Morecambe 2-1 Leyton Orient: result and report
League Two · Tuesday 15 December 2020
Result
Morecambe 2-1 Leyton Orient
League Two · Tuesday 15 December 2020, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Morecambe 2-1 Leyton Orient: match report
Morecambe defeated Leyton Orient 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 15 December 2020. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Danny Johnson opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Morecambe's goals came from Sam Lavelle (56') and Carlos Mendes (73'). Leyton Orient scored through Danny Johnson (18').
Discipline: Morecambe received 5 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Morecambe were 10th on 25 points from 17 and Leyton Orient 7th on 27 points from 17. Morecambe went on to finish that season 1st with 83 points, and Leyton Orient 11th with 61.
Morecambe lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Leyton Orient in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to John O'Sullivan of Morecambe (7.7), ahead of Yann Songo'o (7.5).
Going into the match Morecambe's last five read W-L-W-L-D and Leyton Orient's W-L-W-W-W.
Key events
- 11'Yellow card · H. Davis
- 18'Goal · Danny Johnson
- 44'Yellow card · Lee Angol
- 56'Goal · Sam Lavelle
- 68'Yellow card · Craig Clay
- 73'Goal · Carlos Mendes
- 78'Yellow card · Sam Lavelle
- 86'Yellow card · Yann Songo'o
- 86'Yellow card · Ruel Sotiriou
- 89'Yellow card · Lawrence Vigouroux
- 90+3'Yellow card · AJ Leitch-Smith
- 90+3'Yellow card · AJ Leitch-Smith
Team news
Morecambe line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mark Halstead, Kelvin Mellor, Sam Lavelle, Harry Davis, Ryan Cooney, Yann Songo'o, Adam Phillips, John O'Sullivan, Aaron Wildig, Carlos Gomes, Cole Stockton
Leyton Orient line-up (4-3-3)
Lawrence Vigouroux, Sam Ling, Josh Coulson, Daniel Happe, James Brophy, Hector Kyprianou, Ousseynou Cissé, Craig Clay, Conor Wilkinson, Danny Johnson, Lee Angol