Leyton Orient 2-2 Burton Albion: result and report

League One · Saturday 2 May 2026

Result

Leyton Orient 2-2 Burton Albion

League One · Saturday 2 May 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Leyton Orient 2-2 Burton Albion: match report

Leyton Orient drew with Burton Albion 2-2 in the League One on Saturday 2 May 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

W. Forrester opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Leyton Orient's goals came from W. Forrester (2') and Dominic Ballard (52'). Burton Albion scored through Fábio André Tavares Desidério (34') and A. Hartridge (58').

Discipline: Leyton Orient received 1 yellow card; Burton Albion received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Leyton Orient were 20th on 51 points from 45 and Burton Albion 18th on 53 points from 45. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 20th with 52 points, and Burton Albion 17th with 54.

Leyton Orient lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Burton Albion in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Will Dennis of Leyton Orient (7.4), level with Alex Hartridge (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Leyton Orient win, 2 draws and 2 for Burton Albion.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · W. ForresterLeyton Orient · 1-0
  • 34'Goal · Fábio André Tavares DesidérioBurton Albion · 1-1
  • 52'Goal · Dominic BallardLeyton Orient · 2-1
  • 54'Yellow card · James MorrisLeyton Orient
  • 55'Yellow card · George EvansBurton Albion
  • 58'Goal · A. HartridgeBurton Albion · 2-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Leyton Orient 1, draws 2, Burton Albion 2.

Team news

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

Will Dennis, Michael Craig, Will Forrester, Jack Simpson, James Morris, Sean Clare, Azeem Abdullah, Demetri Mitchell, Charlie Wellens, Aaron Connolly, Dom Ballard

Burton Albion line-up (4-3-2-1)

Brad Collins, Udoka Godwin-Malife, Jasper Moon, Alex Hartridge, Jack Armer, JJ McKiernan, George Evans, Charlie Webster, Kyran Lofthouse, Fábio Tavares, Jake Beesley