📏 Form Guide

FC Lorient

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FC Lorient, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 2-1 Ligue 1 victory against Nantes.

In that match, FC Lorient had 57% possession and 5 shots on goal with 4 on target. For FC Lorient, the goals were scored by Bamba Dieng (32') and Arsène Kouassi (89'). On the other side, Nantes had 10 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Matthis Abline (74') was the scorer for Nantes.

Their more recent scorelines reveal that there has been much resilience in the FC Lorient backline. FC Lorient have been mean at the back, seeing the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net over the course of their past 6 matches standing at 3.

Paris FC

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In the game prior to this, Paris FC drew 2-2 in the Ligue 1 tie with Marseille.

In that game, Paris FC managed 51% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. For Paris FC, the scorers were Jonathan Ikoné (82') and Ilan Kebbal (94'). Marseille had 18 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. Mason Greenwood (18') and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (53') scored for Marseille.

Throughout their six latest matches, Stéphane Gilli's Paris FC have turned their attacks into goals a total of 9 times thus earning them a goals per game average of 1.5.

🤜🤛 Head to head

An examination of their past head-to-head meetings dating back to 15/04/2019 shows us that FC Lorient have won 3 of these & Paris FC 2, with the tally of drawn results being 1.

A sum of 19 goals were shared by the two clubs throughout the course of those matches, with 11 for Les Merlus and 8 netted by PFC. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 3.17.

The previous league fixture featuring these sides was Ligue 1 match day 7 on 03/10/2025 when it finished Paris FC 2-0 FC Lorient.

On that occasion, Paris FC had 59% possession and 10 attempts on goal with 2 of them on target. The goalscorers were Ilan Kebbal (25') and Jean-Philippe Krasso (30').

FC Lorient got 8 attempts at goal with 3 of them on target.

The match was refereed by Benoît Millot.

🧠 Prediction

In our opinion, Paris FC will surely be able to find the net against this FC Lorient team, however that probably won’t quite be enough to prevent defeat.

We reckon that it will be a tight encounter finishing with a 2-1 winning margin for FC Lorient at the end of the match. Could easily see this go either way.

Lucas Pereira, 15:01 04/02/2026