Leyton Orient 3-1 Reading: result and report
League One · Saturday 17 January 2026
Result
Leyton Orient 3-1 Reading
League One · Saturday 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Leyton Orient 3-1 Reading: match report
Leyton Orient won against Reading 3-1 in the League One on Saturday 17 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.
Dominic Ballard opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Leyton Orient's goals came from Dominic Ballard (45'), Dominic Ballard (65') and Dominic Ballard (85'). Reading scored through Jack Marriott (52').
Discipline: Leyton Orient received 4 yellow cards; Reading received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Leyton Orient were 18th on 29 points from 25 and Reading 9th on 35 points from 24. Leyton Orient went on to finish that season 20th with 52 points, and Reading 12th with 63.
Leyton Orient lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Reading in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dom Ballard of Leyton Orient (10.0), ahead of Jack Marriott (7.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Leyton Orient wins, 1 draw and 1 for Reading.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Andy Yiadom
- 17'Yellow card · Richie Wellens
- 39'Yellow card · Charlie Savage
- 45'Goal · Dominic Ballard
- 52'Goal · Jack Marriott
- 57'Yellow card · Theodore Archibald
- 65'Goal · Dominic Ballard
- 77'Yellow card · Paudie O'Connor
- 78'Yellow card · Sean Clare
- 85'Goal · Dominic Ballard
- 90+9'Yellow card · Killian Cahill
Head-to-head
Team news
Leyton Orient line-up (3-1-4-2)
Killian Cahill, Tom James, Will Forrester, Jack Simpson, Tyreeq Bakinson, Sean Clare, Charlie Wellens, Ollie O'Neill, Theo Archibald, Ajay Matthews, Dom Ballard
Reading line-up (4-2-3-1)
Joel Pereira, Andy Yiadom, Finley Burns, Paudie O'Connor, Jeriel Dorsett, Lewis Wing, Charlie Savage, Matt Ritchie, Kamari Doyle, Daniel Kyerewaa, Jack Marriott