Lorient 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 18 August 2007

Result

Lorient 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Saturday 18 August 2007, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Lorient 2-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Lorient beat Olympique Lyonnais 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 18 August 2007. The half-time score was 1-1.

M. Vahirua opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Lorient's goals came from M. Vahirua (14') and M. Vahirua (66'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Karim Benzema (32').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Lorient were 4th on 7 points from 3 and Olympique Lyonnais 11th on 3 points from 2. Lorient went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 1st with 79.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Lorient wins, 0 draws and 2 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · M. VahiruaLorient · 1-0
  • 32'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 1-1
  • 66'Goal · M. VahiruaLorient · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Lorient 0, draws 0, Olympique Lyonnais 2.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Jérémy Morel, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Marchal, Fabrice Abriel, Oscar Ewolo, Hamed Namouchi, Nicolas Marin, Marama Vahirua, Mickaël Ciani, Rafik Saifi

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up

Gregory Coupet, Sébastien Squillaci, Eric Abidal, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Florent Malouda, Jérémy Toulalan, Cris, Tiago, Sidney Govou, Alou Diarra