Bristol Rovers 1-3 Leyton Orient: result and report
League Two · Saturday 18 September 2021
Result
Bristol Rovers 1-3 Leyton Orient
League Two · Saturday 18 September 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-3
Bristol Rovers 1-3 Leyton Orient: match report
Bristol Rovers lost to Leyton Orient 1-3 in the League Two on Saturday 18 September 2021. The half-time score was 0-3.
Harry Smith opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Bristol Rovers's goal came from Juan Carlos León (90+2', penalty). Leyton Orient scored through Harry Smith (17'), Theo Archibald (33') and Aaron Drinan (41').
Discipline: Bristol Rovers received 2 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 6 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bristol Rovers were 22nd on 7 points from 7 and Leyton Orient 4th on 12 points from 7. Bristol Rovers went on to finish that season 6th with 80 points, and Leyton Orient 13th with 58.
Bristol Rovers lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Leyton Orient in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tom James of Leyton Orient (8.2), ahead of Harry Smith (7.7).
Going into the match Bristol Rovers's last five read L-W-D-L-W and Leyton Orient's W-D-W-L-D.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Harry Smith
- 28'Yellow card · Sam Finley
- 33'Goal · Theo Archibald
- 41'Goal · Aaron Drinan
- 45+1'Yellow card · Aaron Drinan
- 45+1'Yellow card · Alfie Kilgour
- 45+1'Yellow card · Darren Pratley
- 47'Yellow card · Alex Mitchell
- 69'Yellow card · Theo Archibald
- 80'Yellow card · Craig Clay
- 83'Yellow card · Lawrence Vigouroux
- 90+2'Penalty goal · Juan Carlos León
Team news
Bristol Rovers line-up (3-4-2-1)
James Belshaw, Alfie Kilgour, Connor Taylor, Nick Anderton, Joshua Grant, Sam Finley, Glenn Whelan, Junior Brown, Antony Evans, Aaron Collins, Brett Pitman
Leyton Orient line-up (3-4-3)
Lawrence Vigouroux, Alex Mitchell, Omar Beckles, Daniel Happe, Tom James, Darren Pratley, Craig Clay, Connor Wood, Theo Archibald, Harry Smith, Aaron Drinan