Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 Caen: result and report

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 May 2009

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 Caen

Ligue 1 · Saturday 23 May 2009, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Olympique Lyonnais · Caen · Ligue 1 predictions

Olympique Lyonnais 3-1 Caen: match report

Olympique Lyonnais beat Caen 3-1 in Ligue 1 on Saturday 23 May 2009. The half-time score was 1-0.

Juninho Pernambucano opened the scoring in the 35th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Juninho Pernambucano (35', penalty), Sidney Govou (70') and Karim Benzema (89'). Caen scored through S. Yatabaré (82').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 2 yellow cards; Caen received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 3rd on 67 points from 36 and Caen 16th on 37 points from 36. Olympique Lyonnais went on to finish that season 3rd with 71 points, and Caen 18th with 37.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Olympique Lyonnais win, 1 draw and 1 for Caen.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Penalty goal · Juninho PernambucanoOlympique Lyonnais · 1-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Sidney GovouOlympique Lyonnais
  • 62'Yellow card · S. YatabaréCaen
  • 70'Goal · Sidney GovouOlympique Lyonnais · 2-0
  • 82'Goal · S. YatabaréCaen · 2-1
  • 83'Yellow card · Kim KällströmOlympique Lyonnais
  • 89'Goal · Karim BenzemaOlympique Lyonnais · 3-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Steve SavidanCaen

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Olympique Lyonnais 1, draws 1, Caen 1.

Team news

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

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

Vincent Planté, Jérémy Sorbon, Cédric Hengbart, Reynald Lemaître, Grégory Leca, Yoan Gouffran, Grégory Proment, Benjamin Nivet, Remi Gomis, Nicolas Florentin