Lorient 2-2 Montpellier: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 29 October 2016

Result

Lorient 2-2 Montpellier

Ligue 1 · Saturday 29 October 2016, 18:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Lorient · Montpellier · Ligue 1 predictions

Lorient 2-2 Montpellier: match report

Lorient drew with Montpellier 2-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 29 October 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.

Z. Touré opened the scoring in the 16th minute. Lorient's goals came from Z. Touré (16') and Sylvain Marveaux (24'). Montpellier scored through Souleymane Camara (45+2') and M. Sanson (69').

Discipline: Lorient received 2 yellow cards; Montpellier received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lorient were 20th on 6 points from 10 and Montpellier 17th on 10 points from 10. Lorient went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Montpellier 15th with 39.

Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Montpellier in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Morgan Sanson of Montpellier (8.2), ahead of Sylvain Marveaux (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Lorient wins, 4 draws and 3 for Montpellier.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Goal · Z. TouréLorient · 1-0
  • 24'Goal · Sylvain MarveauxLorient · 2-0
  • 37'Yellow card · Anthony Vanden BorreMontpellier
  • 45+2'Goal · Souleymane CamaraMontpellier · 2-1
  • 67'Yellow card · Maxime BarthelméLorient
  • 69'Goal · M. SansonMontpellier · 2-2
  • 90+2'Yellow card · A. WarisLorient

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lorient 3, draws 4, Montpellier 3.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Benjamin Lecomte, Zargo Touré, Mickaël Ciani, Steven Moreira, Vincent Le Goff, Mattéo Guendouzi, Arnold Mvuemba, Mohamed Mara, Moryké Fofana, Paul Butler, Sylvain Marveaux

Montpellier line-up (4-4-1-1)

Laurent Pionnier, Vitorino Hilton, Nicolas Saint-Ruf, Anthony Vanden Borre, Jérôme Roussillon, Mamadou Ndiaye, Joris Marveaux, Morgan Sanson, Souleymane Camara, Kévin Bérigaud, Stéphane Sessègnon