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Cardiff City 4-3 Leyton Orient · League One

Cardiff City beat Leyton Orient 4-3 in the League One. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.

Cardiff City fixtures and results · Leyton Orient fixtures and results · League One table

Match report

Cardiff City and Leyton Orient met in the League One on Saturday, 4 October 2025.

Goalscorers

Cardiff City: C. Robinson 20', 71'; D. Lawlor 52'; Y. Salech 69'. Leyton Orient: A. Connolly 29'; I. E. Mizouni 54'; D. Ballard 62'.

How the match went

Leyton Orient saw more of the ball, 54% of it. Cardiff City had 16 shots with 7 on target, Leyton Orient 26 with 11 on target. There were 14 corners in total, 6 to Cardiff City and 8 to Leyton Orient. Cardiff City conceded 4 fouls, Leyton Orient 15. The referee showed 4 yellow cards (2 for Cardiff City, 2 for Leyton Orient).

Line-ups

Cardiff City started in a 4-2-3-1: Nathan Trott, Ronan Kpakio, Gabriel Osho, Dylan Lawlor, Joel Bagan, Joel Colwill, Ryan Wintle, Isaak Davies, Rubin Colwill, Chris Willock, Callum Robinson.

Leyton Orient started in a 3-5-2: Tommy Simkin, Omar Beckles, Daniel Happe, Rarmani Edmonds-Green, Sean Clare, Charlie Wellens, Tyreeq Bakinson, Idris El Mizouni, Tayo Adaramola, Dominic Ballard, Aaron Connolly.

More from this competition: League One fixtures, results and table.

Minute by minute

  1. 20'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Leyton Orient. C. Robinson (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by C. Willock.
  2. 29'Goal! Cardiff City 1-1 Leyton Orient. A. Connolly (Leyton Orient) scores.
  3. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 1-1 Leyton Orient.
  4. 52'Goal! Cardiff City 2-1 Leyton Orient. D. Lawlor (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by R. Wintle.
  5. 54'Goal! Cardiff City 2-2 Leyton Orient. I. E. Mizouni (Leyton Orient) scores, assisted by A. Connolly.
  6. 62'Goal! Cardiff City 2-3 Leyton Orient. D. Ballard (Leyton Orient) scores.
  7. 69'Goal! Cardiff City 3-3 Leyton Orient. Y. Salech (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by R. Colwill.
  8. 71'Goal! Cardiff City 4-3 Leyton Orient. C. Robinson (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by R. Kpakio.
  9. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 4-3 Leyton Orient.
Full commentary (61 lines)
  1. 1'Kick-off: Cardiff City vs Leyton Orient.
  2. 2'Attempt blocked. D. Ballard (Leyton Orient), left-footed shot. xG 0.21.
  3. 8'Attempt saved. R. Kpakio (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  4. 11'Attempt missed. D. Ballard (Leyton Orient), header on the counter. xG 0.14.
  5. 13'Attempt missed. I. Davies (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.01.
  6. 14'Attempt saved. A. Connolly (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.16.
  7. 15'Attempt missed. C. Wellens (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.06.
  8. 18'Attempt blocked. D. Ballard (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  9. 20'Goal! Cardiff City 1-0 Leyton Orient. C. Robinson (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by C. Willock.
  10. 20'Attempt saved. A. Connolly (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.14.
  11. 25'Attempt blocked. C. Wellens (Leyton Orient), left-footed shot. xG 0.02.
  12. 26'Attempt missed. O. Beckles (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.20.
  13. 26'Attempt saved. T. Bakinson (Leyton Orient), header from a corner. xG 0.12.
  14. 27'Attempt saved. C. Robinson (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.25.
  15. 29'Goal! Cardiff City 1-1 Leyton Orient. A. Connolly (Leyton Orient) scores.
  16. 30'Yellow card for R. Kpakio (Cardiff City) for handball.
  17. 31'Attempt blocked. C. Wellens (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  18. 35'Attempt missed. C. Willock (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.12.
  19. 41'Attempt missed. O. Beckles (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  20. 41'Attempt blocked. T. Bakinson (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.16.
  21. 43'Attempt blocked. C. Willock (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.08.
  22. 44'Attempt missed. R. Kpakio (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  23. 45'1 minute of added time.
  24. 45'Half-time. Cardiff City 1-1 Leyton Orient.
  25. 46'The second half is under way.
  26. 48'Attempt saved. D. Ballard (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.20.
  27. 49'Attempt blocked. A. Connolly (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.04.
  28. 52'Goal! Cardiff City 2-1 Leyton Orient. D. Lawlor (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by R. Wintle.
  29. 54'Goal! Cardiff City 2-2 Leyton Orient. I. E. Mizouni (Leyton Orient) scores, assisted by A. Connolly.
  30. 54'Attempt blocked. A. Connolly (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.15.
  31. 54'Attempt missed. D. Ballard (Leyton Orient), left-footed shot. xG 0.18.
  32. 57'Yellow card for S. Clare (Leyton Orient) for argument.
  33. 57'Yellow card for C. Willock (Cardiff City) for argument.
  34. 58'Attempt saved. D. Ballard (Leyton Orient), left-footed shot from a throw-in. xG 0.26.
  35. 62'Goal! Cardiff City 2-3 Leyton Orient. D. Ballard (Leyton Orient) scores.
  36. 65'Substitution, Cardiff City: D. Turnbull comes on for R. Wintle.
  37. 65'Substitution, Cardiff City: Y. Salech comes on for J. Colwill.
  38. 65'Substitution, Cardiff City: O. Kellyman comes on for I. Davies.
  39. 69'Goal! Cardiff City 3-3 Leyton Orient. Y. Salech (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by R. Colwill.
  40. 71'Goal! Cardiff City 4-3 Leyton Orient. C. Robinson (Cardiff City) scores, assisted by R. Kpakio.
  41. 74'Attempt saved. A. Connolly (Leyton Orient), left-footed shot. xG 0.37.
  42. 74'Off the woodwork! Y. Salech (Cardiff City), header from a corner. xG 0.18.
  43. 75'Attempt blocked. J. Bagan (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.05.
  44. 76'Substitution, Leyton Orient: A. Abdulai comes on for T. Adaramola.
  45. 76'Substitution, Leyton Orient: D. Mitchell comes on for R. Edmonds-Green.
  46. 78'Yellow card for A. Connolly (Leyton Orient) for argument.
  47. 79'Substitution, Leyton Orient: J. Koroma comes on for D. Ballard.
  48. 80'Attempt blocked. I. E. Mizouni (Leyton Orient), left-footed shot. xG 0.06.
  49. 81'Attempt blocked. T. Bakinson (Leyton Orient), header from a corner. xG 0.03.
  50. 81'Attempt blocked. T. Bakinson (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot from a corner. xG 0.09.
  51. 82'Attempt missed. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.28.
  52. 85'Substitution, Leyton Orient: D. Jaiyesimi comes on for C. Wellens.
  53. 85'Substitution, Leyton Orient: J. Moorhouse comes on for T. Bakinson.
  54. 87'Substitution, Cardiff City: W. T. Fish comes on for C. Robinson.
  55. 89'Attempt blocked. R. Colwill (Cardiff City), right-footed shot from a free kick. xG 0.04.
  56. 90'7 minutes of added time.
  57. 90+1'Attempt blocked. Y. Salech (Cardiff City), right-footed shot. xG 0.13.
  58. 90+4'Attempt saved. R. Kpakio (Cardiff City), left-footed shot. xG 0.09.
  59. 90+6'Attempt saved. I. E. Mizouni (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.01.
  60. 90+6'Attempt saved. A. Abdulai (Leyton Orient), right-footed shot. xG 0.69.
  61. 90'Full-time. Cardiff City 4-3 Leyton Orient.
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