LONDON. Newport County bested Leyton Orient to win 2-1. It was Newport County to strike first with a goal of W. Evans at the 22′. Then scored again for Newport County in the 25′ minute with a penalty. Eventually, A. Drinan reduced the distance for Leyton Orient (65′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Leyton Orient was definitely better in terms of ball possession (73%).
The match was played at the Brisbane Road stadium in London on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Dean Whitestone with the support of Robert Hyde and Rob Merchant. The 4th official was Martin Woods. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.7 degrees Celsius or 65.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 61%.
Match Statistics
- ! 73 Ball Possession 27
Shots
- 19 Total 7
- 6 On Target 2
- 13 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 0
- 129 Attack 83
- 71 Dangerous attack 14
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 1
- 14 Corners 2
- 1 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 11 Total 7
- 1 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 7 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Leyton Orient was in firm control of the ball 73% while Newport County was struggling with a 27% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Leyton Orient was more aggressive with 71 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 6 were on target. Still, Newport County was able to find the solution to win this match.
Leyton Orient shot 19 times, 6 on target, 13 off target. On the other side, Newport County shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Leyton Orient received 1 yellow card (). On the other side, Newport County didn’t receive any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Leyton Orient will stay with 28 points to sit in the 1st place. On the opposite side, Newport County will have 11 points to remain in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the League Two, Leyton Orient will play away against Gillingham on the 18th of April with a 5-5 head to head stats.
Newport County will host Mansfield Town on the 18th of April with a 11-7 head to head statistic in favor of Mansfield Town (8 draws).
Leyton Orient – Formation
Leyton Orient started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Richard Wellens decided to play with the following team: Lawrence Vigouroux, Omar Beckles, Thomas James, Rob Hunt, Daniel Happe, Idris El Mizouni, Darren Pratley, George Moncur, Theodore Archibald, Paul Smyth, Charlie Kelman and Jayden Sweeney.
The home team had on the bench: Aaron Drinan, Jordan Brown, Shadrach Ogie, Jayden Wareham, Sam Sargeant, Craig Clay and Ruel Sotiriou.
Substitutions
Leyton Orient made 5 changes: D. Pratley for J. Brown (46′), J. Sweeney for A. Drinan (46′), I. El Mizouni for C. Clay (71′), P. Smyth for J. Wareham (82′) and G. Moncur for R. Sotiriou (83′).
Newport County – Formation
Newport County started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
James Rowberry played with: Nick Townsend, James Clarke, Mickey Demetriou, Aaron Lewis, Adam Lewis, Priestley Farquharson, Aaron Wildig, Nathan Moriah-Welsh, Hayden Lindley, Omar Bogle, Will Evans.
The following players were sitting on the bench: Declan Drysdale, Joe Day, Lewis Collins, James Waite, Chanka Zimba, Cameron Norman and Robbie Willmott.
Substitutions
Newport County made 4 changes: H. Lindley for R. Willmott (46′), W. Evans for L. Collins (63′), A. Wildig for C. Norman (72′) and P. Farquharson for D. Drysdale (75′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the League Two.
- Crawley Town – Stevenage – 1-2
- Swindon Town – Northampton Town – 1-2
- Harrogate Town – Bradford City – 1-2
- Tranmere Rovers – Barrow – 1-0
- Stockport County – Walsall – 1-1
- Salford City – Grimsby Town – 1-1
- Rochdale – Doncaster Rovers – 1-2
- Leyton Orient – Newport County – 1-2
- Gillingham – Sutton United – 1-0
- Carlisle United – Crewe Alexandra – 0-0
- AFC Wimbledon – Colchester United – 2-1