Monaco 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 December 2016

Result

Monaco 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 18 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Monaco 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Monaco were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 18 December 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Rachid Ghezzal opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Monaco's goal came from Tiemoué Bakayoko (70'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Rachid Ghezzal (29'), Mathieu Valbuena (65') and Alexandre Lacazette (87').

Discipline: Monaco received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Monaco were 2nd on 39 points from 17 and Olympique Lyonnais 5th on 28 points from 16. Monaco went on to finish that season 1st with 95 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 4th with 65.

Monaco lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Tiemoué Bakayoko of Monaco (8.1), ahead of Thomas Lemar (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Monaco wins, 4 draws and 4 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 26'Yellow card · Djibril SidibéMonaco
  • 29'Goal · Rachid GhezzalOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 39'Red card · Benjamin MendyMonaco
  • 42'Yellow card · Mapou Yanga-MbiwaOlympique Lyonnais
  • 52'Yellow card · Bernardo SilvaMonaco
  • 53'Yellow card · FabinhoMonaco
  • 56'Missed penalty · Alexandre LacazetteOlympique Lyonnais
  • 56'Yellow card · Kamil GlikMonaco
  • 65'Goal · Mathieu ValbuenaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-2
  • 70'Goal · Tiemoué BakayokoMonaco · 1-2
  • 74'Yellow card · Mathieu ValbuenaOlympique Lyonnais
  • 87'Goal · Alexandre LacazetteOlympique Lyonnais · 1-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Monaco 2, draws 4, Olympique Lyonnais 4.

Team news

Monaco line-up (4-4-2)

Danijel Subašić, Jemerson, Djibril Sidibé, Benjamin Mendy, Kamil Glik, Fabinho, Bernardo Silva, Tiemoué Bakayoko, Thomas Lemar, R. Falcao, Valère Germain

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

Anthony Lopes, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Mouctar Diakhaby, Jérémy Morel, Rafael, Corentin Tolisso, Rachid Ghezza, Nabil Fekir, Mathieu Valbuena, Lucas Tousart, Alexandre Lacazette