On February 26, one of the matches of the 25th round of the French Football Championship was held. Lorient (France) and Auxerre (France) met.
French Premier League, Week 25.
Lorient (France) - Auxerre (France) - 0:1 (0:0)
Goals: Р. Raveloson (58)
Warnings: Touré (32), A. Meite (56), S. Dembele (66), Laurent Abergel (77), H. Massengo (77)
Gameday in the French Ligue 1, the match between Lorient and Auxerre took place at the Yves Allenmat - Le Moustoir stadium. There were no goals in the first half, so the second half turned out to be intense and tense. In the 32nd minute Auxerre's B. Touré got a yellow card. This was soon followed by a yellow card for Lorient player A. Meite in the 56th minute. The score remained scoreless until the 58th minute when Auxerre broke the deadlock: R. Raveloson scored the only goal of the match, giving Auxerre a 1-0 lead.
To try and turn the tide, Lorient made an early substitution: B. Dieng replaced T. Le Brice and J. Makengo replaced J. Ponceau in the 60th minute. Soon after, Auxerre responded with substitutions of their own, replacing S. Dembele with L. Sinajoko in the 67th minute and M. Ablin with M. Niang in the 79th minute. At the same time, Lorient continued to make changes to their lineup, replacing E. Le Feu with S. Doucourt, R. Faivre for S. Diarra and Igor Silva for Y. Catlin, all three substitutions occurred in the 81st minute. Both teams continued to press until the final whistle, but neither could find an elusive equalizer. In the end, Auxerre impressed and won 0-1.
In the next round the rivals are waiting for such matches: Lyon - Lorient, Nice - Auxerre.
| Lorient | Auxerre | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Goals on goal | 1 |
| 14 | Kicks | 9 |
| 7 | Blocked kicks | 5 |
| 8 | Kicks from the penalty box | 6 |
| 6 | Kicks from behind the penalty box | 3 |
| 12 | Violations | 19 |
| 8 | Corner | 0 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 61% | Ball possession | 39% |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0 |
| 0 | Saves by goalkeeper | 3 |
| 497 | Total assists | 325 |
| 425 | Accurate passes | 262 |
| 86% | Accuracy of transmissions | 81% |