Lorient 2-1 Sochaux: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 8 December 2007

Result

Lorient 2-1 Sochaux

Ligue 1 · Saturday 8 December 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Lorient · Sochaux · Ligue 1 predictions

Lorient 2-1 Sochaux: match report

Lorient won against Sochaux 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 8 December 2007. The half-time score was 1-0.

M. Vahirua opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Lorient's goals came from M. Vahirua (1') and Ulrich Le Pen (48'). Sochaux scored through M. Erdinç (81').

Discipline: Lorient received 1 yellow card; Sochaux received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lorient were 13th on 20 points from 16 and Sochaux 19th on 13 points from 16. Lorient went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Sochaux 14th with 44.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · M. VahiruaLorient · 1-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Rafik SaifiLorient
  • 42'Yellow card · Romain PitauSochaux
  • 48'Goal · Ulrich Le PenLorient · 2-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Mickael IsabeySochaux
  • 57'Yellow card · Rabiu AfolabiSochaux
  • 65'Yellow card · Stephane DalmatSochaux
  • 81'Goal · M. ErdinçSochaux · 2-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Lorient 0, draws 1, Sochaux 1.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Jérémy Morel, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Marchal, Fabrice Abriel, Oscar Ewolo, Ulrich Le Pen, Yohan Hautcoeur, Marama Vahirua, Mickaël Ciani, Rafik Saifi

Sochaux expected line-up (4-5-1)

Teddy Richert, Stéphane Pichot, Rabiu Afolabi, Maxime Josse, Boukary Dramé, Mickael Isabey, Valter Birsa, Guirane N'Daw, Mevlüt Erdinç, Romain Pitau