Lorient 2-2 Toulouse: two goals up at half-time, pegged back inside 20 second-half minutes

Lorient led by two goals inside 39 minutes at the Stade du Moustoir and could not hold on, as Toulouse scored twice in the space of 20 second-half minutes to leave with a 2-2 draw. It was the fourth time in four matchdays that Toulouse had failed to win, but the first time this season they had come from behind to take anything at all.

Baldé and Mbamba-Muanda put Lorient in charge

Ibrahima Baldé opened the scoring in the 37th minute and Noah Mbamba-Muanda doubled the lead two minutes later, sending Lorient in front by two goals at the break. Both are summer arrivals at the club, and the goals were the first in Ligue 1 for either of them — a timely breakthrough for two players still finding their feet in the division.

Tengstedt and Jørgensen turn it around after the break

Toulouse needed exactly three minutes of the second half to get back into it: Casper Tengstedt, another deadline-day signing, pulled one back in the 48th minute. Thomas Jørgensen, also new to the club this season, completed the comeback in the 68th minute, and from there Toulouse held on for a point they had looked out of reach of an hour earlier.

Toulouse still bottom, but off the foot of the table on goals

The numbers on the afternoon read Toulouse's way in the end — 59.1% of the possession, 13 shots to Lorient's 10, four on target to three — even if the scoreline needed a fightback to get there. Toulouse had arrived bottom of the table without a win in three matches and only two goals scored all season; this draw doubles their goal tally for the campaign in one afternoon and takes them to 2 points from four games, still deep in the relegation zone but with some momentum for the first time. Lorient, who had been inconsistent all season — a draw, a defeat and a win in their previous three — move to 5 points, roughly mid-table, with a missed two-goal lead the frustration of the day.

What's next

Toulouse take a rare positive result into the international break, having come from two goals down for the first time this season. Lorient, by contrast, will wonder how a two-goal cushion built inside 39 minutes did not carry them to a first home win of the campaign — both sides return for matchday 5 with plenty still to prove at either end of the table.