Match Report
16 points separated the sides: LOSC Lille 3rd on 61, Lorient 9th on 45. The last five rounds placed LOSC Lille no better than 7th for form, against 3rd in the standings. Per game in the league, LOSC Lille were scoring 1.53 and conceding 1.09, Lorient 1.41 and 1.5, against a competition average of 1.41 goals per team per game.
Momentum sat with LOSC Lille, winners of their last three. Lorient had drawn their last three.
Across 26 recorded meetings, LOSC Lille have 14 wins to Lorient's 9, with 3 draws, at 3.12 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 62% of the meetings won by the home side. Where history says 3.12 goals per meeting, the last five say 4.6.
The referee was A. Kherradji, with 81 matches in our database and 1.6 yellows per game on average. The venue was Stade Pierre-Mauroy, with room for 50,186 spectators. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-1.
Goal scorers
LOSC Lille: Matías Fernández-Pardo (65') · Lorient: Arthur Avom (90')
Key stats
Possession: LOSC Lille 58% · Lorient 42% · Total shots: 12-9 · On target: 2-5 · Corners: 5-1