Lorient 1-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 March 2008

Result

Lorient 1-2 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Sunday 30 March 2008, 18:55 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lorient 1-2 Olympique Marseille: match report

Lorient were beaten by Olympique Marseille 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 30 March 2008. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Rafik Saifi opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Lorient's goal came from Rafik Saifi (43', penalty). Olympique Marseille scored through Kanga Akale (53') and Mamadou Niang (81').

Discipline: Lorient received no yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lorient were 8th on 42 points from 30 and Olympique Marseille 4th on 46 points from 30. Lorient went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Olympique Marseille 3rd with 62.

Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-5-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lorient wins, 1 draw and 0 for Olympique Marseille.

Going into the match Lorient's last five read W-D-D-D-L and Olympique Marseille's L-D-W-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 43'Penalty goal · Rafik SaifiLorient · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Lorik CanaOlympique Marseille
  • 47'Yellow card · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille
  • 53'Goal · Kanga AkaleOlympique Marseille · 1-1
  • 81'Goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 1-2

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Lorient 2, draws 1, Olympique Marseille 0.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Jérémy Morel, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Marchal, Fabrice Abriel, Ulrich Le Pen, Yohan Hautcoeur, Yazid Mansouri, Yann Jouffre, Mickaël Ciani, Rafik Saifi

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-5-1)

Steve Mandanda, Ronald Zubar, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Gaël Givet-Viaros, Kanga Akale, Boudewijn Zenden, Charles Kabore, Modeste M'bami, Samir Nasri, Mamadou Niang