Newport County 0-4 Leyton Orient

Graham Westley trudges off at half-time with his team trailing 3-0

Leyton Orient dealt Newport County's survival hopes a potentially fatal blow with a 4-0 hammering at Rodney Parade.

Orient took the lead on eight minutes when Steven Alzate tapped home in his first start from Josh Koroma's cross and they never looked back after that.

Sam Dalby's pass then split Newport's defence as Koroma scored his maiden O's goal, before the same duo combined for the third just before the interval.

Koroma sealed the win, and his hat-trick, with a penalty on 64 minutes.

The Exiles remain bottom of League Two, now a daunting 11 points adrift of safety, while Orient are 21st, five points behind Notts County who slipped to 20th.

It was a day to forget for Newport boss Graham Westley on his 49th birthday, with the boss dealing with more boos and jeers from the home fans a week after he was abused by supporters at Mansfield.

However, goalkeeper Charlie Grainger will remember his day fondly as he made just a second appearance in the Football League.

The 20-year old denied Ryan Bird's header acrobatically with the score still level and also repelled an effort by Marlon Jackson by tipping over his curling shot.

Newport were defensively shambolic, with the high line they fielded in the first period being exposed time and again, with Day exposed and helpless to stop the Londoners as the broke at speed.

Teenagers Alzate and Koroma where a constant menace with their speed and three composed finishes before the break effectively won the contest, with Dalby also producing an eye-catching display in midfield, not letting the terrible playing surface dull his range of passing.

The Exiles barely registered an effort on target in the second period, with a stirring comeback never seeming a remote possibility, especially once Mark O'Brien dragged back Alzate and Orient fired home their fourth just after the hour.

Victory provides a huge fillip for Orient, in a week that saw them issued with a winding up petition.

For Newport, the season only looks likely to end in one way now.

Newport County manager Graham Westley told BBC Radio Wales Sport: "It is a devastating defeat, not just the result, but we were low in a lot of commodities.

"We had a lot of the game and a lot of the play, but they were very clinical.

"There was always a lot of work to do. But we need to look at ourselves."

Leyton Orient manager Danny Webb told BBC Radio London: "We are happy, most importantly with an impressive performance.

"Obviously the result is massive. We were clinical on the counter attack and our teenagers played like it was a game in the park."

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Line-ups

Newport

• 1Day
• 17Bennett
• 28Demetriou
• 4JonesSubstituted forLabadieat 45'minutesBooked at 60mins
• 3Butler
• 15Samuel
• 25O'BrienBooked at 30mins
• 19NelsonSubstituted forRiggat 45'minutes
• 38Rose
• 40Bird
• 13JacksonSubstituted forWilliamsat 65'minutes

Substitutes

• 6Labadie
• 9Reid
• 14Bignot
• 20Owen-Evans
• 27Rigg
• 30Bittner
• 41Williams

Leyton Orient

• 12Grainger
• 29Judd
• 16Hunt
• 6Parkes
• 3Kennedy
• 28KoromaBooked at 49minsSubstituted forAbrahamsat 68'minutes
• 7Collins
• 23MoncurSubstituted forMezagueat 87'minutes
• 22Semedo
• 30DalbySubstituted forAdeboyejoat 84'minutes
• 31Alzate

Substitutes

• 14Moore
• 19Mezague
• 24Sargeant
• 26Adeboyejo
• 32Ochieng
• 35Abrahams
• 38Happe

Referee:

Gavin Ward

Attendance:

3,378

Match Stats

Home TeamNewportAway TeamLeyton Orient

Possession

Home48%

Away52%

Shots

Home15

Away5

Shots on Target

Home3

Away4

Corners

Home10

Away3

Fouls

Home13

Away11

Live Text

Posted at

Match ends, Newport County 0, Leyton Orient 4.

Full Time

Posted at 90'+5'

Second Half ends, Newport County 0, Leyton Orient 4.

Posted at 90'+4'

Attempt blocked. Sean Rigg (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 90'+4'

Foul by Victor Adeboyejo (Leyton Orient).

Posted at 90'+4'

Joss Labadie (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt missed. Joss Labadie (Newport County) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.

Posted at 90'+3'

Attempt blocked. Joss Labadie (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Posted at 90'+1'

Nicky Hunt (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the attacking half.

Posted at 90'+1'

Foul by Ryan Bird (Newport County).

Posted at 88'

Teddy Mezague (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick on the right wing.

Posted at 88'

Foul by Mitch Rose (Newport County).

Substitution

Posted at 87'

Substitution, Leyton Orient. Teddy Mezague replaces Freddy Moncur.

Substitution

Posted at 84'

Substitution, Leyton Orient. Victor Adeboyejo replaces Sam Dalby.

Posted at 80'

Attempt missed. Mark O'Brien (Newport County) header from the centre of the box misses to the right.

Posted at 80'

Foul by Myles Judd (Leyton Orient).

Posted at 80'

Mitch Rose (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 77'

Attempt missed. Sandro Semedo (Leyton Orient) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Freddy Moncur.

Posted at 76'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Myles Judd.

Posted at 73'

Attempt saved. Alex Samuel (Newport County) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom left corner.

Posted at 72'

Attempt missed. Ryan Bird (Newport County) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right.

Substitution

Posted at 68'

Substitution, Leyton Orient. Tristan Abrahams replaces Josh Koroma.

Substitution

Posted at 65'

Substitution, Newport County. Aaron Williams replaces Marlon Jackson.

Goal!

Posted at 64'

Goal! Newport County 0, Leyton Orient 4. Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.

Posted at 63'

Penalty Leyton Orient. Steven Alzate draws a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 63'

Penalty conceded by Mitch Rose (Newport County) after a foul in the penalty area.

Posted at 62'

Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Mark O'Brien.

Booking

Posted at 60'

Joss Labadie (Newport County) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Posted at 60'

Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 60'

Foul by Joss Labadie (Newport County).

Posted at 57'

Corner, Leyton Orient. Conceded by Joss Labadie.

Posted at 56'

Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 56'

Foul by Joss Labadie (Newport County).

Posted at 53'

Foul by Steven Alzate (Leyton Orient).

Posted at 53'

Mickey Demetriou (Newport County) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

Posted at 52'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Tom Parkes.

Posted at 52'

Corner, Newport County. Conceded by Nicky Hunt.

Posted at 52'

Attempt blocked. Sean Rigg (Newport County) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.

Booking

Posted at 49'

Josh Koroma (Leyton Orient) is shown the yellow card.

Posted at 48'

Foul by Freddy Moncur (Leyton Orient).

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