Lorient 2-0 Metz: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 December 2007
Result
Lorient 2-0 Metz
Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 December 2007, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Lorient 2-0 Metz: match report
Lorient beat Metz 2-0 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 December 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.
Rafik Saifi opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Lorient's goals came from Rafik Saifi (58') and Nicolas Marin (89'). Metz did not score.
Discipline: Lorient received no yellow cards; Metz received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Lorient were 11th on 24 points from 18 and Metz 20th on 7 points from 18. Lorient went on to finish that season 10th with 52 points, and Metz 20th with 24.
Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Metz in a 4-4-2.
Going into the match Lorient's last five read D-W-D-D-W and Metz's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 56'Yellow card · C. Gueye
- 58'Goal · Rafik Saifi
- 89'Goal · Nicolas Marin
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
Metz line-up (4-4-2)
Christophe Marichez, Pascal Delhommeau, Sebastien Bassong, Pape Diop, Cheikh Matar Gueye, Cédric Anton, Laurent Agouazi, Miralem Pjanić, Julien François, Babacar Gueye, Ablai Baldé