Fiorentina 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report
Champions League · Tuesday 25 November 2008
Result
Fiorentina 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais
Champions League · Tuesday 25 November 2008, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-2
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Fiorentina 1-2 Olympique Lyonnais: match report
Fiorentina were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 1-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday 25 November 2008. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Jean Makoun opened the scoring in the 15th minute. Fiorentina's goal came from Alberto Gilardino (45'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Jean Makoun (15') and Karim Benzema (27').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 25th on 7 points from 6 and Olympique Lyonnais 19th on 8 points from 4. This fixture belongs to an earlier Champions League season and is kept for reference.
Fiorentina lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-1-2-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fiorentina wins, 1 draw and 0 for Olympique Lyonnais.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read D-L-D-D-D and Olympique Lyonnais's W-W-D-D.
Key events
- 15'Goal · Jean Makoun
- 27'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 45'Yellow card · Dario Dainelli
- 45'Goal · Alberto Gilardino
- 56'Yellow card · Juninho Pernambucano
- 75'Yellow card · Luciano Zauri
- 90+1'Yellow card · Adrian Mutu
- 90+2'Yellow card · Cris
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (4-3-1-2)
Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Alessandro Gamberini, Juan Manuel Vargas, Felipe Melo, Riccardo Montolivo, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Mario Santana, Adrian Mutu, Alberto Gilardino, Luciano Zauri
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