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

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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.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 6'Goal · Rafik SaifiLorient · 0-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Toifilou MaoulidaAuxerre
  • 55'Goal · Daniel NiculaeAuxerre · 1-1
  • 58'Goal · Rafik SaifiLorient · 1-2
  • 73'Goal · Ireneusz JelenAuxerre · 2-2
  • 75'Goal · Ireneusz JelenAuxerre · 3-2
  • 76'Yellow card · Kamel ChafniAuxerre
  • 82'Goal · Daniel NiculaeAuxerre · 4-2
  • 84'Yellow card · S. MarchalLorient
  • 90+1'Goal · Ireneusz JelenAuxerre · 5-2
  • 90+3'Goal · Kemal BourhaniLorient · 5-3

Head-to-head

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

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