  • 43'Goal · Josh GordonWalsall · 1-0
  • 56'Yellow card · Cameron PringWalsall
  • 62'Yellow card · Josh GordonWalsall
  • 66'Second yellow · Cameron PringWalsall
  • 73'Yellow card · Liam KinsellaWalsall
  • 90+1'Yellow card · L. RobertsWalsall

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Walsall 1, draws 4, Leyton Orient 5.

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-4-2)

Liam Roberts, Shay Facey, Dan Scarr, Matt Sadler, Cameron Pring, Rory Holden, Danny Guthrie, L. Kinsella, Wesley McDonald, Caolan Lavery, Josh Gordon

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

Sam Sargeant, Myles Judd, Jamie Turley, Marvin Ekpiteta, Daniel Happe, Craig Clay, Josh Wright, Jordan Maguire-Drew, George Marsh, Ruel Sotiriou, Lee Angol