Nice 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: result and report

Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 February 2009

Result

Nice 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais

Ligue 1 · Sunday 8 February 2009, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Nice 1-3 Olympique Lyonnais: match report

Nice were beaten by Olympique Lyonnais 1-3 in Ligue 1 on Sunday 8 February 2009. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Jean Makoun opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Nice's goal came from Onyekachi Apam (44'). Olympique Lyonnais scored through Jean Makoun (18'), Karim Benzema (27') and Jean Makoun (80').

Discipline: Nice received 2 yellow cards and 2 red cards; Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Nice were 8th on 33 points from 21 and Olympique Lyonnais 1st on 43 points from 22. Nice went on to finish that season 9th with 50 points, and Olympique Lyonnais 3rd with 71.

Nice lined up in a 4-4-2 and Olympique Lyonnais in a 4-1-2-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Nice wins, 4 draws and 3 for Olympique Lyonnais.

Going into the match Nice's last five read L-W-D-L-D and Olympique Lyonnais's D-W-D-W-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 18'Goal · Jean MakounOlympique Lyonnais · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 0-2
  • 44'Yellow card · Cyril RoolNice
  • 44'Goal · Onyekachi ApamNice · 1-2
  • 54'Yellow card · Jean-Alain Boumsong SomkongOlympique Lyonnais
  • 57'Red card · Julien SabléNice
  • 68'Yellow card · EdersonOlympique Lyonnais
  • 75'Missed penalty · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais
  • 76'Yellow card · E. FaéNice
  • 80'Goal · Jean MakounOlympique Lyonnais · 1-3
  • 85'Red card · AdeílsonNice

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Nice 0, draws 4, Olympique Lyonnais 3.

Team news

Nice expected line-up (4-4-2)

Hugo Lloris, Cyril Rool, Drissa Diakite, Cedric Kante, Onyekachi Apam, David Hellebuyck, Florent Balmont, Ederson, Bakari Koné, Anthony Modeste, Olivier Echouafni

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