Birmingham beats Leyton Orient in a thrilling match
Birmingham defeated Leyton Orient 2-1 in a thrilling match full of excitement and goals at the Gaughan Group Stadium.
The match began with an intense pace and Birmingham took the lead after 7 minutes thanks to a goal from K. Anderson, assisted by A. May. However, Leyton Orient did not give up and equalized the score in the 14th minute with a goal by E. Galbraith, assisted by Z. Obiero.
Birmingham took the lead again in the 20th minute with a goal from A. May, unassisted.
The match remained exciting until the end, with both teams looking for the winning goal. Birmingham controlled possession of the ball for most of the match (61% vs. 39% for Leyton Orient) and created more goal-scoring opportunities (10 shots on goal vs. 3).
Yellow cards were a constant throughout the game: E. Laird (Birmingham), Z. Obiero (Leyton Orient), C. Klarer (Birmingham) and O. O’Neill (Leyton Orient) received yellow cards.
Birmingham took the three points and climbed the standings, while Leyton Orient will have to look for victory in the next match to regain lost ground.
Substitutions birmingham: at minute 55 W. T. Willumsson came in and M. Leonard went out., at minute 66 A. Yokoyama came in and E. Hansson went out., at minute 66 T. Gardner-Hickman came in and L. Harris went out., at minute 84 K. Miyoshi came in and A. May went out., at minute 84 L. Jutkiewicz came in and K. Anderson went out.
Substitutions leyton orient: at minute 71 D. Agyei came in and Z. Obiero went out., at minute 89 D. Pratley came in and J. Brown went out., at minute 89 D. Jaiyesimi came in and O. O’Neill went out., at minute 89 S. Perkins came in and C. Kelman went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Leyton Orient
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