Nice 1-2 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 March 2008

Result

Nice 1-2 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Saturday 22 March 2008, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Nice 1-2 Lorient: match report

Nice were beaten by Lorient 1-2 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 22 March 2008. It was 0-1 at half-time.

M. Vahirua opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Nice's goal came from Bakari Koné (51'). Lorient scored through M. Vahirua (10') and Rafik Saifi (71').

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards; Lorient received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 5th on 43 points from 29 and Lorient 8th on 39 points from 29. Nice went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Lorient 10th with 52.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Nice win, 2 draws and 0 for Lorient.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · M. VahiruaLorient · 0-1
  • 30'Yellow card · Yann JouffreLorient
  • 34'Yellow card · Florent BalmontNice
  • 41'Yellow card · Christophe JalletLorient
  • 51'Goal · Bakari KonéNice · 1-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Cyril RoolNice
  • 71'Goal · Rafik SaifiLorient · 1-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Nice line-up (4-3-3)

Hugo Lloris, Cedric Kante, Onyekachi Apam, Cyril Rool, Ederson, Florent Balmont, Lilian Laslandes, Bakari Koné, Habib Bamogo, Olivier Echouafni, Cyril Jeunechamp

Lorient line-up (4-4-2)

Fabien Audard, Jérémy Morel, Christophe Jallet, Sylvain Marchal, Fabrice Abriel, Yohan Hautcoeur, Yazid Mansouri, Yann Jouffre, Marama Vahirua, Mickaël Ciani, Rafik Saifi