Birmingham vs Leyton Orient

25 February 2025 · League One · 2024/25 · Referee M Woods

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Taylor Gardner-Hickman 53’
  • Ethan Laird 84’

Match summary

Birmingham saw off Leyton Orient 2-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Taylor Gardner-Hickman put Birmingham ahead in the 53rd minute and Ethan Laird made it 2-0 in the 84th minute.

Shots finished 27-3 to Birmingham, with 10 on target for Birmingham and 0 for Leyton Orient. Leyton Orient had a player sent off.

Match stats

Birmingham Leyton Orient
27 Shots 3
10 Shots on Target 0
8 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1

Key events

Birmingham Leyton Orient
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Taylor Gardner-Hickman1-0 (Birmingham)
53’
Ethan Laird2-0 (Birmingham)
84’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Birmingham
  • Taylor Gardner-Hickman
Leyton Orient
  • Jack Currie
  • Darren Pratley

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Leyton Orient attacking Birmingham attacking 
10’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, off target 14’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), set piece, blocked 20’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, off target 21’ Jamie Donley (Leyton Orient), open play, off target 25’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, blocked 26’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, saved 30’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, blocked 32’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 32’ Alex Cochrane (Birmingham), open play, blocked 32’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham), open play, saved 32’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, saved 38’ Alex Cochrane (Birmingham), set piece, off target 45’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 45’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 49’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, saved 49’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 49’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, hit the woodwork 51’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, saved 53’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham), open play, goal 53’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, saved 56’ Dominic Ball (Leyton Orient), open play, blocked 63’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, saved 71’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, off target 72’ Jayden Sweeney (Leyton Orient), from a corner, blocked 73’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 84’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, goal 88’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+2’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+3’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+5’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, saved 90+6’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), from a corner, off target 10’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, off target 14’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), set piece, blocked 20’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, off target 21’ Jamie Donley (Leyton Orient), open play, off target 25’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, blocked 26’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, saved 30’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, blocked 32’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 32’ Alex Cochrane (Birmingham), open play, blocked 32’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham), open play, saved 32’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, saved 38’ Alex Cochrane (Birmingham), set piece, off target 45’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 45’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), from a corner, blocked 49’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, saved 49’ Tomoki Iwata (Birmingham), open play, blocked 49’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, hit the woodwork 51’ Willum Thor Willumsson (Birmingham), open play, saved 53’ Taylor Gardner-Hickman (Birmingham), open play, goal 53’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, saved 56’ Dominic Ball (Leyton Orient), open play, blocked 63’ Alfie May (Birmingham), open play, saved 71’ Kieran Dowell (Birmingham), open play, off target 72’ Jayden Sweeney (Leyton Orient), from a corner, blocked 73’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 84’ Ethan Laird (Birmingham), open play, goal 88’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+2’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+3’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), open play, off target 90+5’ Seung Ho Paik (Birmingham), open play, saved 90+6’ Lukas Jutkiewicz (Birmingham), from a corner, off target
Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Players14 players
90′ – – – – – – –
Ethan Laird Taken off
90′ 1 – 3 – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – – – – – –
90′ – – 2 – – – –
90′ – – 5 – – – –
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Kieran Dowell Taken off
85′ – – 2 – – – –
Willum Thor Willumsson Taken off
67′ – – 2 – – – –
Taylor Gardner-Hickman Taken off
68′ 1 – 3 – – –
Alfie May Taken off
90′ – – 3 – – – –
Lukas Jutkiewicz Came on as a substitute
23′ – – 5 – – – –
Emil Hansson Came on as a substitute
22′ – – – – – – –
Luke Harris Came on as a substitute
5′ – – – – – – –
Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Birmingham win 59% Avg odds 1.57
Draw 25% Avg odds 3.75
Leyton Orient win 16% Avg odds 5.93

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

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Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.