On Mar 4th, Lorient will play host to Olympique Lyonnais in a meeting of these two Ligue 1 teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Lorient sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Brest. Ibrahima Kone scored the first goal for Lorient in the 73rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Brest couldn’t muster any offence and Lorient ran away with the shutout win. Lorient looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while olympique Lyonnais is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Lille. Gabriel Gudmundsson struck first for Lille in the 35th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Olympique Lyonnais couldn’t manage to score, and Lille took the shutout win. Olympique Lyonnais is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 25th of September, Olympique Lyonnais hosted Lorient at the Parc Olympique Lyonnais in their last match together. Olympique Lyonnais and Lorient battled to a 1-1 draw. Armand Lauriente struck first for Lorient in the 20th minute, then Karl Toko Ekambi tied it up for Olympique Lyonnais in the 50th minute on a feed from Islam Slimani squeezing out at least the one point for Olympique Lyonnais.
Olympique Lyonnais’s top weapon lately has been Moussa Dembélé, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Lorient is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Sambou Soumano and Ibrahima Kone each having 2 goals in their last five
Christophe Pélissier’s squad will be without Jérémy Morel, Lemoine, Stéphane Diarra and Moritz Jenz, while Rayan Cherki, Julian Pollersbeck and Sinaly Diomande are unavailable to play for Olympique Lyonnais.