Monaco 2-3 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 May 2021

Result

Monaco 2-3 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 2 May 2021, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Monaco 2-3 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Monaco were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 2-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 2 May 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Kevin Volland opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Monaco's goals came from Kevin Volland (25') and Wissam Ben Yedder (86', penalty). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Memphis Depay (57'), Marcelo (77') and R. Cherki (89').

Discipline: Monaco received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards and 3 red cards.

Going into the game Monaco were 3rd on 71 points from 34 and Olympique Lyonnais 4th on 67 points from 34. Monaco went on to finish that season 3rd with 78 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 4th with 76.

Monaco lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Memphis Depay of Olympique Lyonnais (9.1), ahead of Wissam Ben Yedder (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Monaco wins, 1 draw and 6 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

25'Goal · Kevin VollandMonaco · 1-0
30'Yellow card · M. CaqueretOlympique Lyonnais
57'Goal · Memphis DepayOlympique Lyonnais · 1-1
63'Yellow card · Youssouf FofanaMonaco
70'Second yellow · M. CaqueretOlympique Lyonnais
72'Yellow card · Tino KadewereOlympique Lyonnais
77'Goal · MarceloOlympique Lyonnais · 1-2
85'Yellow card · Anthony LopesOlympique Lyonnais
86'Penalty goal · Wissam Ben YedderMonaco · 2-2
89'Goal · R. CherkiOlympique Lyonnais · 2-3
90+9'Red card · Willem GeubbelsMonaco
90+9'Red card · Pietro PellegriMonaco
90+9'Red card · Mattia De SciglioOlympique Lyonnais
90+10'Red card · MarceloOlympique Lyonnais

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Monaco 3, draws 1, Olympique Lyonnais 6.

Olympique Lyonnais 4-1 MonacoLigue 1 · 25 Oct 2020
Monaco 0-3 Olympique LyonnaisLigue 1 · 9 Aug 2019
Monaco 2-0 Olympique LyonnaisLigue 1 · 24 Feb 2019
Olympique Lyonnais 3-0 MonacoLigue 1 · 16 Dec 2018
Monaco 3-2 Olympique LyonnaisLigue 1 · 4 Feb 2018
Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 MonacoLigue 1 · 13 Oct 2017

Team news

Unavailable

Gelson MartinsMonaco · injury (COVID 19)
Aleksandr GolovinMonaco · injury (COVID 19)
Krépin DiattaMonaco · injury (COVID 19)
Youssouf KonéOlympique Lyonnais · injury (Unknown Injury)
Stevan JovetićMonaco · injury (Calf Injury)
Jeff Reine-AdélaïdeOlympique Lyonnais · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Sofiane DiopMonaco · injury (Sprained Ankle)

Monaco line-up (4-2-3-1)

Benjamin Lecomte, Djibril Sidibé, Guillermo Maripán, Axel Disasi, Caio Henrique, Aurélien Tchouaméni, Youssouf Fofana, Ruben Aguilar, Cesc Fàbregas, Kevin Volland, Wissam Ben Yedder

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

Anthony Lopes, Jason Denayer, Marcelo, Mattia De Sciglio, Léo Dubois, Thiago Mendes, Maxence Caqueret, Maxwel Cornet, Lucas Paquetá, Karl Toko Ekambi, Memphis Depay