Lorient 2-1 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Friday 27 April 2012

Result

Lorient 2-1 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Friday 27 April 2012, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Lorient 2-1 Olympique Marseille: match report

Lorient defeated Olympique Marseille 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Friday 27 April 2012. The half-time score was 1-0.

Arnold Mvuemba opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Lorient's goals came from Arnold Mvuemba (41', penalty) and K. Monnet-Paquet (53'). Olympique Marseille scored through Mathieu Valbuena (78').

Discipline: Lorient received 1 yellow card; Olympique Marseille received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lorient were 14th on 35 points from 33 and Olympique Marseille 10th on 41 points from 33. Lorient went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Olympique Marseille 10th with 48.

Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-2-3-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lorient wins, 3 draws and 5 for Olympique Marseille.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 41'Penalty goal · Arnold MvuembaLorient · 1-0
  • 45'Yellow card · Jordan AyewOlympique Marseille
  • 45'Yellow card · A. Le LanLorient
  • 53'Goal · K. Monnet-PaquetLorient · 2-0
  • 67'Yellow card · Morgan AmalfitanoOlympique Marseille
  • 69'Yellow card · Nicolas N'KoulouOlympique Marseille
  • 78'Goal · Mathieu ValbuenaOlympique Marseille · 2-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lorient 2, draws 3, Olympique Marseille 5.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Florent Chaigneau, Lamine Koné, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Arnaud Le Lan, Wesley Lautoa, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Arnold Mvuemba, Yann Jouffre, Luis Díaz, Kévin Monnet-Paquet, Joel Campbell

Olympique Marseille line-up (4-2-3-1)

Steve Mandanda, César Azpilicueta, Nicolas N'Koulou, Jérémy Morel, Rod Fanni, Charles Kabore, Morgan Amalfitano, Mathieu Valbuena, Brandão, André-Pierre Gignac, Jordan Ayew