Lorient 2-1 Nantes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 31 January 2026

Result

Lorient 2-1 Nantes

Ligue 1 · Saturday 31 January 2026, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Lorient 2-1 Nantes: match report

Lorient won against Nantes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 31 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-0.

Bamba Dieng opened the scoring in the 32nd minute. Lorient's goals came from Bamba Dieng (32') and Arsène Kouassi (89'). Nantes scored through Matthis Abline (74').

Discipline: Lorient received 4 yellow cards; Nantes received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lorient were 9th on 25 points from 19 and Nantes 16th on 14 points from 19. Lorient went on to finish that season 9th with 45 points, and Nantes 17th with 23.

Lorient lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Nantes in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Mostafa Mohamed of Nantes (7.6), ahead of Laurent Abergel (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Lorient win, 2 draws and 7 for Nantes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

16'Yellow card · Bamo MeïtéLorient
30'Yellow card · Bamba DiengLorient
32'Goal · Bamba DiengLorient · 1-0
51'Yellow card · Ibrahima SissokoNantes
54'Yellow card · Fabien CentonzeNantes
74'Goal · Matthis AblineNantes · 1-1
84'Yellow card · Anthony LopesNantes
85'Yellow card · Laurent AbergelLorient
88'Yellow cardNantes
88'Yellow card · Ali YoussifNantes
89'Goal · Arsène KouassiLorient · 2-1
90'Yellow card · Arsène KouassiLorient
90+1'Yellow card · Rémy CabellaNantes

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Lorient 1, draws 2, Nantes 7.

Nantes 1-1 LorientLigue 1 · 23 Nov 2025
Lorient 0-1 NantesLigue 1 · 24 Feb 2024
Nantes 5-3 LorientLigue 1 · 23 Sep 2023
Nantes 1-0 LorientLigue 1 · 12 Feb 2023
Lorient 3-2 NantesLigue 1 · 11 Sep 2022
Nantes 4-2 LorientLigue 1 · 23 Jan 2022

Team news

Unavailable

Panos KatserisLorient · injury (Thigh Muscle Strain)
Abdoulaye FayeLorient · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Darlin YongwaLorient · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Aiyegun TosinLorient · injury (Muscle Injury)
Tylel TatiNantes · suspension (Unknown Injury)
Deiver MachadoNantes · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Bandiougou FadigaLorient · injury (Unknown Injury)

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

Yvon Mvogo, Bamo Meïté, Montassar Talbi, Igor Silva, Théo Le Bris, Noah Cadiou, Laurent Abergel, Arsène Kouassi, Jean-Victor Makengo, Pablo Pagis, Bamba Dieng

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

Anthony Lopes, Kelvin Amian, Ali Youssif, Nicolas Cozza, Fabien Centonze, Ibrahima Sissoko, Johann Lepenant, Louis Leroux, Rémy Cabella, Matthis Abline, Mostafa Mohamed