Lorient 1-2 Olympique Marseille: result and report

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 16 December 2009

Result

Lorient 1-2 Olympique Marseille

Ligue 1 · Wednesday 16 December 2009, 18:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Lorient 1-2 Olympique Marseille: match report

Lorient lost to Olympique Marseille 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Wednesday 16 December 2009. The half-time score was 0-0.

M. Vahirua opened the scoring in the 53rd minute. Lorient's goal came from M. Vahirua (53', penalty). Olympique Marseille scored through Jordan Ayew (68') and Souleymane Diawara (90').

Discipline: Lorient received 2 yellow cards; Olympique Marseille received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Lorient were 7th on 26 points from 16 and Olympique Marseille 3rd on 28 points from 15. Lorient went on to finish that season 7th with 58 points, and Olympique Marseille 1st with 78.

Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Marseille in a 4-1-4-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Lorient wins, 1 draw and 2 for Olympique Marseille.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 53'Penalty goal · M. VahiruaLorient · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Mathieu ValbuenaOlympique Marseille
  • 68'Goal · Jordan AyewOlympique Marseille · 1-1
  • 77'Yellow card · F. SosaLorient
  • 90'Goal · Souleymane DiawaraOlympique Marseille · 1-2
  • 90'Yellow card · Yazid MansouriLorient

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Lorient 3, draws 1, Olympique Marseille 2.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Franco Sosa, Laurent Koscielny, Benjamin Genton, Arnaud Le Lan, Arnold Mvuemba, Morgan Amalfitano, Yazid Mansouri, Kévin Gameiro, Sigamary Diarra, Marama Vahirua

Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-1-4-1)

Steve Mandanda, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Laurent Bonnart, Souleymane Diawara, Benoît Cheyrou, Fabrice Abriel, Mamadou Niang, Bakari Koné, Vitorino Hilton