Le Mans 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 4 April 2009
Result
Le Mans 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1 · Saturday 4 April 2009, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Le Mans 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: match report
Le Mans were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 4 April 2009. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Le Mans's goal came from Anthony Le Tallec (78'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong (18'), Karim Benzema (44') and Karim Benzema (58').
Discipline: Le Mans received 1 yellow card; Olympique Lyonnais received no yellow cards.
Going into the game Le Mans were 14th on 32 points from 29 and Olympique Lyonnais 1st on 56 points from 29. Le Mans went on to finish that season 16th with 40 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 71.
Le Mans 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 1 Le Mans win, 0 draws and 6 for Olympique Lyonnais.
Going into the match Le Mans's last five read L-D-D-W-D and Olympique Lyonnais's W-L-L-D-W.
Key events
- 18'Goal · Jean-Alain Boumsong Somkong
- 43'Yellow card · D. Goulon
- 44'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 58'Goal · Karim Benzema
- 78'Goal · Anthony Le Tallec
Head-to-head
Team news
Le Mans expected line-up (4-3-3)
Yohann Pelé, Marko Baša, Ibrahima Camara, Gregory Cerdan, Mathieu Coutadeur, Romaric, Túlio de Melo, Gervinho, Anthony Le Tallec
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