Ligue 1 (Week 34) : Lorient defeats Metz 5-1
FRANCE, Apr. 22, 2017 (AMP) — Ligue 1 / Match day 34: After losing 2-0 to Montpellier on April 15, Lorient bounced back with a 5-1 victory over Metz this Saturday.
Jimmy Cabot scored dual goals
Ciani Michael opened the score in the 13th minute, before seeing Metz catch up in the 32nd minute thanks to Cheick Diabaté penalty kick. 1-1 at half time. Lorient eventually won the game in the second period with four more goals by Waris Majeed ('49), Cabot ('60, '66) and Moukandjo ('78).
Metz remains in 15th place with 36 points from 34 games, 3 points behind Angers SCO.
View : Full Ligue 1 table (as of April 22, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PSG | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 23 | 48 | 80 |
| 2 | Monaco | 32 | 24 | 5 | 3 | 90 | 27 | 63 | 77 |
| 3 | Nice | 33 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 55 | 27 | 28 | 73 |
| 4 | Lyon | 33 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 65 | 39 | 26 | 55 |
| 5 | Bordeaux | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 39 | 10 | 55 |
| 6 | Marseille | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 52 |
| 7 | Saint-Etienne | 32 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 35 | 29 | 6 | 45 |
| 8 | Nantes | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 47 | -14 | 45 |
| 9 | Guingamp | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 47 | -7 | 44 |
| 10 | Rennes | 33 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 31 | 37 | -6 | 43 |
| 11 | Toulouse | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 35 | -1 | 41 |
| 12 | Lille | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 34 | 41 | -7 | 40 |
| 13 | Montpellier | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 57 | -10 | 39 |
| 14 | Angers | 34 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 34 | 46 | -12 | 39 |
| 15 | Metz | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 34 | 69 | -35 | 36 |
| 16 | Lorient | 34 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 42 | 65 | -23 | 34 |
| 17 | Caen | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 33 | 58 | -25 | 33 |
| 18 | Dijon | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 44 | 54 | -10 | 32 |
| 19 | Nancy | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 44 | -19 | 32 |
| 20 | Bastia | 34 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 26 | 48 | -22 | 29 |
Fixtures and Results : Ligue 1 2016-2017
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Overview
Lorient
- Position: 16 +2
- Best performance of the season:Lorient 5-1 Metz (22 Apr.)
- Previous game:Montpellier 2-0 Lorient (15 Apr.)
- Next game:Nantes - Lorient (29 Apr.)
Metz
- Position: 15
- Best performance of the season:Nantes 0-3 Metz (11 Sep.)
- Previous game:Metz 2-3 PSG (18 Apr.)
- Next game:Metz - Nancy (29 Apr.)
Lorient
5:1
Metz
5:1 (1:1)
- 22 April 2017
- 20:00
- Lorient
