FC Barcelona 5-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Champions League · Wednesday 11 March 2009

Result

FC Barcelona 5-2 Olympique Lyonnais

Champions League · Wednesday 11 March 2009, 19:45 UTC · half-time 4-1

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FC Barcelona 5-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

FC Barcelona beat Olympique Lyonnais 5-2 in the Champions League on Wednesday 11 March 2009. It was 4-1 at half-time.

Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 25th minute. FC Barcelona's goals came from Thierry Henry (25'), Thierry Henry (27'), Lionel Messi (40'), Samuel Eto'o (43') and S. Kéita (90+5'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Jean Makoun (44') and Juninho Pernambucano (48').

Discipline: FC Barcelona received 1 yellow card; Olympique Lyonnais received 6 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game FC Barcelona were 8th on 17 points from 9 and Olympique Lyonnais 18th on 12 points from 7. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 FC Barcelona wins, 2 draws and 0 for Olympique Lyonnais.

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · CrisOlympique Lyonnais
  • 25'Goal · Thierry HenryFC Barcelona · 1-0
  • 27'Goal · Thierry HenryFC Barcelona · 2-0
  • 35'Yellow card · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 40'Goal · Lionel MessiFC Barcelona · 3-0
  • 43'Goal · Samuel Eto'oFC Barcelona · 4-0
  • 44'Goal · Jean MakounOlympique Lyonnais · 4-1
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Thierry HenryFC Barcelona
  • 48'Goal · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais · 4-2
  • 49'Yellow card · César Delgado GodoyOlympique Lyonnais
  • 64'Yellow card · Fabio GrossoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 70'Yellow card · Jean MakounOlympique Lyonnais
  • 76'Yellow card · Jérémy ToulalanOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+1'Second yellow · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+5'Goal · S. KéitaFC Barcelona · 5-2

Head-to-head

5 meetings: FC Barcelona 3, draws 2, Olympique Lyonnais 0.

Team news

FC Barcelona expected line-up (4-3-3)

Puyol, Lilian Thuram, Deco, Andrés Iniesta, Ludovic Giuly, Ronaldinho, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Gianluca Zambrotta, Rafael Márquez Álvarez, Eiður Guðjohnsen

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