Auxerre 5-3 Lorient: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 October 2007
Result
Auxerre 5-3 Lorient
Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 October 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Auxerre 5-3 Lorient: match report
Auxerre beat Lorient 5-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 October 2007. The half-time score was 0-1.
Rafik Saifi opened the scoring in the 6th minute. Auxerre's goals came from Daniel Niculae (55'), Ireneusz Jelen (73'), Ireneusz Jelen (75'), Daniel Niculae (82') and Ireneusz Jelen (90+1'). Lorient scored through Rafik Saifi (6'), Rafik Saifi (58') and Kemal Bourhani (90+3').
Discipline: Auxerre received 2 yellow cards; Lorient received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Auxerre were 16th on 9 points from 10 and Lorient 13th on 13 points from 10. Auxerre went on to finish that season 15th with 44 points, and Lorient 10th with 52.
Auxerre lined up in a 5-4-1 and Lorient in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Auxerre win, 0 draws and 1 for Lorient.
Going into the match Auxerre's last five read L-W-W-L-L and Lorient's D-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 6'Goal · Rafik Saifi
- 34'Yellow card · Toifilou Maoulida
- 55'Goal · Daniel Niculae
- 58'Goal · Rafik Saifi
- 73'Goal · Ireneusz Jelen
- 75'Goal · Ireneusz Jelen
- 76'Yellow card · Kamel Chafni
- 82'Goal · Daniel Niculae
- 84'Yellow card · S. Marchal
- 90+1'Goal · Ireneusz Jelen
- 90+3'Goal · Kemal Bourhani
Head-to-head
Team news
Auxerre line-up (5-4-1)
Olivier Sorin, Jean-Sebastien Jaures, Stephane Grichting, Gabriel Tamaş, Sammy Traore, Kamel Chafni, Thomas Kahlenberg, Kévin Lejeune, Benoît Pedretti, Toifilou Maoulida, Daniel Niculae
Lorient line-up (4-4-2)
Fabien Audard, Jérémy Morel, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Marchal, Fabrice Abriel, Oscar Ewolo, Ulrich Le Pen, Hamed Namouchi, Marama Vahirua, Mickaël Ciani, Rafik Saifi