Lorient beat Nice 3-1 as S. Soumano scores twice

Match report

Lorient beat Nice 3-1 in Ligue 1 matchday 14 on Sunday, 30 November 2025 at Stade du Moustoir. L. Abergel (31') and S. Soumano (45', 53') scored for Lorient, while A. Avom (12' og) found the net for Nice. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Lorient had 43% of the ball and 18 shots (7 on target) against Nice’s 9 (2 on target). Yvon Mvogo (Lorient) was the top-rated player with 7.9. The result leaves Lorient 12th in the Ligue 1 table on 5 points and Nice 14th on 5.

In the headlines this week

Form, table and head-to-head

Lorient

12th · 5 points · P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2

Form

Nice

14th · 5 points · P 5 W 1 D 2 L 2

Form

Ligue 1 table around both teams
#	Team	P	GD	Pts
11	Stade Brestois 29	5	-1	5
12	Lorient	5	-1	5
13	Toulouse	5	-2	5
14	Nice	5	-3	5
15	Lens	5	0	4

Full Ligue 1 table

Last meetings

No previous meetings on record.

Next meeting: Sun, 22 Feb 2026, Nice 3-3 Lorient

Full Lorient vs Nice head-to-head

Match events

12'own goalA. Avom(own goal)Own Goal
27'yellow cardDarlin YongwaYellow Card
31'goalL. AbergelNormal Goal
45'goalS. SoumanoAssist: A. Kouassi
53'goalS. SoumanoAssist: B. Meite
56'yellow cardSofiane DiopYellow Card
59'substitutionS. DiopOff: Kevin
60'substitutionT. GouveiaOff: I. Jansson
61'substitutionK. PeprahOff: A. Abdi
63'substitutionJ. MakengoOff: N. Cadiou
64'substitutionP. PagisOff: D. Karim
68'substitutionS. Abdul SamedOff: M. Sanson
76'substitutionM. ChoOff: J. Boga
79'substitutionT. Le BrisOff: J. Mvuka Mugisha
79'substitutionS. SoumanoOff: B. Dieng
85'substitutionB. MeiteOff: N. Adjei
90'yellow cardIsak JanssonYellow Card

Lineups

Lorient

Formation 3-4-2-1 · Coach Olivier Pantaloni

Starting XI

Substitutes

Nice

Formation 3-5-2 · Coach Franck Armel Gérard Haise

Starting XI

Substitutes

Match statistics

43%Possession57%
2.38Expected goals (xG)0.82
18Total shots9
7Shots on target2
9Shots off target3
2Blocked shots4
14Shots inside the box7
4Shots outside the box2
3Corners7
0Offsides1
7Fouls11
1Yellow cards2
–Red cards–
2Goalkeeper saves4
428Passes560
364Accurate passes486
85%Pass accuracy87%
-0.97Goals prevented-0.97

Player statistics

Lorient

Lorient player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	G	A	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
38Yvon MvogoGTop rated	90	7.9				28 · 68%
3Montassar TalbiD	90	7.7				53 · 91%		1	7/11
5Bamo MeïtéD	85	7.5		1	1 (0)	35 · 89%	2	2	4/5
44Darlin YongwaD	90	6.9				38 · 71%	1	2	7/14
6Laurent AbergelM	90	7.9	1		1 (1)	53 · 91%	1	1	2/6
11Théo Le BrisM	79	6.6			1 (1)	29 · 79%	1	1	1/3
43Arsène KouassiM	90	7.0		1		30 · 87%	3	1	3/6
62Arthur Avom EbongM	90	6.9				69 · 93%	1	2	3/6
10Pablo PagisF	64	7.0			1 (0)	18 · 72%	3		1/4
17Jean-Victor MakengoF	63	6.3			2 (1)	14 · 86%	1	1	2/5
28Sambou SoumanoF	79	7.6	2		4 (3)	13 · 77%			4/13
21Bingourou KamaraG	–	–
2Igor SilvaD	–	–
32Nathaniel AdjeiD	12	6.6				5 · 100%
8Noah CadiouM	26	6.6				13 · 92%			0/1
29Karim DermaneM	27	6.6			1 (0)	20 · 85%			1/2
93Joel Mugisha MvukaM	11	7.7			1 (0)	8 · 100%	1		2/3
9Mohamed BambaF	–	–
12Ahmadou Bamba DiengF	11	6.2			4 (1)	2 · 50%			3/5
15Aiyegun TosinF	–	–

Nice

Nice player statistics
Player	Min	Rating	Sh	Pass	KP	Tck	Duels
80Yehvann DioufG	90	6.7		28 · 75%
26Melvin BardD	90	6.3		85 · 88%			3/5
33Antoine MendyD	90	5.9		89 · 84%		1	6/10
37Kojo Peprah OppongD	61	6.6	1 (0)	69 · 99%		3	7/8
10Sofiane DiopM	59	6.2		23 · 78%		1	3/8
20Tom LouchetM	90	6.2	1 (0)	51 · 82%	1	1	3/5
47Tiago GouveiaM	60	6.5	1 (1)	27 · 85%			0/3
92Jonathan ClaussM	90	7.2		47 · 94%	2	2	4/6
99Salis Abdul SamedM	68	6.9		59 · 97%		1	1/2
9Terem MoffiF	90	6.0		14 · 71%	2		3/10
25Mohamed-Ali ChoF	76	6.9	1 (0)	23 · 87%	1		5/8
31Maxime DupéG	–	–
2Ali AbdiD	29	7.3		17 · 82%		1	3/5
28Abdulay Juma BahD	–	–
6Hicham BoudaouiM	–	–
8Morgan SansonM	22	6.3		9 · 67%			0/2
24Charles VanhoutteM	–	–
7Jérémie BogaF	14	6.6		7 · 86%	1	1	2/2
21Isak JanssonF	30	6.5		6 · 67%			0/2
90Kevin Carlos OmoruyiF	31	6.9	1 (1)	6 · 50%			4/8