Monaco 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report
Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 January 2026
Result
Monaco 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais
Ligue 1 · Saturday 3 January 2026, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Monaco 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: match report
Monaco lost to Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 3 January 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Pavel Sulc opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Monaco's goal came from Mamadou Coulibaly (45+4'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Pavel Sulc (38'), Pavel Sulc (57') and Abner (79').
Discipline: Monaco received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Olympique Lyonnais received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Monaco were 9th on 23 points from 16 and Olympique Lyonnais 5th on 27 points from 16. Monaco went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 4th with 60.
Monaco lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicolás Tagliafico of Olympique Lyonnais (8.2), ahead of Pavel Sulc (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Monaco wins, 0 draws and 6 for Olympique Lyonnais.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Thilo Kehrer
- 35'Yellow card · Clinton Mata
- 38'Goal · Pavel Sulc
- 45+4'Goal · Mamadou Coulibaly
- 52'Yellow card · Sébastien Pocognoli
- 57'Goal · Pavel Sulc
- 70'Red card · Mamadou Coulibaly
- 70'Yellow card · Ruben Kluivert
- 70'Yellow card · Corentin Tolisso
- 78'Yellow card · Folarin Balogun
- 79'Goal · Abner
Head-to-head
Team news
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- Ernest Nuamah
- Malick Fofana
- Ansu Fati
- Takumi Minamino
- Denis Zakaria
- Moussa Niakhaté
- Krépin Diatta
- Lamine Camara
Monaco line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukas Hradecky, Christian Mawissa, Thilo Kehrer, Mohammed Salisu, Caio Henrique, Mamadou Coulibaly, Jordan Teze, Aleksandr Golovin, Maghnes Akliouche, Mika Biereth, Folarin Balogun
Olympique Lyonnais line-up (4-3-1-2)
Dominik Greif, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Clinton Mata, Ruben Kluivert, Nicolás Tagliafico, Abner, Tyler Morton, Corentin Tolisso, Khalis Merah, Pavel Sulc, Afonso Moreira