Bourg-en-Bresse 2-2 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 2 · Friday 15 December 2017

Result

Bourg-en-Bresse 2-2 Lorient

Ligue 2 · Friday 15 December 2017, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Bourg-en-Bresse 2-2 Lorient: match report

Bourg-en-Bresse drew with Lorient 2-2 in Ligue 2 on Friday 15 December 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

Yanis Merdji opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Bourg-en-Bresse's goals came from Yanis Merdji (12') and Q. Martin (16'). Lorient scored through Sylvain Marveaux (21') and Denis Bouanga (51').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Bourg-en-Bresse were 18th on 16 points from 18 and Lorient 3rd on 32 points from 18. Bourg-en-Bresse went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Lorient 7th with 62.

Bourg-en-Bresse lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Lorient in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yanis Merdji of Bourg-en-Bresse (8.8), ahead of Vital Nsimba (8.2).

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Yanis MerdjiBourg-en-Bresse · 1-0
  • 16'Goal · Q. MartinBourg-en-Bresse · 2-0
  • 21'Goal · Sylvain MarveauxLorient · 2-1
  • 51'Goal · Denis BouangaLorient · 2-2

Team news

Bourg-en-Bresse line-up (4-2-3-1)

Gaetan Deneuve, Gregoire Amiot, Vital Nsimba, Quentin Martin, Aurelien Faivre, Kevin Hoggas, Christopher Martins, Jimmy Nirlo, Julien Bègue, Guillaume Heinry, Yanis Merdji

Lorient line-up (4-2-3-1)

Danijel Petkovic, Lindsay Rose, Ibrahima Conté, Steven Moreira, Vincent Le Goff, Gaël Danic, Sylvain Marveaux, Franklin Wadja, Denis Bouanga, Jimmy Cabot, Pierre-Yves Hamel