Walsall 2-1 Leyton Orient: result and report

League Two · Tuesday 13 October 2020

Result

Walsall 2-1 Leyton Orient

League Two · Tuesday 13 October 2020, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Walsall 2-1 Leyton Orient: match report

Walsall won against Leyton Orient 2-1 in the League Two on Tuesday 13 October 2020. The half-time score was 1-1.

Danny Johnson opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Walsall's goals came from Rory Holden (25') and Elijah Adebayo (61'). Leyton Orient scored through Danny Johnson (15').

Discipline: Walsall received 5 yellow cards; Leyton Orient received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Walsall were 13th on 6 points from 4 and Leyton Orient 17th on 5 points from 4. Walsall went on to finish that season 19th with 53 points, and Leyton Orient 11th with 61.

Walsall lined up in a 4-4-2 and Leyton Orient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Rory Holden of Walsall (7.8), ahead of Elijah Adebayo (7.5).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 15'Goal · Danny JohnsonLeyton Orient · 0-1
  • 25'Goal · Rory HoldenWalsall · 1-1
  • 34'Missed penalty · Caolan LaveryWalsall
  • 61'Goal · Elijah AdebayoWalsall · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Danny GuthrieWalsall
  • 79'Yellow card · Liam KinsellaWalsall
  • 89'Yellow card · Rory HoldenWalsall
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Wes McDonaldWalsall
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Emmanuel OsadebeWalsall
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Lawrence VigourouxLeyton Orient
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Joe WiddowsonLeyton Orient

Team news

Walsall line-up (4-4-2)

Liam Roberts, Cameron Norman, Dan Scarr, James Clarke, George Nurse, Rory Holden, Danny Guthrie, L. Kinsella, Wesley McDonald, Caolan Lavery, Elijah Adebayo

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

Lawrence Vigouroux, Tunji Akinola, Josh Coulson, Joe Widdowson, James Brophy, Josh Wright, Ousseynou Cissé, Conor Wilkinson, James Dayton, Jobi McAnuff, Danny Johnson