League One · ENG · Round 27

Leyton Orient
3 - 1 Full time
Reading

BetWright Stadium · London

Lineups

Leyton Orient4-2-3-1
KC33Cahill
SC28↓82'Clare
WF6↓85'Forrester
JS4Simpson
TJ2James
CW25Wellens
TB15Bakinson
TA44Archibald
AM9↓58'Matthews
OO7O'Neill
DB32⚽×3Ballard
JP1Pereira
AY17Yiadom
PO15O'Connor
FB12↓84'Burns
JD3Dorsett
LW10Wing
CS8↓73'Savage
MR30↓60'Ritchie
KD29↓73'Doyle
DK11Kyerewaa
JM7⚽Marriott
Reading4-2-3-1

Leyton Orient substitutes

22 Azeem Abdulai 6.2 ↑58'
16 Kaelan Casey ↑82'
5 Daniel Happe ↑85'
14 Michael Craig
21 Jack Moorhouse
11 Demetri Mitchell
17 Josh Koroma

Coach: Richie Wellens

Reading substitutes

6 Liam Fraser 6.3 ↑60'
9 Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan 5.9 ↑73'
27 Will Keane 5.9 ↑73'
32 Paddy Lane ↑84'
25 Jack Stevens
39 Ashqar Ahmed
22 Michael Stickland

Coach: Leam Richardson

Match events

7'Andy Yiadom
39'Charlie Savage
45'Dominic Ballard assist: Oliver O'Neill 1 - 0⚽
Second half
52'Jack Marriott assist: Kamari Doyle 1 - 1⚽
57'Theo Archibald
58'↑ Azeem Abdulai ↓ Ajay Matthews⇄
60'↑ Liam Fraser ↓ Matt Ritchie⇄
65'Dominic Ballard assist: Theo Archibald 2 - 1⚽
73'↑ Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan ↓ Kamari Doyle⇄
73'↑ Will Keane ↓ Charlie Savage⇄
77'Paudie O'Connor
78'Sean Clare
82'↑ Kaelan Casey ↓ Sean Clare⇄
84'↑ Paddy Lane ↓ Finley Burns⇄
85'↑ Daniel Happe ↓ William Forrester⇄
85'Dominic Ballard assist: Oliver O'Neill 3 - 1⚽
90+9'Killian Cahill

Where to watch

We have not verified an official broadcaster listing for the League One yet, so rather than guess we leave this blank. Verified listings for the top competitions are collected in our TV Guide.

Match details

CompetitionLeague One
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 17 January 2026, 15:00 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Leyton Orient wins1Draws1Reading wins

5 past meetings on record. Biggest Leyton Orient win: Leyton Orient 2–0 Reading (2025). Biggest Reading win: Reading 0–1 Leyton Orient (2024).

20 Sep 2025Reading 2 - 1 Leyton OrientLeague One
25 Jan 2025Leyton Orient 2 - 0 ReadingLeague One
14 Sep 2024Reading 0 - 1 Leyton OrientLeague One
27 Jan 2024Reading 1 - 1 Leyton OrientLeague One
7 Oct 2023Leyton Orient 2 - 1 ReadingLeague One