Lorient 2-1 Valenciennes: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 17 October 2010

Result

Lorient 2-1 Valenciennes

Ligue 1 · Sunday 17 October 2010, 15:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Lorient 2-1 Valenciennes: match report

Lorient beat Valenciennes 2-1 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 17 October 2010. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Gaël Danic opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Lorient's goals came from Kévin Gameiro (13', penalty) and Sigamary Diarra (25'). Valenciennes scored through Gaël Danic (4').

Discipline: Lorient received 1 yellow card; Valenciennes received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Lorient were 16th on 8 points from 8 and Valenciennes 12th on 10 points from 8. Lorient went on to finish that season 11th with 49 points, and Valenciennes 12th with 48.

Lorient lined up in a 4-4-2 and Valenciennes in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Lorient wins, 3 draws and 3 for Valenciennes.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 4'Goal · Gaël DanicValenciennes · 0-1
  • 11'Yellow card · D. DucourtiouxValenciennes
  • 13'Penalty goal · Kévin GameiroLorient · 1-1
  • 13'Yellow card · L. KitambalaLorient
  • 25'Goal · Sigamary DiarraLorient · 2-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Gaël DanicValenciennes
  • 45'Yellow card · M. BiševacValenciennes

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Lorient 2, draws 3, Valenciennes 3.

Team news

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Bruno Ecuele Manga, Arnaud Le Lan, Maxine Baca, Jacques-Alaixys Romao, Morgan Amalfitano, Francis Coquelin, Kévin Gameiro, Sigamary Diarra, Kévin Monnet-Paquet, Lynel Kitambala

Valenciennes line-up (4-3-3)

Nicolas Penneteau, Milan Biševac, Benjamin Angoua, Matthieu Dossevi, Carlos Sánchez, José Saez, Renaud Cohade, Gaël Danic, Gregory Pujol, David Ducourtioux, Gaëtan Bong