Charlton vs Leyton Orient LIVE: League One play-off match stream, latest score and goal updates

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·25 maggio 2025

Charlton vs Leyton Orient LIVE: League One play-off match stream, latest score and goal updates

Promotion to the Championship up for grabs as London rivals meet at Wembley

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Charlton vs Leyton Orient LIVE

Promotion to the Championship is on the line as Charlton and Leyton Orient meet in an all-London League One play-off final at Wembley. Charlton are bidding to get back to the Championship after five seasons in the third tier, while Orient are out to return to the second tier for the first time in 43 years.

Both clubs have been in red-hot form. Richie Wellens’ Orient won their last six matches to pip Reading to the final top-six spot and then beat Stockport on penalties in their play-off semi-final. Charlton stormed into the play-offs with a brilliant season half of the season under Nathan Jones, and then saw off Wycombe.

Matty Godden and Charlie Kelman have scored 49 goals between them this season, so two of League One's most prolific goalscorers go head to head. Follow the game LIVE below with our dedicated match blog, featuring expert insight and analysis from Dom Smith at Wembley.

Live updates

54 seconds ago

Why are the EFL play-off finals kicking off one minute late?

All three matches at Wembley have unusual start times as part of an important campaign.

Read the full details on why here.

7 minutes ago

Wellens: This is special for Orient

Orient are bidding to return to the second tier of England for the first time in 43 years and Richie Wellens says it is a “special” occasion for the east London club.

In a message his players, Wellens said: “Just enjoy it. I know that people start over-worrying and panicking but leave that to me. I've got a job to do and I've got to make sure the team is prepares.

"It's the biggest ever crowd we've ever played in front of, I think we're taking a brilliant following and Charlton, you expect them to take [a lot of supporters] because they're a huge club.

"This is special for us. We want to be talked about for years to come for this occasion for winning, not just the fact that these players got us to Wembley.

”You want to be remembered for winning things and that's what we aim to do."

12 minutes ago

Nearly 40,000 Charlton supporters will be inside Wembley this afternoon, while Orient have sold over 30,000 tickets.

21 minutes ago

Jones: Charlton must look forward

Charlton come into the game as favourites but their manager Nathan Jones is adamant his team have to block out the outside noise.

“First and foremost history is history,” said Jones. “We have a history of being a wonderful football club in the Premier League, but also one of being slightly mismanaged in the past.

“But we have to look forward now. What can we achieve and what can we do, we've got a really good set of owners that really want to build something and be here for a while.

"We also have a group of players who have worked hard to be where they are. Now getting out of League One and to the Championship is the next step and we've got one wonderful opportunity to do that at Wembley."

25 minutes ago

This will be only the third EFL play-off final contested between two teams from London, after Crystal Palace beat West Ham United in 2003-04 and Fulham beat Brentford in 2019-20, both in the second tier.

33 minutes ago

This afternoon will see two of League One's most prolific goalscorers go head to head.

Charlton’s Matty Godden scored 19 goals in League One, while Orient's on-loan Charlie Kelman got 23.

Kelman finished the season with a flourish, scoring eight in his past eight games, while Godden has five in six.

40 minutes ago