Newport County 1-1 Leyton Orient: result and report

League Two · Sunday 29 December 2019

Result

Newport County 1-1 Leyton Orient

League Two · Sunday 29 December 2019, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Newport County 1-1 Leyton Orient: match report

Newport County drew with Leyton Orient 1-1 in the League Two on Sunday 29 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

Ruel Sotiriou opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Newport County's goal came from Padraig Amond (81'). Leyton Orient scored through Ruel Sotiriou (2').

Discipline: Newport County received 1 yellow card; Leyton Orient received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Newport County were 14th on 28 points from 21 and Leyton Orient 19th on 25 points from 23. Newport County went on to finish that season 15th with 46 points, and Leyton Orient 17th with 42.

Newport County lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Leyton Orient in a 4-1-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mickey Demetriou of Newport County (7.7), level with Scot Bennett (7.7).

Going into the match Newport County's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Leyton Orient's L-W-D-D-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Goal · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient · 0-1
  • 23'Yellow card · Dan HappeLeyton Orient
  • 38'Yellow card · Marvin EkpitetaLeyton Orient
  • 61'Yellow card · Jordan Maguire-DrewLeyton Orient
  • 77'Yellow card · Craig ClayLeyton Orient
  • 81'Goal · Padraig AmondNewport County · 1-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Danny McNamaraNewport County
  • 83'Yellow card · Ruel SotiriouLeyton Orient

Team news

Newport County line-up (4-3-1-2)

Tom King, Danny McNamara, Ryan Inniss, Mickey Demetriou, R. Haynes, Josh Sheehan, Scot Bennett, George Nurse, Joss Labadie, Tristan Abrahams, Jamille Matt

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

Sam Sargeant, Myles Judd, Marvin Ekpiteta, Jamie Turley, Daniel Happe, Josh Wright, Jordan Maguire-Drew, Craig Clay, George Marsh, Lee Angol, Ruel Sotiriou