Lorient and Le Mans met at the Stade du Moustoir for the 23rd day of Ligue 2. Lorient won the match against their competitor (4-2). Déziré arranged his team in the usual 4-3-3. Opposite, Pélissier played his Breton squad in balanced 4-2-3-1, with Hamel in the lead.
The Goff scored the first goal, on a pass from Lauriente, to the 28th for the Merlus. However, by equalizing at the 38th, Créhin allowed his team to return to the score. The referee whistled for the end of the first period with a score of 1-1. Thanks to Wissa's goal in the 58th, Lorient took the lead. Then, Marveaux transformed the penalty, obtained after a foul in the area. He then scored the fourth goal of the match in the 85th minute. In the 89th, Lorient conceded a goal from Merdji. Finally, Kitala's goal in the 95th, in stoppage time, made it possible to seal the match for the benefit of Lorient.
Kanté, Merdji, Vardin, Le Goff and Lemonnier were called to order by the referee.
Thanks to his 56% possession, Lorient was able to control the game and give himself more opportunities to win this match.In the provisional classification at the end of this match, the championship is still dominated by the same team, Lorient. Le Mans temporarily remains in 17th position, ahead of Châteauroux.
Lorient and Le Mans: the next matches
For his next match, Lorient will face Guingamp at the Roudourou stadium on February 8 at 3 p.m. for the next day. For its part, Le Mans will meet Sochaux on February 7 at 8 p.m. at the Auguste-Bonal stadium.
Results of Ligue 2 at the end of the matches and classification of Ligue 2: our website allows you to follow all the news of Ligue 2 during the season.
The meeting in brief
Lorient - Le Mans: 4-2 (1-1 at half time)
In Lorient (Stade du Moustoir), on February 4, kick-off at 9:05 p.m.
Le Mans coach: Richard Déziré
Composition of Le Mans: Pierre Patron (1), Pierre Lemonnier (24), Jérémy Choplin (21), Enzo Ebosse (3) (then Georges Gope-Fenepej at the 81st), Alexandre Vardin (2), Lorenzo Rajot (26), Yann Boé-Kane (14) (then Stephen Vincent at the 90th), Aloïs Confais (8), Aboubakary Kanté (23) (then Harisson Manzala Tusumgama at the 62nd), Yanis Merdji (17), Vincent Créhin (9)
Lorient coach: Christophe Pélissier
Composition of Lorient: Paul Nardi (30), Vincent Le Goff (25), Julien Laporte (15), Jérôme Hergault (14), Thomas Fontaine (5), Sylvain Marveaux (32), Enzo Le Fée (31), Armand Lauriente (28) (then Quentin Lecoeuche at the 83rd), Laurent Abergel (6), Pierre-Yves Hamel (29) (then Yann Kitala at the 66th), Yoane Wissa (19) (then Jimmy Cabot at the 65th)
Goals: Le Goff (28th), Créhin (38th), Wissa (58th), Marveaux (85th sp), Merdji (89th), Kitala (95th)
Warnings: Le Goff (72nd) for Lorient, Vardin (37th), Merdji (42nd), Kanté (44th), Lemonnier (84th) for Le Mans
No player expelled
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