Walsall 2-1 Leyton Orient: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 13 October 2020
Result
Walsall 2-1 Leyton Orient
League Two · Tuesday 13 October 2020, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Walsall 2-1 Leyton Orient: match report
Walsall won against Leyton Orient 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 13 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.
Danny Johnson opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Walsall's goals came from Rory Holden (25') and Elijah Adebayo (61'). Leyton Orient scored through Danny Johnson (15').
Discipline: Walsall received 5 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Walsall were 13th on 6 points from 4 and Leyton Orient 17th on 5 points from 4. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Leyton Orient 11th with 61.
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 Rory Holden of Walsall (7.8), ahead of Elijah Adebayo (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Walsall wins, 4 draws and 4 for Leyton Orient.
Going into the match Walsall's last five read D-D-D-W and Leyton Orient's D-L-D-W.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Danny Johnson
- 25'Goal · Rory Holden
- 34'Missed penalty · Caolan Lavery
- 61'Goal · Elijah Adebayo
- 67'Yellow card · Danny Guthrie
- 79'Yellow card · Liam Kinsella
- 89'Yellow card · Rory Holden
- 90+4'Yellow card · Wes McDonald
- 90+7'Yellow card · Emmanuel Osadebe
- 90+7'Yellow card · Lawrence Vigouroux
- 90+7'Yellow card · Joe Widdowson
Head-to-head
Team news
Walsall line-up (4-4-2)
Liam Roberts, Cameron Norman, Dan Scarr, James Clarke, George Nurse, Rory Holden, Danny Guthrie, L. Kinsella, Wesley McDonald, Caolan Lavery, Elijah Adebayo
Leyton Orient line-up (4-2-3-1)
Lawrence Vigouroux, Tunji Akinola, Josh Coulson, Joe Widdowson, James Brophy, Josh Wright, Ousseynou Cissé, Conor Wilkinson, James Dayton, Jobi McAnuff, Danny Johnson