Caen 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 December 2008

Result

Caen 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Saturday 20 December 2008, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Caen 0-1 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Caen lost to Olympique Lyonnais 0-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.

The only goal came from Karim Benzema of Olympique Lyonnais in the 44th minute.

Discipline: Caen received 4 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Caen were 12th on 23 points from 18 and Olympique Lyonnais 1st on 35 points from 18. Caen went on to finish that season 18th with 37 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 71.

Caen lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-1-2-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Caen win, 1 draw and 0 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Going into the match Caen's last five read D-D-L-W-D and Olympique Lyonnais's D-L-D-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 2'Yellow card · Grégory PromentCaen
  • 44'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 51'Yellow card · N. SeubeCaen
  • 52'Yellow card · Jean MakounOlympique Lyonnais
  • 67'Yellow card · FredOlympique Lyonnais
  • 70'Yellow card · Jérémy SorbonCaen
  • 86'Yellow card · Alexandre RaineauCaen

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Caen 1, draws 1, Olympique Lyonnais 0.

Team news

Caen expected line-up (4-4-2)

Vincent Planté, Jérémy Sorbon, Cédric Hengbart, Reynald Lemaître, Grégory Leca, Yoan Gouffran, Grégory Proment, Benjamin Nivet, Remi Gomis, Nicolas Florentin

Olympique Lyonnais expected line-up (4-1-2-3)

Gregory Coupet, Anthony Reveillere, Mathieu Bodmer, Sébastien Squillaci, Francois Clerc, Jérémy Toulalan, Antônio Augusto Ribeiro Reis Junior, Karim Benzema, Sidney Govou, Cris, Fred