Birmingham City FC vs Leyton Orient FC, League One 2024-25 REGULAR SEASON

League One · 2024-25

Birmingham City FC

2 – 0

Full Time

Leyton Orient FC

Tue 25 Feb 2025 · 19:45 St Andrew's Ground HT 45' · FT 45'

• Overview
• Events
• Lineups
• H2H

• Match Preview

  Birmingham City FC vs Leyton Orient FC — League One at St Andrew's Ground.

  • Birmingham City FC 0 games · 0 pts (2025/26)
  • Leyton Orient FC 45 games · 51 pts (2025/26)

  Martin Woods

  Standings

  #	Team	P	Pts
  1	Hull City AFC	46	89
  2	Lincoln City FC	45	100
  3	Coventry City FC	34	67
  4	Cardiff City FC	45	91
  5	Bolton Wanderers FC	45	75
  6	Milton Keynes Dons FC	46	89
  7	Stockport County FC	45	74
  8	Sheffield Wednesday FC	46	85
  9	Sunderland AFC	46	84
  10	Bradford City AFC	45	74
  11	Stevenage FC	45	72
  12	Luton Town FC	45	71
  13	Oxford United FC	46	76
  14	Plymouth Argyle FC	45	70
  15	Huddersfield Town AFC	45	64
  16	Reading FC	45	63
  17	Portsmouth FC	46	73
  18	Ipswich Town FC	46	70
  19	Mansfield Town FC	45	62
  20	Accrington Stanley FC	46	61
  21	Wycombe Wanderers FC	45	60
  22	Barnsley FC	45	59
  23	Charlton Athletic FC	46	59
  24	Blackpool FC	45	57
  25	Cambridge United FC	46	58
  26	Doncaster Rovers FC	45	57
  27	Cheltenham Town FC	46	56
  28	Wigan Athletic FC	45	56
  29	Peterborough United FC	45	53
  30	Burton Albion FC	45	53
  31	Shrewsbury Town FC	46	50
  32	Morecambe FC	46	42
  33	AFC Wimbledon	45	53
  34	Fleetwood Town FC	46	40
  35	Tranmere Rovers FC	34	32
  36	Leyton Orient FC	45	51
  37	Exeter City FC	45	49
  38	Rochdale AFC	46	47
  39	Gillingham FC	46	40
  40	Walsall FC	46	47
  41	Port Vale FC	45	42
  42	Rotherham United FC	45	41
  43	Swindon Town FC	46	43
  44	Southend United FC	35	19
  45	Scunthorpe United FC	46	46
  46	Crewe Alexandra FC	46	29
  47	Bury FC	0	-12
  48	Bristol Rovers FC	46	38
  49	Northampton Town FC	45	35

• Match Events

  • 0' KICK OFF: Birmingham City FC gets underway.
  • 5' looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 0 matches with its main striker scoring goals.
  • 10' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
  • 12' It’s a booking for Leyton Orient FC player. Jack Currie gets a card.
  • 16' Time for substitution for Leyton Orient FC. Charlie Kelman is replaced by Dominic Ball.
  • 21' It looks like no one’s ball. Birmingham City FC is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
  • 26' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. Ryan Allsop made 363 appearances and scored 0 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
  • 31' Ethan Galbraith has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 35 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
  • 36' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Birmingham City FC that had 382 games and scored 397 goals.
  • 41' The travelling Leyton Orient FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
  • 46' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
  • 51' Birmingham City FC seems to be on a short break. The game is mainly concentrated in the center. It’s high time they got back to action. Otherwise, it looks like a goalless game.
  • 53' Goal! Taylor Gardner-Hickman scores his 7 goal in 368 matches.
  • 54' Taylor Gardner-Hickman is having his name booked by the referee on 54.
  • 54' The supporters are chanting for Azeem Abdulai. He replaces Daniel Agyei on 54 minute.
  • 59' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Birmingham City FC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
  • 64' Ethan Laird needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
  • 66' Another substitution for Leyton Orient FC to replace Ethan Galbraith by Randell Williams on 66 minute.
  • 67' Leyton Orient FC manager makes another effort to make the tables turned. Sonny Perkins is hanging Jamie Donley on the field on 67 minute.
  • 68' Another change for Birmingham City FC made on 68 minute. Taylor Gardner-Hickman leaves to be changed by Emil Hansson.
  • 73' Leyton Orient FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 73.
  • 78' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
  • 83' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 83 minutes.
  • 84' GOAL! Ethan Laird scores on 84. Assisted by Christoph Klarer
  • 85' The supporters are chanting for Luke Harris. He replaces Kieran Dowell on 85 minute.
  • 90' The referee shows Leyton Orient FC player a card on 90.
  • 90' It is a substitution in Birmingham City FC team. Ethan Laird is replaced by Krystian Bielik on 90 minute.
  • With this win, Birmingham City FC is likely to improve its situation in the overall team standings.

• Birmingham City FC

  Starting XI

  • 30
    Kieran Dowell ↓ Luke Harris 85'
  • 25
    Ben Davies
  • 9
    Alfie May ↓ Alfons Sampsted 90'
  • 21
    Ryan Allsop
  • 24
    Tomoki Iwata
  • 20
    Alex Cochrane
  • 2
    Ethan Laird ↓ Krystian Bielik 90'
  • 4
    Christoph Klarer
  • 19
    Taylor Gardner-Hickman ↓ Emil Hansson 68'
  • 18
    Willum Thor Willumsson ↓ Lukas Jutkiewicz 67'
  • 13
    Seung-Ho Paik

  Bench

  • 31
    Grant Hanley
  • 10
    Lukas Jutkiewicz ↑ 67'
  • 45
    Bailey Peacock-Farrell
  • 6
    Krystian Bielik ↑ 90'
  • 7
    Emil Hansson ↑ 68'
  • 23
    Alfons Sampsted ↑ 90'
  • 26
    Luke Harris ↑ 85'

  Coach Chris Davies

  Leyton Orient FC

  Starting XI

  • 6
    Brandon Cooper
  • 7
    Daniel Agyei ↓ Azeem Abdulai 54'
  • 18
    Darren Pratley
  • 23
    Charlie Kelman ↓ Dominic Ball 16'
  • 45
    Rarmani Edmonds-Green
  • 22
    Ethan Galbraith ↓ Randell Williams 66'
  • 8
    Jordan Brown
  • 24
    Josh Keeley
  • 44
    Dilan Markanday ↓ Jayden Sweeney 16'
  • 12
    Jack Currie
  • 17
    Jamie Donley ↓ Sonny Perkins 67'

  Bench

  • 9
    Randell Williams ↑ 66'
  • 27
    Diallang Jaiyesimi
  • 15
    Dominic Ball ↑ 16'
  • 3
    Jayden Sweeney ↑ 16'
  • 20
    Sonny Perkins ↑ 67'
  • 47
    Azeem Abdulai ↑ 54'
  • 26
    Noah Phillips

  Coach Richie Wellens

• Head to Head

  2024-08-24 Leyton Orient FC 1–2 Birmingham City FC

  Birmingham City FC Form

  2025-02-22 Reading FC 0–0 Birmingham City FC D 2025-02-15 Birmingham City FC 1–0 Charlton Athletic FC W 2025-02-11 Birmingham City FC 4–0 Cambridge United FC W 2025-02-08 Birmingham City FC 2–3 Newcastle United FC L 2025-02-01 Birmingham City FC 2–1 Rotherham United FC W

  Leyton Orient FC Form

  2025-02-22 Bolton Wanderers FC 2–1 Leyton Orient FC L 2025-02-18 Wrexham AFC 1–2 Leyton Orient FC W 2025-02-15 Leyton Orient FC 3–2 Lincoln City FC W 2025-02-11 Leyton Orient FC 3–0 Mansfield Town FC W 2025-02-08 Leyton Orient FC 1–2 Manchester City FC L