Lorient 3-1 Rodez: result and report

Ligue 2 · Saturday 1 March 2025

Result

Lorient 3-1 Rodez

Ligue 2 · Saturday 1 March 2025, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Lorient · Rodez · Ligue 2 predictions

Lorient 3-1 Rodez: match report

Lorient won against Rodez 3-1 in Ligue 2 on Saturday 1 March 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.

Tawfik Bentayeb opened the scoring in the 27th minute. Lorient's goals came from Panos Katseris (45+2'), Eli Junior Kroupi (73', penalty) and Laurent Abergel (88'). Rodez scored through Tawfik Bentayeb (27').

Discipline: Lorient received no yellow cards; Rodez received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lorient were 1st on 49 points from 24 and Rodez 15th on 27 points from 24. Lorient went on to finish that season 1st with 71 points, and Rodez 14th with 39.

Lorient lined up in a 4-1-4-1 and Rodez in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Panos Katseris of Lorient (7.9), ahead of Arthur Avom (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lorient wins, 1 draw and 0 for Rodez.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 27'Goal · Tawfik BentayebRodez · 0-1
  • 45+2'Goal · Panos KatserisLorient · 1-1
  • 72'Yellow card · Tawfik BentayebRodez
  • 73'Penalty goal · Eli Junior KroupiLorient · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Nolan GalvesRodez
  • 88'Goal · Laurent AbergelLorient · 3-1

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Lorient 2, draws 1, Rodez 0.

Team news

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

Yvon Mvogo, Igor Silva, Julien Laporte, Montassar Talbi, Darlin Yongwa, Laurent Abergel, Panos Katseris, Jean-Victor Makengo, Arthur Avom, Junior Kroupi, Aiyegun Tosin

Rodez line-up (5-3-2)

Lionel Mpasi-Nzau, Nolan Galves, Ahmad Ngouyamsa, Éric Vandenabeele, Stone Mambo, Akim Abdallah, Derek Mazou-Sacko, Noah Cadiou, Waniss Taïbi, Tawfik Bentayeb, Timothé Nkada