Olympique Marseille 2-3 Lorient: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 15 November 2008

Result

Olympique Marseille 2-3 Lorient

Ligue 1 · Saturday 15 November 2008, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Olympique Marseille 2-3 Lorient: match report

Olympique Marseille lost to Lorient 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 15 November 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Karim Ziani opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Olympique Marseille's goals came from Karim Ziani (10') and Mamadou Niang (60', penalty). Lorient scored through Morgan Amalfitano (76'), F. Abriel (85') and Kévin Gameiro (87').

Neither side received a card.

Going into the game Olympique Marseille were 2nd on 26 points from 13 and Lorient 15th on 13 points from 13. Olympique Marseille went on to finish that season 2nd with 77 points, and Lorient 10th with 45.

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

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Karim ZianiOlympique Marseille · 1-0
  • 60'Penalty goal · Mamadou NiangOlympique Marseille · 2-0
  • 76'Goal · Morgan AmalfitanoLorient · 2-1
  • 85'Goal · F. AbrielLorient · 2-2
  • 87'Goal · Kévin GameiroLorient · 2-3

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Olympique Marseille 1, draws 1, Lorient 2.

Team news

Olympique Marseille expected line-up (4-4-2)

Steve Mandanda, Lorik Cana, Laurent Bonnart, Taye Ismaila Taiwo, Benoît Cheyrou, Samir Nasri, Mathieu Valbuena, Mamadou Niang, Djibril Cissé

Lorient expected line-up (4-4-2)

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