# 2020–21 Leyton Orient F.C. season

The 2020–21 season is Leyton Orient's 122nd season in their history and the second consecutive season in EFL League Two, Along with League Two, the club will also participate in the FA Cup, EFL Cup and EFL Trophy.
The season covers the period from 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 16 July 2020 | DM | Ousseynou Cissé | Gillingham | Free transfer |
| 15 January 2021 | RW | Dan Kemp | West Ham United | Undisclosed |
| 30 January 2021 | CB | Adam Thompson | Rotherham United | Free transfer |

### Loans in

| Date from | Position | Name | From | Date until |
| 2 September 2020 | RB | Jordan Thomas | Norwich City | End of season |
| 6 October 2020 | CB | Olatunji Akinola | West Ham United | End of season |
| 18 January 2021 | CM | Nick Freeman | Wycombe Wanderers | End of season |
| 1 February 2021 | CF | Tristan Abrahams | Newport County | End of season |

### Loans out

| Date from | Position | Name | To | Date until |
| 3 October 2020 | CB | Shadrach Ogie | Aldershot Town | End of season |
| 13 October 2020 | DF | Tristan Francois-Vernal | Harlow Town | November 2020 |
| 13 October 2020 | MF | Antony Papadopoulos | Harlow Town | November 2020 |
| 15 October 2020 | DF | Kyrell Palmer | Saffron Walden Town | November 2020 |
| 30 October 2020 | CM | Brendon Shabani | Concord Rangers | 30 November 2020 |
| 30 December 2020 | RB | Myles Judd | Barnet | January 2021 |
| 18 January 2021 | RW | Jordan Maguire-Drew | Crawley Town | End of season |

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | James Alabi | Bromley | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CM | Dale Gorman | Glentoran | Released |
| 1 July 2020 | CF | Matt Harrold | Retired | Retired |
| 1 July 2020 | GK | Arthur Janata | East Thurrock United | Released |
| 2 July 2020 | FW | Malik Mothersille | Chelsea | Free transfer |
| 8 July 2020 | CB | Marvin Ekpiteta | Blackpool | Free transfer |
| 7 January 2021 | CM | Josh Wright | Crawley Town | Mutual consent |

## Competitions
### EFL League Two
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 7 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 55 | 50 | +5 | 73 | Qualification for League Two play-offs |
| 8 | Salford City | 46 | 19 | 14 | 13 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 71 | |
| 9 | Exeter City | 46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 71 | 50 | +21 | 70 | |
| 10 | Carlisle United | 46 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 66 | |
| 11 | Leyton Orient | 46 | 17 | 10 | 19 | 53 | 55 | −2 | 61 | |
| 12 | Crawley Town | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 62 | −6 | 61 | |
| 13 | Port Vale | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 57 | 57 | 0 | 60 | |
| 14 | Stevenage | 46 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 60 | |
| 15 | Bradford City | 46 | 16 | 11 | 19 | 48 | 53 | −5 | 59 | |

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 8 May 2021. Source: BBC

#### Results by matchday

| Matchday | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | W | D | W | L | L | W | W | W | L | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | L | D | D | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | W | L | L | L | L |
| Position | 6 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 |

#### Matches

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed
The 2020–21 season fixtures were released on 21 August.

### FA Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The draw for the first round was made on Monday 26, October.

### EFL Cup

Win  Draw  Loss
The first round draw was made on 18 August, live on Sky Sports, by Paul Merson. The draw for both the second and third round were confirmed on September 6, live on Sky Sports by Phil Babb.

### EFL Trophy

Win  Draw  Loss
The regional group stage draw was confirmed on 18 August. The second round draw was made by Matt Murray on 20 November, at St Andrew's.
| Pos | Div | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | L2 | Leyton Orient | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 2 | L1 | AFC Wimbledon | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Round 2 |
| 3 | L1 | Charlton Athletic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | ACA | Brighton & Hove Albion U21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |

## Player statistics

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | League Two | League Two | FA Cup | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | EFL Trophy |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Goalkeepers ||||||||||||||
| 1 | GK | ENG | Sam Sargeant | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | GK | CHI | Lawrence Vigouroux | 49 | 0 | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenders ||||||||||||||
| 2 | DF | ENG | Sam Ling | 34 | 1 | 27+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Joe Widdowson | 33 | 0 | 21+5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Dan Happe | 43 | 3 | 39+1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | ENG | Josh Coulson | 24 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | ENG | Jordan Thomas (on loan from Norwich City) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Olatunji Akinola (on loan from West Ham United) | 34 | 0 | 31+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | DF | ENG | Jamie Turley | 23 | 1 | 15+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | ENG | Jayden Sweeney | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 29 | DF | NIR | Adam Thompson | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midfielders ||||||||||||||
| 4 | MF | MLI | Ousseynou Cissé | 44 | 1 | 40+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | JAM | Jobi McAnuff | 43 | 3 | 26+14 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | ENG | Craig Clay | 43 | 1 | 31+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | ENG | James Dayton | 19 | 0 | 4+8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | ENG | Dan Kemp | 24 | 5 | 22+2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | MF | ENG | James Brophy | 50 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | CYP | Hector Kyprianou | 25 | 1 | 12+10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | MF | ENG | Nick Freeman (on loan from Wycombe Wanderers) | 15 | 0 | 10+5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 46 | MF | ENG | Matt Young | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Forwards ||||||||||||||
| 9 | FW | IRL | Conor Wilkinson | 46 | 15 | 40+2 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0+2 | 2 |
| 17 | FW | ENG | Louis Dennis | 28 | 3 | 11+13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1+1 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Lee Angol | 17 | 2 | 7+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 |
| 20 | FW | CYP | Ruel Sotiriou | 25 | 1 | 8+14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | FW | ENG | Tristan Abrahams (on loan from Newport County) | 14 | 0 | 3+11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | FW | ENG | Danny Johnson | 48 | 20 | 36+6 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 1+2 | 1 |
| Out on Loan ||||||||||||||
| 10 | MF | ENG | Jordan Maguire-Drew | 19 | 2 | 3+10 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Myles Judd | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | ALB | Brendon Shabani | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | DF | IRL | Shadrach Ogie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Left During the Season ||||||||||||||
| 44 | MF | ENG | Josh Wright | 15 | 1 | 4+5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
Last updated: 9 May 2021 Source: Competitions

### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by squad number when total goals are equal.
    Last updated 9 May 2021.
| Rank | No. | Nationality | Player | League Two | FA Cup | EFL Cup | EFL Trophy | Total |
| 1 | 39 | | Danny Johnson | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 20 |
| 2 | 9 | | Conor Wilkinson | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 15 | | Dan Kemp | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 5 | | Dan Happe | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 7 | | Jobi McAnuff | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | 17 | | Louis Dennis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 10 | | Jordan Maguire-Drew | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 16 | | James Brophy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | | Lee Angol | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | 2 | | Sam Ling | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | | Ousseynou Cissé | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 8 | | Craig Clay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 20 | | Ruel Sotiriou | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 23 | | Jamie Turley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 26 | | Hector Kyprianou | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 44 | | Josh Wright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | Own goals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | TOTALS | 52 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 65 |