Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt: result and report

Europa League · Thursday 12 December 2024

Result

Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt

Europa League · Thursday 12 December 2024, 20:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Olympique Lyonnais 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt: match report

Olympique Lyonnais defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-2 in the Europa League on Thursday 12 December 2024. The half-time score was 1-1.

Ansgar Knauff opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Olympique Lyonnais's goals came from Rayan Cherki (27'), Malick Fofana (50') and Ernest Nuamah (54'). Eintracht Frankfurt scored through Ansgar Knauff (18') and Omar Marmoush (85').

Discipline: Olympique Lyonnais received 5 yellow cards; Eintracht Frankfurt received 10 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Olympique Lyonnais were 17th on 10 points from 5 and Eintracht Frankfurt 12th on 13 points from 5. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.

Olympique Lyonnais lined up in a 4-3-3 and Eintracht Frankfurt in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rayan Cherki of Olympique Lyonnais (8.9), ahead of Ernest Nuamah (8.1).

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

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Niels NkounkouEintracht Frankfurt
  • 18'Goal · Ansgar KnauffEintracht Frankfurt · 0-1
  • 27'Goal · Rayan CherkiOlympique Lyonnais · 1-1
  • 50'Goal · Malick FofanaOlympique Lyonnais · 2-1
  • 54'Goal · Ernest NuamahOlympique Lyonnais · 3-1
  • 57'Yellow card · Robin KochEintracht Frankfurt
  • 61'Yellow card · Alexandre LacazetteOlympique Lyonnais
  • 69'Yellow card · Nicolás TagliaficoOlympique Lyonnais
  • 74'Yellow cardEintracht Frankfurt
  • 74'Yellow card · Hugo EkitikéEintracht Frankfurt
  • 80'Yellow card · Omar MarmoushEintracht Frankfurt
  • 85'Goal · Omar MarmoushEintracht Frankfurt · 3-2
  • 90'Yellow cardEintracht Frankfurt
  • 90'Yellow cardEintracht Frankfurt
  • 90'Yellow cardOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Nnamdi CollinsEintracht Frankfurt
  • 90+6'Yellow cardEintracht Frankfurt
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Ellyes SkhiriEintracht Frankfurt
  • 90+7'Red card · D. ToppmollerEintracht Frankfurt
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Malick FofanaOlympique Lyonnais
  • 90+7'Yellow card · Moussa NiakhatéOlympique Lyonnais

Team news

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

Lucas Perri, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Duje Caleta-Car, Moussa Niakhaté, Nicolás Tagliafico, Rayan Cherki, Nemanja Matić, Corentin Tolisso, Ernest Nuamah, Alexandre Lacazette, Malick Fofana

Eintracht Frankfurt line-up (4-4-2)

Kevin Trapp, Nnamdi Collins, Robin Koch, Arthur Theate, Niels Nkounkou, Ansgar Knauff, Tuta, Mahmoud Dahoud, Mario Götze, Hugo Ekitiké, Farès Chaïbi